I am about to get a new laptop since my fiance decided that my current one is now hers lol. At first I was going to go all out but, spending near 3k on a laptop is a little much. I looked at the Inspiron 1720 and the XPS M1530. My question to you all is why can i get better specs for cheaper on the Inspiron? I mean it has a 17in High res glossy screen with the 8600gt. The XPS only comes with a 15in one. Can anyone explain what the difference between the two are? For me it has to have a core duo with a min of 2.0 clock speed, min of 8600gt, min of 2 gigs ram, and a min of 120g hd (7200 speed prefered). Maybe I am just crazy, but it seems the inspiron is a better computer that the low end xps lol.