XPS or 9300

If you are not a hardcore gamer, I'd say go for the 9300 unless you like the ultra cool lights, black trim and industrial aluminum top cover. All of which, BTW, are perfectly good reasons to go for the XPS 2.

Not worth your while. Grab the 9300 and get one of the nifty snap on covers, they look nice!

Your best bet is to equally configure a 9300 and a XPS 2 and see what the difference in price is--if it's worth it, go for the XPS 2; if not, grab the 9300.

Personally, I couldn't live without the purdy lights---Oooo purdy kolors...

I purchased the bare minimum on my dell and upgraded with 64.00 512 ram on my 9300 and it is very responsive. I too use mine for business and media as well. I have had no trouble with multiple apps being opened at the same time. When you get your 9300, request via email from dell your restore discs. Then you burn your own copy from the system tools app on the dell and when you get your discs from dell, re-install windows and delete that 5gig restore partition. All your drivers are preloaded on the reinstall disc. So don't worry about that; then install the software you desire, especially the mouse pad app, and media experience. My computer is very fast and I even can take some leisure time to play Return to Castle Wolfenstein without a hiccup. The screen res at 17" is a must have for the business user, as your entire app can be made to view at a larger size which makes editing and creating docs a lot easier.

I bought my Laptop 9300 with 1.6 Intel mobile 256 mb ram x300 ATI 40gig hd standard XGA for 1000.00 on ebay NEW. Look for the deals out there and you will be amazed. I put an additional 512 in at 64.00 from newegg and the machine simply rocks. Unless you are going to play HL2 you don't need the ATI x800 or nVidia 6800, especially for business.

Eric

In my office.
The FedEx guy comments every day on how cool my lights are.

Ill make my Mustang analogy again.

9300 with X300 = Mustang Base(210 hp V6) - fun and sporty
9300 with go6800 = Mustang GT (300 hp) - dangerously sporty, has rep of being almost a Cobra(that’s a good thing)
XPS2 with ULTRA = Mustang Cobra (450 hp) (unbeatable price/performance (neck and neck with a Corvette cost $20k-30k more, distinctive badge and trim, other lust over it)

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