It's come time to get a new work laptop - I've always been a DELL man, having worked there twice in my career - first as a tech support guy for their laptops and onwards into software.
I was looking at the DELL XPS laptops and reviews. My old one was an XPS M1730 - At the time I got it one of the best laptops on the market. Was fantastic for gaming, Virtual machines, had a huge screen but it was also exceptionally large and heavy. It was also quite flashy with glowing vents and XPS logos etc. The screen was amazing and had a really high resolution for a laptop. This allowed me to work without feeling constricted.
Having reviewed all the newer "slicker" XPS laptops I am torn between the new XPS 17 laptop. It looks really sleek, has a great spec and doesn't require weightlifting training to carry it around!
Nice hi res screen, good graphics card and sound engine along with a fairly good spec.
however.. At the same time, I am a huge fan of Alienware. I own the Area51 ALX Desktop - easily the most powerful, coolest looking home gaming computer on the market and I am tempted to go for the new Alienware M17x Laptop
Everything about this laptop is "cool" - its extremely powerful with a standard build of 6gb of ram, a TB of hard disk space on a raid array. I7 processor with. its also very durable and the screen is not only 1200p but has 3d capability.
I'll decide at the weekend which one I am going to buy - I like new toys and from a work perspective; either of these laptops will handle pretty much anything I throw at them. The only drawback is the price. The alienware is almost £1000.00 more expensive!
*edit:
Went with the XPS :)
2.93 ghz CPU i7 Quad Core
16 GIG DDR
500 GB Hard Drive
Windows 7 Ultimate 64BIT
3GB Graphic Card
Built in Wireless
DVDRW / BluRay
UK Spec
USB 3.0 Technology
9 Cell Battery
JBL 2.1 Designed & Certified Speakers +Waves MaxxAudio®
2.1 Audio: 2 X 5W + 12W sub-woofer 22W Total
Integrated Camera
15 Months McAfee Anti Virus
Computrace LoJack so it can't get pinched :)
