Last week, I ordered the 9300 and it suppose to arrive to my house this week. I'm having second thoughts about the 9300. Especially about the reconditioned WUXGA screens that came from the 9200's and the outdated NVIDA GeForce 6800 Go video card that uses GDDR 1 RAM or GDDR 2 RAM.
Before, looking at the XPS 2, I looked at the Sager 9860, HP ZD8000, Alienware Area-51m 7700.I decided not to have the Alienware and the 9860, because they run hot and did not offer the Geforce Go 6800 Ultra, and are both pricey for what they offer. I liked the HP ZD8000, because of the number pad, but I did not like the x600 videocard they offered with the notebook.
I decided that the XPS 2 is the right laptop for me. I heard that it has the better WUXGA screen than the 9300, it has better parts in the notebook. Currently it has the most powerful videocard for notebooks for gaming. I will return the 9300 back to Dell when it arrives to me house.
Now for the specs of my XPS Gen 2 Notebook.
- Intel® Pentium® M 760 Processor (2GHz/533MHz FSB)
- 17 inch UltraSharp™ Wide Screen UXGA Display with TrueLife
- 1GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 533MHz 2 Dimm
- 256MB NVIDA® GeForce™ Go 6800 Ultra
- 60GB 7200 RPM HD
- Intel® PRO/Wireless 2915 Internal Wireless (802.11 a/b/g, 54Mbps)
- 24X CD Burner/DVD Combo Drive
- Windows XP Pro
Total Price for the XPS 2 is $2,616.39 with tax, $750 discount, and 2 year warranty (1 year Dell warranty, 1 year American Express Warranty)
Before, looking at the XPS 2, I looked at the Sager 9860, HP ZD8000, Alienware Area-51m 7700.I decided not to have the Alienware and the 9860, because they run hot and did not offer the Geforce Go 6800 Ultra, and are both pricey for what they offer. I liked the HP ZD8000, because of the number pad, but I did not like the x600 videocard they offered with the notebook.
I decided that the XPS 2 is the right laptop for me. I heard that it has the better WUXGA screen than the 9300, it has better parts in the notebook. Currently it has the most powerful videocard for notebooks for gaming. I will return the 9300 back to Dell when it arrives to me house.
Now for the specs of my XPS Gen 2 Notebook.
- Intel® Pentium® M 760 Processor (2GHz/533MHz FSB)
- 17 inch UltraSharp™ Wide Screen UXGA Display with TrueLife
- 1GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 533MHz 2 Dimm
- 256MB NVIDA® GeForce™ Go 6800 Ultra
- 60GB 7200 RPM HD
- Intel® PRO/Wireless 2915 Internal Wireless (802.11 a/b/g, 54Mbps)
- 24X CD Burner/DVD Combo Drive
- Windows XP Pro
Total Price for the XPS 2 is $2,616.39 with tax, $750 discount, and 2 year warranty (1 year Dell warranty, 1 year American Express Warranty)
