XPS 1701 question!

This is basically a desktop replacement... although i wish i could get a 15.4 version of this. 12 is too small since i do a ton of flash, illustrator and photoshop work. 17 and 8 some pounds kinda stinks... oh well huge deal im getting... just curiosu i dont necessarily need htis laptop until th end of august (im leaving the country in early early september)

Does anyone think the duo core 2 will be out and in the XPS by early/mid august?

Also, does anyone know if the dell warranties extend to the UK, i will be in London come sept as i mentioned and wanted to make sure i wasnt investing in a warranty that would be somewhat wrthless

here is the system:


Intel® Core™ Duo Processor T2400 (2MB Cache/1.83GHz/667MHz FSB)
Genuine Windows® XP Media Center Edition 2005
17 inch UltraSharp™ Wide Screen UXGA Display with TrueLife™
1GB DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHZ, 2 DIMM
256MB NVIDIA® GeForce™ Go 7900 GS
80GB 7200rpm SATA Hard Drive
Integrated 10/100/1000 Network Card and Modem
8X CD/DVD Burner (DVD+/-RW) with double-layer DVD+R write capability
3Yr Ltd Warr, At-Home Svc, 30 Day DOC, PC Training, 2Yr Antivirus Suite

$1759.22 after taxes +$100 gift card for dell

thanks

- c

 

Nobody really knows for sure on when Merom will be released into the new systems. Dell probably will not update their line till Fall, but that is just a guess.

I believe if you get 3 or 4 year warranty, you should receive international coverage. For more info on international warranty:
http://www.dell.com/content/topics/global.aspx/services/en/prog_portables?c=us&cs=04&l=en&s=bsd&

If you live in the USA, you can use the dell coupons. I wasn't sure if that price included a coupon discount or not. Right now, the coupons have expired, but we should have new available Thursday morning.