The $3000.00 USD Laptop

longam · 12-03-09, 05:30 PM

I had the pleasure of ordering and setting up the most kickazz laptop I have ever laid my hands on today, and man was it sweet.

The CEO approached me about getting a laptop for the President of the company so we could pass his down to a sales person. So I put together some modest quotes and the CEO said beef it up, I asked how much, and he said beef it! Ok, noooo problem. (I like how these titles float around in this small company)

This unit is a Dell XPS 16 and the specs are below and I should have brought it home for a weeks worth of testing just in case something was wrong

About the price, could have bought 2 decent laptops for the same price.

My System Details
SYSTEM COLOR
Obsidian Black with Leather Accent
PROCESSOR
Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T9800 (6MB cache/2.93GHz/1066Mhz FSB)
OPERATING SYSTEM
Genuine Windows® 7 Ultimate, 64bit, English
WARRANTY AND SERVICE
3 Yr Ltd Hardware Warranty, InHome Service after Remote Diagnosis - Important Information

PRODUCTIVITY SOFTWARE
Microsoft® Office Professional 2007 - Small Business + Access database
HD DISPLAY
Edge-to-Edge FullHD Widescreen 16.0 inch RGBLED LCD (1920x1080) W/2.0 MP
MEMORY
6GB DDR3 SDRAM at 1067MHz (2 Dimms)
HARD DRIVE
500GB 7200 RPM SATA Hard Drive
INTERNAL OPTICAL DRIVE
8X Slot Load CD/DVD Burner (Dual Layer DVD+/-R Drive)
VIDEO CARD
ATI Mobility RADEON™ HD 4670 – 1GB
WIRELESS CARDS
Dell Wireless 1520 802.11n Half Mini-Card
BATTERY OPTIONS
84 WHr 9-cell Lithium Ion Primary Battery
SOUND OPTIONS
Soundblaster X-Fi Hi Def Audio - Software Enabled
BLUETOOTH
Dell Wireless 370 Bluetooth Module (2.1+EDR)
LCD and Camera

Arclight · 12-04-09, 10:36 AM

But can it run Crysis?

And for how long?

AVGWarhawk · 12-04-09, 10:39 AM

All that to send an email and hang on facebook.

NeonSamurai · 12-04-09, 10:57 AM

That is more or less the laptop I'm running (though I have the slightly older model with a lesser video card and lower end display). Though i only payed about 2500$ Canadian for mine

longam · 12-04-09, 11:08 AM

I think Office was about $400 of the cost, so that would be about right....

PeriscopeDepth · 12-04-09, 01:56 PM

Perhaps if he waited four months or so he could have gotten one of the first quad cores for notebooks. I'm sure he'd never notice the difference though, it's a beast as is.

PD

Torvald Von Mansee · 12-30-09, 01:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

All that to send an email and hang on facebook.

You could pick up a netbook from CostCo which would do the precise same thing for about 300 bucks, tops.

12-03-09, 05:30 PM	#1
longam Admiral Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 2,014 Downloads: 26 Uploads: 0	The $3000.00 USD Laptop I had the pleasure of ordering and setting up the most kickazz laptop I have ever laid my hands on today, and man was it sweet. The CEO approached me about getting a laptop for the President of the company so we could pass his down to a sales person. So I put together some modest quotes and the CEO said beef it up, I asked how much, and he said beef it! Ok, noooo problem. (I like how these titles float around in this small company) This unit is a Dell XPS 16 and the specs are below and I should have brought it home for a weeks worth of testing just in case something was wrong About the price, could have bought 2 decent laptops for the same price. My System Details SYSTEM COLOR Obsidian Black with Leather Accent PROCESSOR Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T9800 (6MB cache/2.93GHz/1066Mhz FSB) OPERATING SYSTEM Genuine Windows® 7 Ultimate, 64bit, English WARRANTY AND SERVICE 3 Yr Ltd Hardware Warranty, InHome Service after Remote Diagnosis - Important Information PRODUCTIVITY SOFTWARE Microsoft® Office Professional 2007 - Small Business + Access database HD DISPLAY Edge-to-Edge FullHD Widescreen 16.0 inch RGBLED LCD (1920x1080) W/2.0 MP MEMORY 6GB DDR3 SDRAM at 1067MHz (2 Dimms) HARD DRIVE 500GB 7200 RPM SATA Hard Drive INTERNAL OPTICAL DRIVE 8X Slot Load CD/DVD Burner (Dual Layer DVD+/-R Drive) VIDEO CARD ATI Mobility RADEON™ HD 4670 – 1GB WIRELESS CARDS Dell Wireless 1520 802.11n Half Mini-Card BATTERY OPTIONS 84 WHr 9-cell Lithium Ion Primary Battery SOUND OPTIONS Soundblaster X-Fi Hi Def Audio - Software Enabled BLUETOOTH Dell Wireless 370 Bluetooth Module (2.1+EDR) LCD and Camera

12-04-09, 10:36 AM	#2
Arclight Navy Seal Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Land of windmills, tulips, wooden shoes and cheese. Lots of cheese. Posts: 8,467 Downloads: 53 Uploads: 10	But can it run Crysis? And for how long? __________________ Contritium praecedit superbia.

12-04-09, 10:39 AM	#3
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 27,343 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	All that to send an email and hang on facebook. __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

12-04-09, 10:57 AM	#4
NeonSamurai Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Socialist Republic of Kanadia Posts: 3,044 Downloads: 17 Uploads: 0	That is more or less the laptop I'm running (though I have the slightly older model with a lesser video card and lower end display). Though i only payed about 2500$ Canadian for mine __________________ SH3 Newbie Guide Links and other helpfull stuff

12-04-09, 11:08 AM	#5
longam Admiral Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 2,014 Downloads: 26 Uploads: 0	I think Office was about $400 of the cost, so that would be about right....

12-04-09, 01:56 PM	#6
PeriscopeDepth Sea Lord Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Pacific NW Posts: 1,894 Downloads: 6 Uploads: 0	Perhaps if he waited four months or so he could have gotten one of the first quad cores for notebooks. I'm sure he'd never notice the difference though, it's a beast as is. PD