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    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by Zswickliffe, Aug 10, 2009.

  1. Zswickliffe

    Zswickliffe Notebook Evangelist

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    Alrighty! Since no one else was feeling like a photographer I went ahead and took some pictures! I title this album, Flirting With Danger. Haha, I decided to be bold and mix electronics with water in these high-risk photos and surprisingly some of them turned out really well.

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  2. mtbrat

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    has been in the hands of a local courier for the last 3 days *sigh* but I am waiting for...
    Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor P9600 (2.66GHz/ 1066 FSB/ 6MB Cache)
    Memory - 8GB (2 X 4GB) Dual Channel 1066MHz DDR3 SDRAM
    Video Card - 256MB NVIDIA® GeForce® 9500M-GE with Hybrid SLI®
    Hard Drive - 128GB Solid State Hard Drive
    HD display - Obsidian Black 13.3 " WXGA (1280x800) WLED Display w/ 1.3MP webcam

    Don't have a great deal of options here in NZ
     
    mtbrat, Aug 14, 2009
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  3. Zswickliffe

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    Nice! I bet you are really excited! Mine too was in the shipping station of my local UPS and instead of waiting I drove the half hour and picked it up the minute they opened... Haha
     
    Zswickliffe, Aug 14, 2009
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    yeah, but must admit excitment crossing over to frustration at the moment.

    Nice pics though, thanks for sharing!
     
    mtbrat, Aug 14, 2009
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  5. Zswickliffe

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    haha, I hear ya! I wish more people would post some pics on here! It went well at first but it's died down since then...
     
    Zswickliffe, Aug 14, 2009
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    OMFG those make me so nervous lol!
     
    lzrsfa, Aug 14, 2009
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  7. Zswickliffe

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    Haha yeah you should have been there! So worth it though! Got some good ones out of it! You should post some pics on here!
     
    Zswickliffe, Aug 14, 2009
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  8. Zswickliffe

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    Hey guys! I just found an online FPS to play, turned all the settings to max at 1080p for about an hour and a half, maybe longer and these are the max measurements that my temperature monitoring program measured.
    80C for one processor and 76C for the other, this is still 25C under the processor's max temperature rating and I have a hard time believing the processor will ever get much hotter than what it did when I was gaming.
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  9. scorpeeon

    scorpeeon Notebook Evangelist

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    yeah, it's a hi-end T-series processor. because of this and for the less consumption did i choose a P series processor, it's performance should be enough too.. how about gpu temperature? or did u check only the cpu temperatures?
    u're photos are awesome :)
     
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  10. Zswickliffe

    Zswickliffe Notebook Evangelist

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    As far as the gpu temperature goes, it was about the same as the cpu aside form maybe a few degrees difference. And thank you very much for the compliment! You should post some up here too!
     
    Zswickliffe, Aug 15, 2009
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    yeah, i would, but i only will get it in my hands in like 3 weeks, it's in my bro's possession right now. i'll try to ask him to make a few photos of it, there were people interested in how a non-leathered sxps16 look like, and i'm curios too :)
     
    scorpeeon, Aug 15, 2009
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  12. Zswickliffe

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    Oh haha gotcha! You have the 1640 without leather? I am excited to see how that looks! I have an idea in my head as to what it will look like but I'm not entirely sure I'll like it...
     
    Zswickliffe, Aug 15, 2009
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    yeah, i'm also looking forward to see it, maybe i can make him tomorrow make some photos of it, but i don't promise anything :)
     
    scorpeeon, Aug 15, 2009
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    MY SXPS16 wo/leather is coming this Wednesday. When I open it up I will post some pics.
     
    paskowitz, Aug 15, 2009
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  15. Zswickliffe

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    awesome to both of you! Can't wait to see them!
     
    Zswickliffe, Aug 15, 2009
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  16. scorpeeon

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    there it goes:
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    he said it's the very same material there instead of the leather, what's above the silver part..
     
    scorpeeon, Aug 16, 2009
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    It looks nice. Thanks for the pic.
     
    luanme, Aug 16, 2009
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  18. Cin'

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    Looks good..Would love to see this released in the Red.. :) Which I'm sure will obviously happen sooner than the latter... ;)


    Cin....
     
    Cin', Aug 16, 2009
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    Beautiful -- thank you, scorpeeon :)

    I worry that the leather would reduce the longevity of the laptop's appearance because a stain or something could not be gotten out; glad to see the non-leather looks nice.
     
    JacobiB, Aug 16, 2009
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  20. Zswickliffe

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    Looks great! Thanks for posting the pic! Maybe we'll keep this thread alive haha... I'm trying to decide which I would prefer, I think if I got the red, I would prefer the all gloss, no leather. But if I went with black (like I did) I think I would have to stick with leather, only because the red leather I think would look a little awkward while the black leather looks sweet! But this is all personal preference and all that matters is what you're happy with!
     
    Zswickliffe, Aug 17, 2009
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    Thanks for the pic scorpeeon. I ordered mine without leather and after seeing your pic I'm glad I did. :)
     
    j3n82, Aug 17, 2009
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  22. scorpeeon

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    well, the main reason i ordered it without leather was that i didn't want to spend 40 bucks more for this and hoped it'll look still pretty good :) if they were at the same price, i would've think about it but because they weren't it wasn't a question :)
    eventually i'm pretty happy with my choice
     
    scorpeeon, Aug 17, 2009
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  23. Cin'

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    If that come's out in the Red Option soon in the 1340...I will prolly be all over that! :D :p lulz. That's prolly why I'm restraining myself from purchasing my red 1340 purchase NOW! :D

    Cin...
     
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  24. scorpeeon

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    u're not obsessed with the color red at all, are u? :D
    i'm rather obsessed with the technical parameters :)
     
    scorpeeon, Aug 17, 2009
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    Lulz......me......Heavens no! :nah: Not only do I want to strive to be happy with interior..and how that baby will run I want to be happy with the outside! heehee

    I just like the way the Red looks on the Dells..before when I was first looking I nearly went with Midnight Blue! Then I saw the Red....

    You never know though!

    Cin ;) :)
     
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  26. scorpeeon

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    oh, i got it i guess
    i think if there would be, maybe u would like the pink option too :)
     
    scorpeeon, Aug 17, 2009
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    sxps 1340!
     

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  28. Zswickliffe

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    Nice pics!! How do you like that cooler? So far everyone says its really nice!
     
    Zswickliffe, Aug 17, 2009
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  29. Cin'

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    Aaah....*grins ear to ear* Such sweet pics :D :D :D
    Luvin' that cooler, also! :cool:
    (Pic's like these make it very hard for me to *refrain & restrain* from ordering)! :p :eek: :eek: :rolleyes: :D lulz.


    Cin ;) :)
     
    Cin', Aug 17, 2009
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    Thanks Cin' and Zswickliffe! I love the Zalman cooler. I've been through 2 coolers before this and the Zalman is hands down worth the extra money. I also like the typing angle it gives you - not to steep, just right.

    lol @ Cin, it is hard to refrain from buying! I'm really happy with the 1340. The only thing I would change is the Hybrid Graphics. I'm always running on integrated graphics only because the dedicated+integrated is really poor performing.
     
    jb1007, Aug 18, 2009
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  32. jonjonk

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    What the!?!? o_O The battery just went..BOOOM all of a sudden? That's scary :O But anyways, that's besides the point. Why exactly do you have soo many laptops?
     
    jonjonk, Aug 19, 2009
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    LOL @ Woodstock. Wow. That's one damaged M1710 - poor battery bay. I hope they took care of you on that one.

    Love the 'stress pills from dealing with Support' in the last pic. Thanks for sharing.
     
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  34. wodstock

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    yeah, the battery exploded

    i dont have most of the laptops now, just what i have had
     
    wodstock, Aug 19, 2009
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  35. wodstock

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    yep, got to pill up before calling support....
     
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    Couldn't have been as bad as Gateway support...I had to sent in my desktop THREE times in one month.
    Goes something like this:
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    Me: so um...my gpu fan came off
    Gateway: sent it in!
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    Me: so um...I just got my pc back from you guys and it's making strange noises
    Gateway: sent it in!
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    Me: the strange noise and burnt smell is still there...
    Gateway: sent it in!

    In the end, I fixed most of the problems myself via arctic silver.
     
    jonjonk, Aug 19, 2009
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  37. apostglen46

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    wodstock Can you please tell me the model of your keyboard?
     
    apostglen46, Aug 22, 2009
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  38. wodstock

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    discontinued zippy back lit jobber
     
    wodstock, Aug 22, 2009
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    SXPS 16"______Inspiron 9400 Xps hardware______shot with C902 :)

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    what's the resolution on the screen of your Studio XPS? and by the way, what's that odd black vertical box on the screen there, as well? Looks as if the wallpaper was too small for the screen? thanks!
     
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    Studio XPS 16, I can't help but use it in the dark because it looks so classy :cool:

    sorry about the bad pic quality, to get dark pics you have tp sacrefice quality unless you have an SLR camera and a tripod. I do happen to have an SLR camera but it's not digital so I'm stuck :p
     

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  42. bamaster

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    Here are some old pics. From June when I got my 1640 in red and there weren't any good pics of the Merlot Red cover.

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    weird, i didnt know the red version was still black on the inside.
     
    metroline, Sep 21, 2009
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    Here's my new sweety pie...LOL

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    do you feel like uploading that backgroud? :)
     
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    Right Click > Save As Desktop Background

    Done! Thanks!
     
    bamaster, Sep 23, 2009
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    just LOOOOOVE this Vista wallpaper...........RGB technology gives amazing colour-depth

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  50. Cin'

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    bamaster....I like seeing these pic's again! :D So awesome!

    @KSMB...Nice wallpaper! :)


    Cin...
     
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