imo, the new xps design is quite decent... no point to design it as a gaming laptop since they already have AW. yes xps is gaming brand... but kinda no point to have it. I think it more of they want to keep the sxps, and still release a new laptop... because spec and usage wise its very much like the sxps.

And also I never understood why people would put good speakers on a laptop design for home entertainment... i mean, home entertainment, much better to use an external speaker (2.1 configuration)

computing, as in web browsing, watching movies... day to day activities... its not specs alone. But when you factor in intensive stuff like gaming, video editting (especially those that do these for a living) you don't want to waste half a day rendering your videos, you dun want to play games at low0medium detail, at a low resolution. So you know... just which type of user you are.

I mean if you just do web browsing, watching movies, listening music, abit of word processing... (i know some friends that do this only) Ur better off buying a macbook air. Thin, light, durable, stylist, long battery life. Perfect!

@kae7 i think that was a typo on his part... chill dude

xp has no directx10, directx11... how to game? Win7 got no problem with steam lur.

Well, imo 15.6" is kinda big to lug around... but since my laptop camps on my table, its kinda okay.

just run the graph. Like that you can see your peak temperature.

aren't they manufactured in china?

yes USB 3.0 is compatible with USB 2.0. but using a usb 2.0 product on it will just make it like a normal usb 2.0 port.

then fans got 2 ways, aim at the vents, or put it right in the middle.

I recommend in the middle, give a more balance air flow.