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    any ideas on the xps 15

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by ninjataco12, Jul 3, 2011.

  1. ninjataco12

    ninjataco12 Notebook Geek

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    looks like im buying the xps 15 :)

    just thought I would get some opinions from owners and maybe even problems that the xps may have that I don't know about?

    getting the 540m upgraded screen i7-2620M processor 2.70 GHz (thinking about going to the i7-2720QM processor 2.20 GHz)
    and 8 gigs of ram
     
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    yphillip Newbie

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    A problem that seems to be common with the xps 15 is the fan noise. The fan seems to like to kick in and make a lot of noise when you're not even doing any resource intensive stuff. I personally find it more of an annoyance than a full blown problem and it's an annoyance I can live with.
     
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    ninjataco12 Notebook Geek

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    that seems like something I could be fine with too it cant be worse then the one I have now (cant even stream 720p video -_-) the fan goes crazy 24/7

    if thats the only problem with the xps 15 then im liking this more and more
     
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    SAiLO Notebook Evangelist

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    Powerful and a nice looking laptop. Can play recent games with reasonable video settings. Great speakers.
     
    SAiLO, Jul 4, 2011
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    edit1754 Notebook Prophet

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    Don't get the 2620M, "downgrade" to the 2630QM. The i7-2620M is just an i5 on steroids (and not very many steroids at that :D)

    If the 2620M is the cheapest processor available, consider stepping to a lower base-model. Otherwise if the 2720QM doesn't cost that much more ($30-$50 realm) it's probably worth it.
     
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    grimreefer1967 Notebook Evangelist

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    The fan noise problem doesn't appear to be a class issue. Another engineer on my ship has an XPS 15 too and neither of our fans are noisy. :confused:
     
    grimreefer1967, Jul 4, 2011
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