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    Dell XPS i7 vs i5 - same price?!

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by smilepak, Feb 10, 2010.

  1. smilepak

    smilepak Notebook Deity

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    Hmmm...

    Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium, 64bit, English
    Intel® Core™ i7-720QM Quad Core Processor 1.6GHz (2.8GHz Turbo Mode, 6MB Cache)
    2 Year Basic Service Plan
    4GB Shared Dual Channel DDR3 at 1333MHz
    Full HD Widescreen 15.6 inch WLED LCD (1920x1080) W/2.0 MP
    500GB 7200 RPM SATA Hard Drive
    Dell Wireless 370 Bluetooth Module (2.1+EDR)
    Slot Load Blu-ray Disc (BD) Combo (Reads BD and Writes to DVD/CD)
    85 WHr 9-cell Lithium Ion Primary Battery
    Creative SoundBlaster X-Fi MB
    Obsidian Black High Gloss Finish

    ==> $1,549


    Genuine Windows 7® Home Premium Edition
    NEW 2010 Intel® Core™ i5-540M (2.53GHz, 4Threads, turbo boost up to 3.06Ghz, 3M cache)
    2 Year Basic Service Plan
    4GB Shared Dual Channel DDR3
    Edge-to-Edge FHD Widescreen 15.6 inch WLED LCD (1920x1080) W/2.0 MP
    500GB 7200 RPM SATA Hard Drive
    9-cell Battery
    Creative SoundBlaster X-Fi MB
    Slot Load Blu -ray Disc (DVD/CD read/write + BD read)
    Obsidian Black High Gloss Finish

    ==> 1,534

    Hmm that's mess up!

    why such a close price differences!
     
    smilepak, Feb 10, 2010
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  2. Chucked

    Chucked Notebook Guru

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    You should post in the XPS section of the Dell forums. Very helpful guys in there. :D
     
    Chucked, Feb 10, 2010
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  3. Commander Wolf

    Commander Wolf can i haz broadwell?

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    You know, I don't think this is particularly notable... you look for a Q9200 and a T9800, and they both cost about $300. At the cost of higher overall TDP, the Q9200 is clearly going to be the faster processor overall, and even in single-threaded applications, 2.4GHz is nothing to sneeze at... but at the same price point, some people would just rather have that extra 500MHz on the T9800.

    Same deal here. The 720QM is clearly going to be the faster processor overall, but at the same price point, some people would just rather have the extra 300MHz and the lower TDP on the 540M.
     
    Commander Wolf, Feb 10, 2010
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