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    dell xps l702x 17 inch laptop

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by geoff01, Jun 25, 2011.

  1. geoff01

    geoff01 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I can get the following from an ebay store brand new with warranty for 780 pounds.The reviews for the store are all great.There are several around this price.Its not refurbished.This appears to be a great deal. Any advice here. The laptop iteslf seems very well spec'd.Some have a bigger hard drive and some have only 1 gb video card. External drives are cheap so a bigger gpu is probably better

    XPS L702x

    Colour: Anodized Aluminium

    2nd GENERATION - INTEL i7- 2630QM 2.0Ghz Turbo to 2.9Ghz

    Display: 17.3" HD + WLED Truelife (1600x900)

    4GB 1333MHz Dual Channel DDR3 SDRAM [2x2048]

    3GB NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 555M Graphics Card

    500GB (7,200rpm) Hard Drive

    Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium, 64bit

    8x DVD+/-RW Optical Drive

    Intel® Centrino® Wireless-N 1000 (EUR)

    9-Cell Lithium Ion battery

    2.0 Megapixel HD with digital mic

    JBL 2.1 Designed and Certfied speakers + waves maxx audio

    150W AC Adaptor
     
    geoff01, Jun 25, 2011
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  2. Tsunade_Hime

    Tsunade_Hime such bacon. wow

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    I am moving this to the Dell XPS forum where you can get more views.

    If you can, opt for the FHD B+RGLED 1080p screen for the XPS 17. Really isn't an option. :p
     
    Tsunade_Hime, Jun 25, 2011
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    madmattd Notebook Deity

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    RE: RAM on the GPU. It is a joke, none of the 5xxm cards are powerful enough to utilize 1GB, or at least not much more than that. That said, the 555m is a pretty strong card, especially for one that can work with the Optimus. Highly recommended card.

    I had the 900p display for a while on the system I returned and it was decent. Not amazing, but very serviceable.
     
    madmattd, Jun 25, 2011
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  4. linuxman2k3

    linuxman2k3 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I bought mine from Dell Outlet for £602 delivered. I found a tiny scratch on the lid but for the price I dont care! Have a look at Dell Outlet, you can save some money there. My specs are:

    XPS L702x
    Colour: Anodized Aluminium
    2nd GENERATION - INTEL i7- 2630QM 2.0Ghz Turbo to 2.9Ghz
    Display: 17.3" HD + WLED Truelife (1600x900)
    6GB 1333MHz Dual Channel DDR3 SDRAM [1x2048 1x4096]
    3GB NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 555M Graphics Card
    640GB (7,200rpm) Hard Drive
    Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium, 64bit
    8x DVD+/-RW Optical Drive
    Intel® Centrino® Wireless-N 1000 (EUR)
    9-Cell Lithium Ion battery
    2.0 Megapixel HD with digital mic
    JBL 2.1 Designed and Certfied speakers + waves maxx audio
    150W AC Adaptor
     
    linuxman2k3, Jun 25, 2011
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  5. geoff01

    geoff01 Notebook Enthusiast

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    that is a brilliant price.I dont know why more people dont do this.A small scratch and 200 pound plus in your pocket. As long as the warranties are the same. I think people have gone cosmetic mad.Thanks for the update.

    Geoff
     
    geoff01, Jun 26, 2011
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    Chase.Barnett Notebook Evangelist

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    Err..

    *raises hand*

    Guilty..
     
    Chase.Barnett, Jun 26, 2011
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    geoff01 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I mean the following can be bought form ebay as refurbished in excellent condition with full warranty for 659 pounds

    Specs: (Ram can be upgraded to 8GB -£30 - message me and I will put a ebay listing up with upgrade)

    Intel 2nd Generation Core i5-2450M Dual Core Processor 2.6Ghz with Turbo Boost to 3.3GHz Processor (2 Cores with 4 threads, 3mb cache)
    17.3" HD+ WLED Truelife (glossy) 1600 x 900 display with 2MP HiDef WebCam
    500GB Hard Drive (faster 7200 rpm)
    DVD- RW (plays and burns DVD's & CD's)
    6GB DDR3 Ram
    9 cell battery 90 wh

    1GB Nvidia GeFrorce GT 550M graphics

    2.1 JBL speakers with Premium Waves MaxxAudio® Sound with 2 speakers & subwoofer (22w total)
    Intel Next Generation 1030 WiFi card 802.11b/g/n with bluetooth
    2 USB3 + 1 USB2 +1USB2/eSATA combo
    Mini display port connector
    HDMI 1.4 out connector
    1x RJ45 Ethernet 10/100/1000
    9 in 1 media card reader SD, SDIO, SDXC, SDHC, MS, MS Pro, MMC, MSXC, xD
    Mic in / line out
    UK AC Mains adapter/charger/documentation
    UK keyboard
    Weight from 3.6KG with 9 cell, 415mm wide x 33mm front/39mm back x 287mm depth
    Multimedia control buttons
     
    geoff01, Jun 26, 2011
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  8. Tsunade_Hime

    Tsunade_Hime such bacon. wow

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    A minor scratch is alot of the reason why people return laptops besides not liking it. One person's misfortune is another's treasure,
     
    Tsunade_Hime, Jun 26, 2011
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