Interesting about that Dell XPS - ignoring the SSD, the cooling problem seems a bizarre fault.
1 hour battery life on the HP is a killer. More generally: SSD is of no interest (I have no bias, except cost and the speed being of no benefit for this purpose). CPU, Graphics card, RAM, screen, warranty/reliability are more important. Although CUDA (and hence NVidia) interests me more, any 'good' graphics card is suitable since it's usual that the external graphics i/o will support a higher resolution and can plug into a decent flat screen. Multiple screens - also, of no interest in a laptop. It's not for coding, not for high-end GIS processing/production. Toshiba vs HP, Lenovo, Dell? _____ Ian Thomas Victoria Park, Western Australia _____ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Corneliu I. Tusnea Sent: Tuesday, 15 June 2010 12:21 PM To: ozDotNet Subject: Re: [OT] Laptop - Dell vs Toshiba I had a Dell XPS 16 Core i7 + 8Gb Ram + SSD (aftermarket) and returned it back to Dell after 4 months of use due to incredible heating and constant crashing. The laptop has a design flaw that the vents get covered by the screen as you open it. It's an awesome machine with super powers but intensive usage with open screen will kill it. I know 3 ppl that were in the same situation :( Now I'm using an HP Envy 15" with about the same specs and it never crashed (after I've installed a fresh W7 as the factory installation is full of crapware that make the laptop behave like a 5 years old netbook). Battery is a low (1h only). - light and sexy - Great 15.6" screen at 1920x1400 resolution not too reflective - No modem, no cd-drive - 3x USB, eSata, Lan, Audio, SD - Webcam, wireless, Gb network, BT - No other ports Corneliu.
