Trade M1730 For Sony Vaio Vpcf122fx????

I HAVE A SONY VAIO VPCF122FX,
Intel® Core™ i7 - 740QM 1.73ghz-2.8ghz turbo mode
4GB DDR3-1333 RAM
500GB 5,400RPM Hard Drive
Blu-Ray Combo Drive
Multimedia Card Reader NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 330M
10/100/1000 Network
802.11b/g/n Wireless
16.4" Widescreen Display
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit)
BlackLIGHT KEYBOARD

a friend of mine wants to trade me a m1730 xps with the folliwing specs and has 2 years remaining of warranty, dell recently replaced the graphucs cards 4 weeks ago.
Intel Core 2 Duo - T9300, 2.5GHz, 6MB L2 Cache

4GB DDR2 RAM

Hard Drive, 250GB, Free Fall Sensor, 7.2K, 2.5, WD-MX160

1GB Nvidia **Dual** GeForce 9800M GT (SLI)

17" UltraSharp TrueLife HD Wide screen WUXGA for XPS M1730 (1920x1200) with Webcam.

Back lit Keyboard
Windows 7 Professional 64bit (fresh install)
8X DVD+/-RW Drive
Dell Wirless 355 Bluetooth Module
integrated High Definition Audio
Intel 4965 WLAN (802.11a/g/n)
Logitech Gaming LCD
Extended Warranty (good for 2 more years)




please let me know if it is a good deal.........

 

I think M1730 is alot more powerful system for gaming, but past experience tells me the Sony has better build quality.

If you take the M1730, it has a good chance of getting replaced by M17x down the road.

If you want a better gaming laptop, then I guess yes....

Again, you should ask your self the question, or perhaps, trade it for a week and see.

 

what u mean getting replaced by m17x??

 

All dell machines get replaced if you continue to have problems. Dell will try to fix the laptop, but after too many attemps, they usually just issue out a replacement system. The replacement systems usually are better spec than your previous system, and that's the best part about owning dell machines with a long warranty.

I had M1730, and had problem with GPU. Tech came to replace the GPU, and broke other part in the process. This kept on for 4 visits - All different field techs come out to replace a part, and breaking another while doing it. On last visit, I saw the field tech breaking something inside palmrest, and ended up with a wobbly system. I told him to call Dell himself to order the part that we needed, and the Dell rep on the phone said she was just going to replace my system with AW M17x.

This is main reason I keep buy Dell product. They don't BS customer, and are usually fair.

There are people who down right abuse this, but that's another story.

 

He means that since there is still 2 years of warranty left. That if the time should rise for a replacement system you will get an M17x R2 which is a beast! and the most comparable system to the M1730

I say trade my friend trade away and never look back

 

ya seems like a good idea, i paid 1200 for this laptop 2 months ago but is not a good gaming laptop because of the 330m.

 

you will not have that problem again if you do this trade.

 

the only thing that keept holding me was the warranty transfer. Do i need his info to transfer the warranty??? or should i call dell??? any advice???

 

You will need to do both of those get his info first(shouldn't be hard as he is your friend ) then no need to call dell as you can do it from their site.

Link: Dell - Ownership Transfers

 

I finally traded the laptop, damn this thing kick !! for $1200(what i paid for the vaio,) was a heck of a deal.