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and recently they just started to provide OS kit with the price RM10 for all the laptop
which was me
because when i bought the sxps 16, they dont have such "package"
is that possible that i want to buy the OEM OS media kit from them?
no right?


imho, Studio XPS design pawned XPS
especially the leather part

Word. And the keypad too?

but in the XPS 15 there's an option for DELL backlit keyboard. would it be the same as the Studio XPS backlit KB? or just a XPS keyboard with backlighting??

What the difference Studio XPS backlit keyboard with a XPS keyboard with backlighting?

The JBL speaker + sub catch my attention.. hmm.. wonder how good they perform..

Surprised why everyone is so in awe of JBL. It might be just another useless add-on because JBL subwoofer speakers in a similar sized laptop have not impressed me at all. Once again the speakers are tiny and they just made the grille big.

OS Media kit is now charged everywhere (5 pounds in UK, 5 dollars in Aus etc) and even tho I have 3 Dell PCs, one just bought recently, they won't give me one. Zzz

Don't Buy XPS!

I think what the JBL subwoofer do is to make the sound louder and clearer, definitely not the "boom" "boom" "boom" like in normal subwoofer.

well, there's still a difference... but still, a rm100 earphone is still better...

LOL? We don't know how soft/loud it is yet. And website reviews mostly cannot be trusted because they are biased most of the time - lauding the products like some god given notebook/handheld.

But if I'm right about JBL subwoofer, even RM30 earphones will be sufficient - the quality is not so bad with "enhancement" software, but it's still bad, and the volume is soft unless you got some loud MP3 or game like I said.

Studio XPS 16 got touch sensitive key on the top of the keyboard
not sure about XPS 15 after upgrade keyboard with backlighting
from the pictures that i saw, there is some different between the keyboard of XPS15 & SXPS 16

a good effort by dell indeed, waiting for a counterattack by asus and acer. they wont sit still for sure. IMHO, more models will be released prior to christmas, let see how they'll react...

Asus already has similar stuff a few weeks ago...

N43Jq and N53Jq, 740QM, GT 425M, rm3999...

rm500 gets u better design (imho), Bang & Olusfen Audio, and 2yrs warranty...

at rm3599 there's Asus A42Ja, 740QM + HD5730...

Acer already has got Aspire TimelineX 4820TG at the lower price range (rm2599), 460M + HD5650 + long battery life... at the same time, there is Lenovo Y460 at rm2999 with 460M and GT 425M...

honestly, with the hardware bundled together, it's not easy for XPS to distinguish itself...

This post has been edited by astria: Oct 24 2010, 06:38 PM

Does the Dell XPS 15 comes with international warranty? As I'm gonna get a laptop to accompany for my 1 year stay at Australia.. currently not sure if I should get the XPS 15 or Acer 4820TG..

I will go for Studio XPS 16.

XPS 14 and 15 design seem suck for me,just my personal opinion .

In term of spec, they are almost the same. GT435 with 2GB ram and ATI5730 with 1GB ram are almost the same.

i more worry about heat problem. since nV and I7 is very hot for laptop.

not to mention that xps 15 has smaller air vent.

Thanks for the suggestion mimi, I do like Studio XPS 16 design more too.. I'm not good with all these hardware stuff so when I saw the GT435 with 2GB ram and ATI5730 with 1GB ram in comparison I thought that 2GB > 1GB automatically lol.

If they are indeed almost the same I should really consider the Studio XPS 16 now too... hmmm.

Does it have international warranty tho?

You need to upgrade the warranty to 3 years to be international..

sad to see the xps15 with better gpu than the n53jq with cheaper price...and with a few upgrades here and there like the backlit keyboard its still cheaper..yet i dont want to get a dell =/ ugh

Well I think i5 is better than i7 quad overall, and Dell still hasn't let up about the GT 435M. We can be certain GT 435M will be much, much hotter than HD 5730.

Radeon HD 6000s are being launched, so hopefully we will see the Mobile version of the successor of 5730/5830.

Now if there were SXPS 16 parts and touch panel built into XPS 15 body, that would be awesome.

i5 for gaming certainly is but id rather much prefer an i7 for my use. It states that the i5 dosent support the 2mb of gt435 if thats the case then u wont be able to get an i5 with a gt435. but like u said hd6000s are launching so hopefully they have something on par with the gt435 that supports i5. then again the question is will they use AMD gpu's for intel processors and are u willing to wait

I have waited >2 months already with no laptop, I miss having one all to myself

If it's a good product I will wait, I really preferred to buy at this time, around November, but others have very limited warranty I cannot trust (after what happened with my last few laptops I am really cautious now).

They have AMD fusion and other things coming out, but people give really bad comments about AMD CPUs.

I believe i5 is compatible with 2GB VRAM since other laptops are sold with those specs. It's just Dell being Dell. It will be hard for me to accept buying a hot Nvidia GPU, but buying it with i7? I will never repeat that mistake.

Bad news is Sandy Bridge products all have quite high TDPs. It's like Intel and Nvidia are competing, who can make the hottest product with the worst relative performance.