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    my replacement for my 1730 canceled by dell!!! (but some good news)

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by kevin_172, Apr 8, 2010.

  1. kevin_172

    kevin_172 Notebook Consultant

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    yep dell canceled the M17x - r2 today for some reason.. 3 hours on the phone today and they wouldnt give me a manager :( so off i went to email the person who sorted me out last time!

    he has no idea why it has been canceled and 15 min later i receive a new email!

    spec befor 2nd system ordered was

    core i7 620m (2.66ghz)
    17" WUXGA 1200p Dual CCFL
    4gb 1333Mhz DDR 3 ram
    320Gb HDD in raid 1
    DVD RW Drive
    Duel 1GB ATI GDDR3 HD 4870
    and the other usual gubbins

    New Spec now is the same BUT!!

    RGBLED 1920x1200 :D

    due to dell messing up i think that screen as a free upgrade is friggin AWSOME!

    what you all think?
     
    kevin_172, Apr 8, 2010
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    DR650SE The Whiskey Barracuda

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    If this was facebook I would hit the "like" button.
     
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    Was most likely cancelled because of the 1920x1200 dual ccfl display.UK Dell site no longer advertises it.Its the same on the US Dell site.Only the 1440x900 ccfl & the 1920x1200 RGB is offered now.
     
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    kevin_172 Notebook Consultant

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    im annoyed in one way but over the moon about the screen.. i had to screw at them though to get it upgraded as the first review of the replacement of the canceled one had the CCFL screen again...
     
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    I had dual ccfl on my R1 & thought it was pretty good but the general consensus here was not in the same league as RGB.The RGB is good you will need your shades on if you have it on full brightness .Your new system is pretty much same spec as mine.I am sure you will be blown away when u get it ;)
     
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    i have something special to go in it when i receive it :D
     
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    kevin_172 Notebook Consultant

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    on that sauce.. what sort of 3dmark and vantage score you get?
     
    kevin_172, Apr 8, 2010
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    At this point you can't do anything against cancelling anyway, so just enjoy the thought of that great upgrade!

    Congrats!
     
    HarryTheFish, Apr 8, 2010
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    well the only reason they upgraded the screen is because i sent them an email saying about how annoyed i was about the order being canceled :( so it must have helped??
     
    kevin_172, Apr 8, 2010
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    I have not bothered installing 3dmark or vantage on it had it on the last machine.Will get round to it sometime.
     
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    was just thinking seeing your running the same specs as me would be nice to see how it runs benchmark wise :) i got a 920xm sitting indoors that i may put in :)
     
    kevin_172, Apr 8, 2010
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