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    Dell people can you tell me if this is a good price or am I buying outdated stuff?

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by navydad01, Aug 30, 2012.

  1. navydad01

    navydad01 Newbie

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    XPS 15z XPS 15z
    PROCESSOR 2nd Generation Intel® Core™ i5-2430M processor (2.40 GHz with Turbo Boost 2.0 up to 2.90 GHz)
    VIDEO CARD NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 525M 1GB graphics with Optimus
    MEMORY 6GB Dual Channel DDR3 1333MHz
    INTERNAL OPTICAL DRIVE 8X Slot Load CD/DVD Burner (Dual Layer DVD+/-R Drive)
    WIRELESS + BLUETOOTH Intel© Centrino© Advanced-N 6230 & Bluetooth 3.0
    BATTERY OPTIONS 8-Cell (64 WHr) Battery
    SOUND OPTIONS Waves Maxx Audio 3
    MISCELLANEOUS RtlPck#18518 CA-BBY XPS 15z Slvr Eng
    DATASAFE DataSafe 2.0 Online Backup 2GB for 1 year
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    MCAFEE SECURITYCENTER McAfee® SecurityCenter, 36-Months
    HD DISPLAY Elemental Silver Aluminum 15.6" HD (720P) WLED Display with Webcam
    HARD DRIVE 500GB 7200 RPM SATA Hard Drive
    KEYBOARD Backlit Keyboard - English
    INTEGRATED NETWORK ADAPTER Integrated 10/100/1000 Network Card
    ADOBE READER Adobe® Reader X
    IDENTITY THEFT PROTECTION Trusted ID,IDSafe, 12 Month Subscription, Digital Delivery


    $799.00

    This is what I'm comparing it too

    DISPLAY | 14.0 in LED HD non-glare SuperBright (1600 x 900)PROCESSOR | Intel Core i5-3210M 2.50 GHz with Turbo Boost Technology up to 3.10 GHzMEMORY | 6 GB DDR3 1600 MHzHARD DRIVE SIZE | 750 GB SATA 7200 RPM + 8 GB SSD for cachingOPERATING SYSTEM | Windows 7 Home PremiumPC TYPE | NotebookOPTICAL DRIVE | DVD +/-RW SuperMulti dual layer (S-ATA)MEDIA DRIVE | 4-in-1 memory card readerAUDIO | SoundAliveVIDEO | Intel HD Graphics 4000 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 630M with up to 800 MHz DDR3 GDDR5 graphics memoryPORTS | 1 USB 3.0 • 1 USB 2.0 • HDMI • Headphone output/Microphone input combo • RJ-45 (10/100/1000)BATTERY | 8-cell lithium-polymer (up to 7 hours)*CAMERA | Integrated webcamWIRELESS | 802.11a/b/g/n • Intel Wireless Display (WiDi) capable (separate adapter required)BLUETOOTH | YesDIMENSIONS | 12.70 x 8.80 x 0.93 in (322.58 x 223.52 x 23.62 mm)WEIGHT | 4.56 lbs (2.06 kg)COLOR | Silver
     
    navydad01, Aug 30, 2012
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  2. allfiredup

    allfiredup Notebook Virtuoso

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    The specs listed below would be the one I'd get. The higher resolution display, new 3rd-gen Intel Core processor (vs. 2nd-gen in the Dell XPS 15z) and also the newer, higher performance NVIDIA 630M (vs. 525M) graphics card definitely make it the better perfomer.
     
    allfiredup, Aug 31, 2012
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