I have the 15" version with 1920x1080 screen. Couldn't justify the extra grand for 17" without getting more screen space. I got the lowest hard drive spec, then switched it out with a crucial realssd. Mine has the 2nd Gen i7 chip, and i chose the top chip i could get. Laptop cost about $2,200 inc gst. I think the crucial real ssd was just under $600 imported directly from crucial. Amazon have the drives a little cheaper.
T. -----Original Message----- From: Wallace Turner Sent: Wednesday, 6 April 2011 12:38 AM To: ozDotNet Subject: Re: [OT] Lightweight laptop for dev and demos No wonder you are *sighing* lugging around 3.5kg! On 5/04/2011 10:29 PM, Stephen Price wrote: > A friend just pointed out Dell have "new XPS" machines on their web site. > Spec'd one up - unfortunately I couldn't justify another laptop right > now so didn't click buy. :( > New XPS 17" looks like a nice machine. i7 4C/8T + 8Gb ram (can go up > to 12Gb), 2 drives (can even config with dual 256Gb SSD's but > aftermarket is cheaper) and 1920x1080 screen (can get with 3D but I > think that's silly for a laptop. Maybe when you don't need glasses for > em) and 3GB NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 555M With Optimus. > All that for $3200ish. That's $1000 less than I paid for my m1730 > years ago. Way thinner too! > 2 x usb 3.0, 2 x USB 2.0 and 1 eSata. > Width: 16.3" (414.9mm) > Height: 1.3" (32.8mm) front . 1.5" (38.5mm) back > Depth: 11.3" (287.3mm) > Weight: Starting at 3.36kg / 7.41lbs (with 6-cell battery); 3.53kg/ > 7.79lbs (wtih 9-cell battery) > *sighs* > On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 6:48 PM, Bec Carter <bec.usern...@gmail.com > <mailto:bec.usern...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > Apologies for asking about laptops once again, I know this comes up > lots on this list. > > I'm looking for a small laptop for occasional .net development and > demonstrations of web apps mostly, something light and between 10 and > 12 inches, maybe 13 inches not sure. > > Alienware M11x is one that has the grunt but its pricey. Any > recommendations? > > Cheers > Bec > >
