Dell XPS

[Robert]

I've been looking at a laptop and have noticed Dell are doing buy now pay April 2011.

I've priced up the following which I can get for £1100 including a 2 year warranty which also covers accidental damage:

Base Intel® Core™ i5 Processor 540M(2.53GHz,3MB cache)
Microsoft Operating System Genuine Windows® 7 Professional, 64bit, English
Memory 4096MB 1067MHz Dual Channel DDR3 SDRAM [2x2048]
Keyboard Internal UK/Irish Qwerty Keyboard
Video Card 1GB ATI® Radeon™ HD 4670 graphics card
Hard Drive 128GB Solid State SATA Drive
Optical Devices DVD +/- RW Drive (read/write CD & DVD) with Roxio Easy CD and DVD Burn software
Wireless Networking Dell Wireless 1520 (802.11n) Half Mini Card
Cables 1 Meter Power Cord (3 Wire) - UK
Shipping Documents English - Documentation Studio XPS 16
Gedis Bundle Reference N04X6702
Standard Warranty 1 year of coverage included with your PC
Enhanced Service Packs 2 years Collect & Return + Accidental Damage
Bluetooth Dell Wireless 370 Bluetooth Module
Order Information Studio XPS 1647 Order - UK
Primary Battery 9-cell 85Whr Lithium Ion battery

Any comments?

[dirky]

Main use?
I'm wary about dedicated graphics, overheating etc..

Edit: I have an M1330 btw

[Robert]

It will be for some gaming...but all kinds really - HD films, games, work etc.

May use it for LANs as well, hence dedicated graphics would be a bonus.

[dirky]

OK gotcha, in which case spec looks good. Not sure what SSD drives Dell use, if you want one it might be worth getting a mechanical and swapping in your own. Or getting a 64GB Dell one and swap in one later.. just a thought..

[Robert]

Haha...only looking at this as it's buy now pay later - just wavering at the buy button though.

Damn it - so indecisive