Thanks good to know. The same thing happened to me 7 years ago but luckily my one lasted anyway :-)
Cheers On Fri, Jul 12, 2013 at 7:52 PM, Sam Lai <samuel....@gmail.com> wrote: > Heads up - Dell haven't upgraded their XPS line with the new Haswell > chips yet (except the XPS 12) so depending on what your needs are, either > get in soon to get a soon-to-be-superseded model at a cheaper price, or > wait until the new ones come out. > ------------------------------ > From: Tom Rutter <therut...@gmail.com> > Sent: 12/07/2013 7:17 PM > To: ozDotNet <ozdotnet@ozdotnet.com> > Subject: Re: [OT] Notebook > > Thanks Stephen. Will have a look at the xps. Any other trustworthy sites > besides those for buying? There's so many.... > > Cheers > > On Fri, Jul 12, 2013 at 6:53 PM, Stephen Price > <step...@perthprojects.com>wrote: > >> Wow, you could buy just about anything and you'll have a major upgrade if >> you are going from an 7 year old laptop. >> >> I recently got a Dell XPS 13 ultrabook for about $1400 (added in the >> essential 3 year warranty thing or it would have been less than that). >> Light, good CPU, SSD, and 8Gb ram. 13 inch screen but mini display out >> can plug into any screen with a displayport for kickarse resolutions. (will >> drive your 2560x1440 screens, thats what I've tested it on anyway). >> >> My dev laptop (when not working on client hardware) is a gaming laptop. >> >> http://www.tech4u.com.au/asus-g75vw-t1443h-173-i7-3630qm-16gb-1tb-windows-8-p359995.html >> >> Its a G75VW. Wow the price has come down heaps now there is a newer >> model... >> >> >> http://www.tech4u.com.au/asus-g750jx-t4134h-173-i7-windows-8-gaming-notebook--p383552.html >> >> 4.8Kg is the only downside. :) >> Best laptop I've owned in years... really happy with it. Damnit, now i'm >> drooling over the new updated model. *shakes fist* >> >> >> On Fri, Jul 12, 2013 at 4:39 PM, Tom Rutter <therut...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> My notebook of almost 7 years has died a tragic death. RIP. >>> What's the go on notebooks these days? I used to just go straight to >>> Dell and choose something but haven't looked for years so don't want to go >>> down the wrong path if things have changed. >>> >>> Don't need anything crazy- 4GB ram was fine but I hear 8GB is the norm >>> now, solid state I guess as I've never had one of those, windows os >>> obviously- win8? not sure never used it, and of course visual studio- i >>> currently use a single instance of 2010 running at any time but I guess I >>> may upgrade to the latest version whatever that is or just use the free >>> express versions I need. :-) >>> >>> Any recommendations? Price willing to spend? $1200? >>> >>> Cheers >>> >> >> >
