dell xps l702x 17 inch laptop

I can get the following from an ebay store brand new with warranty for 780 pounds.The reviews for the store are all great.There are several around this price.Its not refurbished.This appears to be a great deal. Any advice here. The laptop iteslf seems very well spec'd.Some have a bigger hard drive and some have only 1 gb video card. External drives are cheap so a bigger gpu is probably better

XPS L702x

Colour: Anodized Aluminium

2nd GENERATION - INTEL i7- 2630QM 2.0Ghz Turbo to 2.9Ghz

Display: 17.3" HD + WLED Truelife (1600x900)

4GB 1333MHz Dual Channel DDR3 SDRAM [2x2048]

3GB NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 555M Graphics Card

500GB (7,200rpm) Hard Drive

Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium, 64bit

8x DVD+/-RW Optical Drive

Intel® Centrino® Wireless-N 1000 (EUR)

9-Cell Lithium Ion battery

2.0 Megapixel HD with digital mic

JBL 2.1 Designed and Certfied speakers + waves maxx audio

150W AC Adaptor

 

I am moving this to the Dell XPS forum where you can get more views.

If you can, opt for the FHD B+RGLED 1080p screen for the XPS 17. Really isn't an option.

 

RE: RAM on the GPU. It is a joke, none of the 5xxm cards are powerful enough to utilize 1GB, or at least not much more than that. That said, the 555m is a pretty strong card, especially for one that can work with the Optimus. Highly recommended card.

I had the 900p display for a while on the system I returned and it was decent. Not amazing, but very serviceable.

 

I bought mine from Dell Outlet for £602 delivered. I found a tiny scratch on the lid but for the price I dont care! Have a look at Dell Outlet, you can save some money there. My specs are:

XPS L702x
Colour: Anodized Aluminium
2nd GENERATION - INTEL i7- 2630QM 2.0Ghz Turbo to 2.9Ghz
Display: 17.3" HD + WLED Truelife (1600x900)
6GB 1333MHz Dual Channel DDR3 SDRAM [1x2048 1x4096]
3GB NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 555M Graphics Card
640GB (7,200rpm) Hard Drive
Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium, 64bit
8x DVD+/-RW Optical Drive
Intel® Centrino® Wireless-N 1000 (EUR)
9-Cell Lithium Ion battery
2.0 Megapixel HD with digital mic
JBL 2.1 Designed and Certfied speakers + waves maxx audio
150W AC Adaptor

 

that is a brilliant price.I dont know why more people dont do this.A small scratch and 200 pound plus in your pocket. As long as the warranties are the same. I think people have gone cosmetic mad.Thanks for the update.

Geoff

 

Err..

*raises hand*

Guilty..

 

I mean the following can be bought form ebay as refurbished in excellent condition with full warranty for 659 pounds

Specs: (Ram can be upgraded to 8GB -£30 - message me and I will put a ebay listing up with upgrade)

Intel 2nd Generation Core i5-2450M Dual Core Processor 2.6Ghz with Turbo Boost to 3.3GHz Processor (2 Cores with 4 threads, 3mb cache)
17.3" HD+ WLED Truelife (glossy) 1600 x 900 display with 2MP HiDef WebCam
500GB Hard Drive (faster 7200 rpm)
DVD- RW (plays and burns DVD's & CD's)
6GB DDR3 Ram
9 cell battery 90 wh

1GB Nvidia GeFrorce GT 550M graphics

2.1 JBL speakers with Premium Waves MaxxAudio® Sound with 2 speakers & subwoofer (22w total)
Intel Next Generation 1030 WiFi card 802.11b/g/n with bluetooth
2 USB3 + 1 USB2 +1USB2/eSATA combo
Mini display port connector
HDMI 1.4 out connector
1x RJ45 Ethernet 10/100/1000
9 in 1 media card reader SD, SDIO, SDXC, SDHC, MS, MS Pro, MMC, MSXC, xD
Mic in / line out
UK AC Mains adapter/charger/documentation
UK keyboard
Weight from 3.6KG with 9 cell, 415mm wide x 33mm front/39mm back x 287mm depth
Multimedia control buttons

 

A minor scratch is alot of the reason why people return laptops besides not liking it. One person's misfortune is another's treasure,