Which notebook should I buy?

[garetjax]

Originally Posted by WhiteEagle

I think I may go with the XPS 1330...so I can play games, watch DVDs, fold@home on it, surf the net, and work on my business and writing on it.

Honestly, I think the XPS notebook systems are worthless. Aside from the bling factor, these systems do not offer anything extra that Sony, Toshiba, HP, Gateway, Lenovo, Compal, Sager, or any other laptop manufacturer offers. Basically, if you're okay paying extra dineros on fancy lights and such while its innards are the same as any other configured notebook, then you've found your notebook of choice.

However, for the consumate, tech-savvy individual, I have found that HP offers an incredible value on their laptops. Coupled with their frequent 30% off coupon codes and $500 discounts, you can configure an extremely nice notebook for much less than what the Dell XPS M1330 is going for, and in nearly all cases, outperform it.

I recently reviewed an HP dv6500t SE, it's a 15.4" laptop with a T7700 processor, 8400M GS videocard, Bluetooth/A/G/N wireless, 250GB HDD, with a DVD burner plus Lightscribe. I've been using this laptop daily for the last six months or so, and it has yet to fail me. HP recently refreshed this line of laptops (to the dv6700t), which now offers Penryn processors.

You can check out the review I wrote on my latop here:

HP Pavilion dv6500t Special Edition Notebook Review

[WhiteEagle]

Maybe I'll go check out HP's site then...

[azianai]

or buy my HP DV9500T!
THEN I CAN BUY A SAGER!

honestly, give Sager a look.
www.sagernotebook.com
they got some great stuff, and prices competitively too for what you get.
Only knock on HP is their notebooks come with very low end GPUs, highest GPU for their pavillion notebooks are 8600GS, the HDX i believe now ships with 8800GTS, and i think their business lines go with 8700GT.

[WhiteEagle]

Originally Posted by azianai

or buy my HP DV9500T!
THEN I CAN BUY A SAGER!

honestly, give Sager a look.
www.sagernotebook.com
they got some great stuff, and prices competitively too for what you get.
Only knock on HP is their notebooks come with very low end GPUs, highest GPU for their pavillion notebooks are 8600GS, the HDX i believe now ships with 8800GTS, and i think their business lines go with 8700GT.

Since you insist, I'll take a look.

[onebxr]

I would buy Cappers notebook, that thing is better than what you are looking at with Dell. Also if you have a problem you can get Capper to help you with it. No late night calls to india.
You would be a fool not to buy Cappers notebook! It would save you some big bucks!
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[azianai]

Originally Posted by onebxr

I would buy Cappers notebook, that thing is better than what you are looking at with Dell. Also if you have a problem you can get Capper to help you with it. No late night calls to india.
You would be a fool not to buy Cappers notebook! It would save you some big bucks!
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Wonder if you'd get the referral since Rich did it directly himself earlier

[WhiteEagle]

I finally decided to get a customized Dell XPS 1330 (Q9600 and other goodies)!

[onebxr]

Originally Posted by WhiteEagle

I finally decided to get a customized Dell XPS 1330 (Q9600 and other goodies)!

I guarantee you it will not be as good as the one capper is selling!
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[garetjax]

Originally Posted by WhiteEagle

I finally decided to get a customized Dell XPS 1330 (Q9600 and other goodies)!

Wow, that was quick: jumping on the Dell XPS bandwagon after less than a week of researching a purchase of a laptop. I'm curious though. What exactly does an XPS 1330 do that a fully tricked out HP, Asus, or Gateway notebook cannot do?

By the way, I guarantee you that the Asus G1 Rich is selling will smoke the shit out of an XPS 1330... and cost less to boot. Hell, even a brand new Asus G1 with the new 8800M videocard will not only cost less than a 1330, it will handily outperform, (okay, beat the living snot) out of it as well.

It's your money, naturally. But I guess I look at this from an investment point of view. For the money paid on an overpriced laptop like an XPS, you can use the same money and fully upgrade an HP or Asus to the very best. Which, in the long run, will have a better resale value than a 13" Dell notebook that when configured with your T9500 (there is no Q9600 offered) and nVidia graphics card, puts the price well north of $1,600 bucks.

Speaking of videocards, the funny part about all this is the fact that you want to play games on your notebook. Fact of the matter is that the 1330 comes with an 8400M GS... the very low end of the mobile graphic cards, and Dell doesn't even offer the 256MB memory upgrade with it that HP does. At least with an ASUS G1, you'll be rocking with at least an 8600M GT with GDDR3 and 256MB memory.

[Capper]

Yeah, still have a damned good notebook I'm selling......friggin EBAY!!!!