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Originally Posted by graham.hobart
Where to next? Alienware?
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Can't praise my Dell XPS 15 enough. When I got it I had some cash so I went looking for the best lappy I could find, I was even open to a MBP if it turned out to be the one I liked.
Anyway the XPS has an excellent build, similar to my GFs MBP but the XPS has carbon fibre on the bottom so it's a lot lighter than the MBP and it doesn't get anywhere near as hot. Plus the screen is awesome, even higher res than the retina display on the equivalent MBP and even better contrast.
I know I keep comparing it to the MBP but I consider them excellent machines and that's what I was comparing the XPS to when I got it. It's got the same processor, RAM, SSD, and graphics card as the top of the line MBP at the time, with at least as good build quality but the cost was a bit over $500 cheaper.
It runs Windows 8.1, which I know gets a bad rap but honestly mine's only ever crashed once since I got it 14 months ago and that was when the HDD died - I'm definitely no Windows fanboy, and I feel dirty saying it, but that's significantly more reliable than any of the other systems I use daily (centOS, Win 7, various Macs)
As I mentioned earlier when the HDD did die I jumped on support chat with Dell and they sent a tech out to my office where he swapped the SSD out on the spot. I've always thought that part of the price premium on Apple products is to prepay for their good customer service but there were quite a few jealous Mac users in my office after seeing how easy it was to get support from Dell - and I didn't even have to leave my seat!
EDIT: I should mention this isn't a business lappy, it's just a personal one, not from Dells business range, so the level of service wasn't because of anything like that
