Hey guys... I'm on my (only one year old) Studio XPS 16, RGBLED, 7200rpm, i5-450M, ATI HD 5730...

This thing still has 2 years of warranty on it but I'm thinking what should I do now... of course I will miss the power of my current laptop (graphics) as well as its huge 16 inch screen.

If I buy a new laptop I could just give this to my brother or my mom. They don't need it, and I don't need a brand new laptop, but I might consider a new one that's only like 1.36 kg or 1.98 kg.

I can't exactly trade up because I'd be downgrading on the screen, the graphics on the larger XPS laptops aren't very very good, and all of those are expensive while I got a decent deal on this laptop (such as cheap upgrade for the screen, but because this chassis is so sold, the processor was not new and certainly not the fastest). It'd be almost the same thing, with a worse screen, lighter by only a couple hundred grams, and heck more expensive.

So I'm thinking if I should get the light XPS 13 Ultrabook or an XPS14z, more mobility, battery life.

So what are your thoughts and comments? Ultrabook or 14z worth the money (considering no/crap graphics, not a great screen, small too)? Worth the weight trade-off?

Anyone has used these laptops and can tell me about your experience?

Realistic battery life?

Thanks

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Added on May 12, 2012, 7:01 pmDell Australia has similar weird marketing as Dell Malaysia...

Two versions, one with 4GB, one with 8GB RAM, both same price, except one shows a $200 discount. Strange.

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Added on May 12, 2012, 7:19 pmThese specs worth the price, RM4599?

Windows® 7 Home Premium SP1 64bit
Core i7-2640M processor (2.80 GHz with Turbo 2.0 up to 3.50 GHz)
3-year XPS Premier Service with 1-year CompleteCover
Belkin Radius 15.6" Backpack

14.0" (35.6cm) HD WLED True-Life (1366x768)
8GB 1333MHz DDR3 SDRAM (2 x 4GB)
256GB Solid State Drive
9.5mm SATA Slot Load DVD+/-RW
Intel® Centrino® Advanced-N 6230 with Bluetooth v3.0+HS
8 Cell Primary Battery
NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 520M 1GB graphics
Dell™Backlit Keyboard with Touchpad (English)
High Definition Audio +Waves MaxxAudio® 3

Noob question here. I heard the new generation laptop after 2009 or 2010 or so have no more problem charging while using. Is this true? Are the Dell laptops included as well?

Im just become the owner of XPS 15z today, anyone can recommend me a cooler pad for it????

1368x768 is no longer appealing. After bought last year XPS15 with the 1080p screen, I cannot accept the normal screen anymore. It is something like comparing Ipad2 and Ipad3. Once you see the scren on the new ipad then ipad2 is lousy.

Hi there,

I am interested in the Dell xps 14z firstly because of the design. I'm such a girl, I want nice design but with good
specs and affordable. What I normally use my laptop for other than FB n web surfing, I use photoshop,
as well as video editing. So I was wondering if i5 with 8gb ram enough for me? I'm on really tight
budget as well, kinda hoping for the price to drop for i5...

But anyhow,  based on your experiences, would you recommend this laptop to me?
Thanks.

Hmm.. new XPS 15 not yet arriving in Malaysia? In US they launched both new XPS 14 and 15 together..