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    Review XPS15 L502X (i7 2630QM, GT540m, FHD, HDD 750GB))

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by [-Mac-], Apr 20, 2011.

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    L502x does fails in design aspect , quality of material used and incuded graphics card..

    other than that , i7 SB , 9 cell , FHD , 2xusb3.0 are a welcome inclusion..
     
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    Another interesting data point was that the a mid dual-core i5 *was* faster at a single-core tasks than the low quad-core i7. And still more was that the mid-dual-core i5 had better battery efficiency, though it is hard to say how much of that is due to the other components in the laptop.
     
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    @ DakkonA , I ordered my laptop, pretty much as yours except for 8GB ram..
    nice t o see you too had 1530 ..
     
    Naveen_Reloaded, Apr 20, 2011
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