S-XPS 1645 Back on Sale?

Look at dells website, 1645 is back on sale for a steal? Its creeping me out, I may have to jump back to this model as I HATE the replacement xps 15 they sent me.

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Its a clearance sale. I think its mentioned quite clearly. As much as I love my 1645 I think the XPS 15 is a good buy.

 

I know, they wouldnt let me switch back to a refurb sxps, so a new one is much better for me. I figured others might be in the same situation.

 

That Radeon 5730 is a great card. Not a bad deal.

 

What's wrong with the XPS 15...much better than the SXPS..

The 5730 is basically an overclocked 5650..

 

By that logic then the 435 is just a overclocked 420. Either way, the 5730 is faster. Unless you want to expand on how the "XPS 15 is much better than the SXPS".....

 

Never said anything was wrong with the XPS 15, just said the SXPS is a good price with that combo right now.

 

Right...half the GPU market is a marketing ploy. Oh well I'll pay more for X GPU when in reality, you could buy the lower end GPU and overclock it. Just stating the facts.

I utterly hate the Studio line. The slot loaded drive (biggest turn off), throttling issues, overall poor build quality, hinge issues. My dad bought a Studio 1558, and it is rubbish, and it cost more than an Inspiron 15R! And apparently alot of Studio that were babied are just falling apart...now tell me that isn't worrisome at all.

 

The SXPS isn't in the "Studio" line though, really it's more like the older straight XPS line, Dell just used confusing branding when they named it. That's why they went back to straight XPS with the newest generation. Throttlingisn't a problem with the newer 5730 SXPSs, which is what they're currently selling. Also, the build quality on it is great, it's solid as a brick, and has an internal magnesium alloy frame, not the cheap plastic of the regular old Studio series.

Not saying that there's anything wrong with the new XPS series, both have their pros and cons, but the SXPS does have some significant advantages, like a faster GPU than the XPS14/15; a better screen than the XPS14/17 and the base XPS15; firewire and expresscard capability, which the new XPSs don't have, and is critical for those wanting to work with home video; dedicated media keys that don't take away from the function keys, etc. If they're selling it, and at a good price, it's worth looking at, the new XPSs aren't "much better".

Besides, some of us like the slot-load drives

 

Would not trade my SXPS 16 for anything. Period. I have zero issues with my sig rig.

 

I have replaced 4 optical drives on 4 Studio XPS (2 16 and 2 13). Slot loaded drives are horrible, no mini discs can be put in, and most laptops which slot loaded drives are available on are a pain in the behind to open up and service. Plus if you get a disc stuck, have fun! I'm convinced that's why the new XPS line dropped the slot loaded drive, as they learned from the M1530/M1330 and the SXPS line.

I'm more oriented towards not super fancy notebooks, the Studio XPS is the exact opposite of it. The hinge design is poor, everything is shiny, the exact opposite of a business notebook. Though it is a multi-media oriented notebook, that's all it is good for. It fails in respect for gaming, and isn't exactly the best notebook for doing actual work on, so in my regard I would never buy one and it looks like Dell is agreeing with me as they have discontinued SXPS and Studio line.

 

The SXPS is sexy. The build is great like seeker said.

 

Slot-loaded drives are fine. I know you have this vendetta against the Studio XPS line for some reason, but this is a matter of personal taste. There's plenty of folks who like the older SXPS look and there's plenty of folks who like the newer line. Leave it be already, please.

As for your issues with Slot-drives, I've worked with plenty of them and never had a single issue with them. In both of our cases, it's arbitrary data and neither of us really "right" anyways.

That's your personal choice and taste. There's no need to try and force that on everyone else.

Where did they ever try and market this thing as a business laptop? It's a multimedia and gaming laptop...

And the hinge design is poor? It's one of the most solid hinges I've seen in laptop. Most laptops nowadays feel cheap and flimsy. If I "flick" the screen or move the laptop, the whole display wobbles and feels shoddy. On the SXPS 16? The screen feels rock solid, and I'm not the only one who thinks this is awesome.

Unless you're talking about the exhaust port, on which I do agree. But this issue isn't really that bad for the 1647, mostly the 1645 (see below, their snafu).

How so? I've played enough games on this thing with the 5730 that I can safely say it's quite good for gaming actually. Aside from being able to play Crysis on max setting comfortably, I've been able to play pretty much every other game I've thrown at it just fine.

I get it, you don't want it, that's your decision. People are defending their choices here because they like this laptop, just like I've seen you defend the laptops in your signature. I think it's quite silly to keep up this argument to be honest.

Yeah, because big corporations like Dell never make stupid mistakes, right?

They made a major snafu with the original 1645 and the throttlegate issues of past. They did pretty well with the 1647, but the stigma and damage done from the previous models was too much to overtake. I can sorta see why they went the direction they did, but I also feel it was a pretty idiotic decision overall.

Instead of trying to differentiate themselves and keep their unique laptops, now the XPS line looks like every other generic laptop out there. I'm sorry, but it really does. Sadly I have one of them too and I far prefer my XPS16 over the new one.

 

I LOVE THE STUDIOXPS 1645 !Period!

I dont have any issues not even heating issues, touchwoood.

Love playing games on it and the beautiful design. I will never trade XPS 15 for SXPS 16 even if they give me Sandy Bridge i7

 

Now that sounds like one very satisfied SXPS owner!

This weekend sale is very tempting. Seems like a little slap punch in the back of the head though for all us XPS 15 owners, thanks Dell.

 

yeah ! one more satisfied customer here too ! don't care if its 'officially' a gaming laptop or not, but, it has played pretty much everything I've ever thrown at it very well.
I would recommend anyone who asks to GO GET IT !
I LOVE IT !

 

Dell sent my wife a XPS 17 to replace the SXPS 1640 under warrenty. It had the optical drive go out twice and the mother board replaced twice... What made them send the XPS 17 was the hinges were breaking, so there is an issue with the slot load design and hinges. Was a great laptop while it worked though.