3.5Kg is light!! The m1730 was 4.83 kg. The power supply: 1.46 kg
I remember the ooohs and ahhs as you pull out the m1730 from your bag. Then the peels of laughter as you pull out the power supply and drop that mother on the desk. (watch your fingers!) Grant can back me up on this. :) On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 10:38 PM, Wallace Turner <wallacetur...@gmail.com>wrote: > 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>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 >> > > >
