Is this a good price on this XPS 16???

I got quoted this price for this XPS 16 from Dell my other alternative since I want an Full HD 1080P screen would be a Sony F series roughly around the same price I apologize for the long copy&paste.

Unit Price Extended Price
224-6716
1 Studio XPS 16 Notebook $1,228.74 $1,228.74
317-2361
1 Intel Core i7 720QM 1.6GHz (2.8 GHz Turbo Mode, 6MB Cache)
317-2364
1 4GB, DDR3, 1333MHz 2 Dimm
320-8330
1 15.6 inch Wide Screen 16:9 1080p Full HD WLED LCD, W/2.0 MP, XPS 1645
421-1010
1 Dell Webcam Central v1.4
421-0188
1 Facial Recognition
320-1307
1 ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5730 - 1GB
330-7785
1 RESOURCE DVD,BACK-UP,MADISON,XPS 1645
341-8989
1 500GB 7200RPM Free Fall SensorSeagate Hard Drive
320-8351
1 Obsidian Black High Gloss Finish
421-1737
1 Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium, 64bit, English
421-0323
1 Windows Live Search,Multiple User Interface
420-6576
1 DELL WELCOME,Software Dimension/Inspiron
420-9100
1 Dell Dock Consumer
420-6436
1 PC-Restore, Dim/Insp
421-0187
1 Dell Support Center Software 64 Bit 2.0
420-7938
1 Dell Connect 2.1
421-0092
1 DELL-DOWNLOAD-FLAG
330-6222
1 Windows 7 Label
420-9352
1 Dell, Software, Wild Tangent Inc Games
420-9691
1 DataSafe Local BackUp
421-2086
1 eBay Webslice
421-0757
1 Skype VOIP Application
430-3605
1 Integrated 10/100 Network Card
410-1883
1 Adobe Acrobat Reader 9.0 Multi-Language
313-7056
1 BluRay Combo Drive
421-1361
1 Roxio EZCD Creator 10.3 DE, Factory Install
421-3613
1 Power DVD 9.5, BD
313-8545
1 High Definition Audio 2.0 with SRS Premium Sound
430-0737
1 Intel WiFi Link 5300 802.11AGN Half Mini Card
410-2466
1 MCAFEE PEARL MUI,15MTH,Without Media
312-0950
1 9-cell Battery
410-0487
1 Microsoft Office Starter 2010
923-9457
1 Dell Hardware Limited Warranty Plus At-Home Service, Initial Year
931-5748
1 Dell Hardware Limited Warranty Plus At-Home Service, Extended Year(s)
934-8960
1 Next Business Day In-Home Service after Remote Diagnosis, Initial Year
926-8071
1 Third Party At Home Service, 24x7 Technical Support, 1 Year Extended
420-8878
1 Software, Soft Contracts Dell In-Home
925-4561
1 Warranty Support,1 Year Extended
950-3338
1 2 Year Limited Warranty
933-0410
1 Warranty Support,Initial Year

991-1179
1 LoJack Theft Recovery Service,XPS - 1 Year DHS
420-8655
1 LoJack Theft Recovery Softwarefor Laptops, 1 Year
988-7707

 

Is that from EPP? I don't see the 5300 wlan card anymore on their regular site. That price is really good considering it has a BD drive and all. Care to show me how you got that price?

 

Yes it's thru epp before tax. I'm a student and that's the price they called me back with Is that a decent wifi card. I know some people have posted throttling issues with the old power adapter.... besides that and the heat from The i7 is there any thing else that should steer me to or away from this unit??
Thanks

 

You will get a 130w adapter so no worries there and your wlan card is proven to be very good. Get a decent cooler and you will be good to go.

 

If you're bothered about the heat from a quad core i7 then why not consider the i5? The price should be about the same and performance difference will be negligible (better for everyday applications) and not to mention a better battery life.

Just something you might want to consider

 

The 1647 /w i5 is more expensive than the 1645 /w i7 in the US atm, I believe.

 

Seems like an OK price if that's with the 3 year warranty (I don't know how to read the warranty specs listed, whether or not the 1 and 2 year warranties stack).

Last time I checked the Sony F series was using some weak GPU (the same one as a MacBook Pro which shows how weak it is) so the XPS 16 is better in that department.

You should also look up Dell e-coupon codes to see if you can beat that price. Sometimes you can get an amazing deal with e-coupons, but other times not much at all.

Edit: compare GPUs and stuff here, great resource when buying a laptop: http://www.notebookcheck.net/NVIDIA-GeForce-GT-330M.22437.0.html

 

Yeah, the one with i5 is about $15 more.

 

A lot of people will say the i5 has less heat and better battery life than the i7 which is true, but some people say that it performs better which isn't really true. The i5 may have a higher clock speed for single and dual-core applications (besides i7 620) but the i7 quads have a larger cache, superior memory controller, faster bus/memory and of course, quad-core mode when needed (XPS 16 is a multimedia laptop, and many multimedia applications perform better with more cores).

 

That depends on what country the buyer is in. I have never seen an e-coupon for Studio XPS laptops for Canada.

The only "deals" I see are the stated reductions on the page of pricing and specs for each Studio XPS laptop. Those are not really special deals, they're just the way Dell adjusts its pricing.

 

I like to assume