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    whats your favorite thing about your XPS17?

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by Squeeker the Cat, Jun 10, 2011.

  1. Squeeker the Cat

    Squeeker the Cat Notebook Consultant

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    ok so my favorite thing about my XPS 17 is the fact that when i go in to turn it on each day, it fake plasticy surface is VERY cold, like metal.

    i dont know why but i love feeling the coldness of it.


    whats your favorite thing?

    :D
     
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  2. andyguk

    andyguk Notebook Consultant

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    I thought it was actually a very thin sheet of metal on the surface? Has anyone tried putting a magnet on it to test? ...... actually scratch that, unless you want to say bye bye to your data :eek:
     
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  3. TaiBo

    TaiBo Notebook Guru

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    OMG! I just tried and the magnet erased all my data on my hard drive! :(

















    Nah, as if someone would be that dumb to do something like that to a laptop! LoL :D
     
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  4. TaiBo

    TaiBo Notebook Guru

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    1st place is; Speed and more, SPEED!
    2nd place is; Stability!
    3rd place is; Temps at idle and at full load!
     
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  5. mpalandr

    mpalandr Notebook Consultant

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    I don't think plastic gets that cold, and I've never seen that fine brushed finish on plastic. It's almost certainly metal. I think I get the same effect from the keyboard keycaps as well.
     
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  6. andyguk

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    bah! I just like the whole thing. The only problem I have is that I have cats and the hairs get everywhere :eek: I have to regularly clean with keyboard and screen wipes
     
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  7. ray4jc

    ray4jc Notebook Evangelist

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    actually i like how easy it was to take apart and put back together........other than those stupid hard drive screws lol.....

    i was 99% done putting it back together and one slid and went back into the case and i had to do a little dissasembly to find it...funny thing is it was stuck to the speaker....almost couldn't find it :p
     
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