I'm looking for a desktop replacement when I graduate college. I've loved my 17" Inspiron 9300 for the past 4 years, but it's time for an upgrade. My family and I have only ever bought Dells, and we've always been happy with them. Because I'm mostly going to be using the laptop at home, with minimal travel, I'm thinking of an 18.4" laptop. HP has one that looks very reasonably priced, the Sony one is more expensive, but I'm still hoping Dell comes out with one soon. Is there any word that this will be happening? And if not, do you recommend Sony or HP?
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Dell has no plans (at least, none that they've announced) to launch any sort of 18.4" machine. I would just go with 17", but that's me.
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I agree. The XPS 1730 is pretty big though, with it's 17" display. The Studio 17 once it's refreshed will probably have a 17.3" screen, like the new HP dv7t. Acer and Asus also both make 18.4" laptops. I'd go with the HP HDX 18t for most uses, look towards the Asus' if you need graphical punch.
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I was looking at Asus, but they probably have the least user-friendly site I've seen.
The Studio 17s are nice, but I always preferred nvidia to ATI graphics cards. If I went with the Dell, it'd probably be the 1730. -
If you're going to go with a 17" Dell, it doesn't get any better than the M1730, for sure. -
asus doesn't need to advertise as much as dell. They are not starving for customers as much as dell is..Plus its asus..Do your homework and research asus' history with laptops and gaming laptops...pretty impressive
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Do not go the Asus site to look at Asus'... haha. Oh no, go to NewEgg. Newegg and Best Buy. Maybe Tiger Direct, but they don't normally have that many good deals. Also the GenTech and XoticPC sites have good results for Asus.
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Well ASUS is a taiwanese company which is why they don't have a US ordering site yet [or anywhere for that matter].
But then someone also gave a good point that they don't need it anyway. Their turnover should be pretty good anyway.. -
Acer, HP, Sony, ASUS, Toshiba, and Fujitsu all have 18.4" notebooks so it's a good bet that Dell will put something out there to compete but you can't say for sure when.
If you want a guess then if Dell doesn't show anything around June you won't see an 18.4" from them for sale this year. -
18.4"? Jeez, that kinda defeats the purpose of mobility...
Who needs an 18.4" lappy? 17" is even pushing the limits.... -
Heh, might as well carry around an LCD, a Studio Hybrid, and a keyboard/mouse . From what I've seen Asus has a pretty good line up with Newegg, Gentech PC, and Excalibur being the best resellers. I was going to get an N81Vp but ended up getting a great deal on an SXPS 1340 .
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I'm kind of disappointed that there is not only not an 18.4 inch laptop, but out of the 17 inch ones, the studio, to me, is underpowered, and the now alienware one is overkill. I wish there was a Dell version of the HP HDX18t and the Sony AW series...
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You will prolly have to wait a while to see if Dell releases something like that.
You just never know with Dell.
Personally going with something that size....you may as well invest in a desktop PC! That's just my opinion, though!
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I've owned the inspiron 9300 (17") for about 4 years. I love it. I used it primary at my house and my college dorm, but I also occasionally took it to class, on planes, brought it into the living room, etc. Now that I'm out of college I'll be moving it less, but the option to be able to move it is important to me. There is a huge difference in mobility between an 18.4" laptop and a desktop.
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Glad you think that way!
All sizes of lappys/brands/models come's down to...Personal choice...always!
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Thanks for your advice I've only ever bought Dells and have been very happy with them, which is why I'm weary to get a different brand. Hopefully something soon will come out that I like
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I'm prone to Dell's also.. I've never really had any issues with my lappy, or netbook..and when I did, Tech Support took good care of me!
I hope Dell comes out with something soon, that works for you!
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wearetheborg Notebook Virtuoso
Bad bad time to upgrade. Wait for 7-8 months and get the Nehalem CPU laptops.
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Also, what is most appealing about Dell right now is that their SSDs are VERY cheap compared to most other sellers, and the studio 17 doesnt come with that option. -
Since you haven't mentioned money....you could always go for a Precision 6400 with a Quad extreme 9300 and a Quadro 3700. No way you can say that's underpowered.
PROCESSOR Intel® Core™ 2 Quad QX9300 (2.53GHz, 12M L2 Cache, 1066MHz FSB)
OPERATING SYSTEM Genuine Windows Vista® Ultimate SP1, With media
LCD 17" UltraSharp™ WUXGA (1920x1200) RGB LED Display
PRODUCTIVITY Software® Adobe Acrobat Reader 9.0,English-French MLANG
WARRANTY & SERVICE 3 Year Basic Limited Warranty and 3 Year NBD On-Site Service
VIDEO CARD NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700M, 1.0GB Discrete
MEMORY 4.0GB, DDR3-1066MHz SDRAM, 2 DIMMS
RAID CONFIGURATION All Hard Drives, Non-RAID, 1 or 2 drive total configuration
HARD DRIVE 250GB Hard Drive, 7200RPM with Free Fall Sensor
OPTICAL DRIVE 8X DVD+/-RW Slot Load w/Roxio and Cyberlink PowerDVD™
BATTERY OPTIONS 9 Cell Battery
WIRELESS CARD Intel® WiFi Link 5300 802.11a/g/n Draft Mini Card
BLUETOOTH WIRELESS Dell Wireless® 370 Bluetooth Module
INTERNAL KEYBOARD Internal English Backlit Keyboard
FINGERPRINT READER OPTION No Fingerprint Reader
WEBCAM / MICROPHONE Integrated 2.0 MP webcam with dual digital array microphone
SYSTEM DOCUMENTATION Resource DVD - Contains Diagnostics and Drivers
MODEM No Modem
My Accessories
DESIGNED FOR DELL BAGS Timbuk2 Ultraslim Case (17.0)
A/C ADAPTER 210W 3P, A/C Adapter
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hah, money is an issue, yes. I won't be going above the 2 ghz quad core any time soon.
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I'm still rocking my 9300 on a daily basis, i think i just hit my 4 years mark with mine too. An upgrade like that 6400 would be awesome.
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Get the extra RAM, scarletfever I have a Dell Inspiron 9100 (now gathering dust, but that's another story), but upgrading the RAM made a nice difference, especially if you're on Vista.
As for Nehalem, guys, I wouldn't hold your breathe. Intel has already delayed the release from August to October, since there's no real competition from AMD, and the global downturn means inventory is quite high.
Also, just because a platform is released, doesn't mean it's immediately adopted. Dell (and some others) have taken months to update in the past, depending on how much they revamped the line. Buy for now and be happy
Any rumors of an 18.4" laptop?
Discussion in 'Dell' started by scarletfever, May 3, 2009.