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    Outlet m1730.....good performace vs cost??

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by hodgeMN, Mar 7, 2011.

  1. hodgeMN

    hodgeMN Notebook Evangelist

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    Base XPS M1730 Laptop: Intel Core 2 Duo Extreme X9000 (2.8GHz/800Mhz FSB/6M L2 Cache)
    Operating System Genuine Windows Vista Business
    Hard Disk Drive 160 GB Free Fall Sensor Hard Drive (7200RPM)
    Memory 4 GB DDR2 SDRAM 677MHz (2 DIMMs)
    Media Bay 8X DVD +/- RW Optical Drive
    Video NVIDIA SLI GeForce 8800M GTX with 1GB GDDR3 Memory
    System Color Smoke Grey
    Laptop Screen 17 inch Wide Screen WUXGA TrueLife LCD Panel
    Laptop Battery 9 Cell Primary Battery
    Network Interface Card 3945 802.11a/g Wireless Mini Card
    Web Camera Integrated 2.0 Mega Pixel Web Camera
    Hardware Upgrade Hardware is Microsoft Vista Capable
    230 Watt AC Adapter
    Software Upgrade 64BIT Operating System
    Security Software McAfee Security Center, 30 Day

    With a 2 year warranty it comes and tax it comes to $830. Seems to offer good performance for the cost when compared to other systems. THoughts??
     
    hodgeMN, Mar 7, 2011
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  2. Tsunade_Hime

    Tsunade_Hime such bacon. wow

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    I mean that's a good deal but the M1730 was listed on the Nvidia settlement page. Newer laptops will have more ability to expand and be more power efficient and have higher performance.
     
    Tsunade_Hime, Mar 7, 2011
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    Euclid Notebook Enthusiast

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    The only good thing about this notebook is the WUXGA screen. Other than that, I think it's not worth to purchase 3 year old (the CPU has been announced in 2008, the other parts are even older) hardware.
     
    Euclid, Mar 7, 2011
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    4thehorde4 Notebook Consultant

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    With issues regarding the recall of the Geforce series for that line among with other outdated tech such as the screen (I believe it utilizes CCFL), you'd be better off just going for the latest XPS series.
     
    4thehorde4, Mar 7, 2011
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