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    XPS 15, which configuration?

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by Jvanmil, Nov 18, 2010.

  1. Jvanmil

    Jvanmil Notebook Geek

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    Hey All,

    I am looking for an Dell XPS 15 since i think it would be a great replacement for my old desktop. I would like to use it mainly for photo-editing (defenitely amateur), statistic calculations with spss and R-project, esri arc-gis and general office stuff and internet. But i am not shure which configuration i need / would like.

    I am defenitely taking the the B+RG 1920*1080 display and i think the Geforce GT 420M GPU would be good enough for my work too. But then the difficult part starts, which processor should i get? the i5-460M, the i5-560M or the i7-740QM. How much RAM would be good for the work i do, 4 or 6 GB? I would like the xps be up for the job, but an overkill of specs would be a wast of money also.

    Which configuration can you recommend me?

    Thanks Jan
     
    Jvanmil, Nov 18, 2010
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    compwiz0620 Notebook Evangelist

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    i7 can only get the higher video card, and can't use Optimus because the i7 doesn't have integrated graphics, and the i5 can only get the lower video card and use Optimus. Optimus is the technology that switches to integrated graphics to save power when the dedicated video card is not necessary, and only the i5 has integrated graphics between i5 and i7. Probably just get the lowest RAM, and if it seems slow, it's easy to add RAM to it. You just take out one screw and remove a panel to get access. Plus, it's a lot cheaper to get the RAM from somewhere other than Dell.
     
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