Aluminum Palm Rest

Looking at buying a new laptop shortly and am at a crossroad. I am really looking for a 15" chassis that has the visual characteristics of the P170EM/NP9170. I really prefer having the aluminum palm rest, however can't find a 15" model that has it. Any ideas if this exists, or should I just break down and pick up the 17"?

 

unless you're having space issues with the 17" I don't see why you wouldn't get a 17" version sure 15" is portable and is cheaper in price but, when you go 17 you'd never want to go back to a 15 incher. There's so much screen real estate in a 17 inch that makes it the better option imho. Plus the 17" models give you more headroom (extra drive, the aluminum palm rest, more OC capabilities, etc)

 

If the aluminum panel is a deal breaker, then the 17" P170 is really your only option. As spectroplasm pointed out, if you have no problem with the form factor- there are plenty of other benefits from it as well, so I'd just go with the one that has everything you want.

 

I wish the touch pad was as smooth as the palm rest.

 

Im gunning for a P170EM as well this year. Since P270WM totally went into the garbage can and back to the drawing boards...

 

I too went P170EM
my goal is that when the P370 gets out *if, and I hope it would* will ever be released I'd buy the upgrade and toss all the parts from the P170 into it and pick up either dual GTX680s or better gfx options, I reckon the parts from the p170em can go in since both are portable cpu models and ddr3 RAM should be compatible to both too

 

Please man...dont hope for SLI GTX680m. It will not perform better than X-Fire 7970m's and price will be inter-gallactic.

Also...who needs Crossfire or SLI, when we can buy a whole new laptop in 2013? We will have Haswell + 8000 series AMD and hopefully REAL KEPLER cards then. Still think AMD would be the way to go, their prices are nice and I like 'em.

P.S. Also, P370EM would not come fast. We have ZERO pics of it, ZERO data on it, ZERO info on it. And they are re-designing the P270WM from scratch. That means, if there was ever P370EM, it will be delayed like HELL, cause the DTR 270WM will have priority...many customers are waiting for that.

The more we wait, the closer we get to HASWELL and the other GPU stuff that comes along with it then.

 

I'll hope for it don't worry right now AMD is in the limelight and I actually feel happy for them. How will you be sure though that the gtx680 will not perform good? has anyone had their hands on it yet for benching?

The wait for p370 and the p270wm are the same I guess. When haswell and co comes in I'm more than certain there will be hickups and or unresolved bugs around it.

I need the laptops for work and I'd prefer to put my money in something stable than something fast. I was really wanting to buy a p270wm and had even made my list of parts over at mythlogic, but after the delay and redesign I had doubts it would be a finalized product if it ever came out so I went with a P170EM.
If AMD gave me a good alternative for CUDA and it's main use in my apps I'd go crossfire without a shadow of a doubt. I do plan on getting a 7970 though don't worry, it would be my gaming weapon, as on the other hand the nvidia will be my work horse.