Dell XPS 15 15.6" 4K display

[Soulcatcher668]

Seems like a really sweet deal for and everyday work machine if you need one.

Those specs seem crazy to me. 1T SSD included?

 

[ATMINSIDE]

If only I had a reason to upgrade laptops... lol

My Dell Vostro 3450 is still chugging along just fine for my use, but this is a sweet piece!

 

[freakdiablo]

Quoth the server, 404.

Eh, like I had $1500 to swing anyway. i7, 16gb ram, 1TB SSD, 4k display for that much? I think someone made a mistake...

 

[bob4933]

That same model is 3000$ at dells website... wonder whats up?

 

[Soulcatcher668]

Go buy one is what's up. If I didn't live in Canada, I would snap that up in an instant.

 

[ATMINSIDE]

It is in-store only, they do deals like this all the time at Microcenter.

 

[SPL Tech]

It's a Dell. Crap and cheap is what they do.

 

[ATMINSIDE]

It's a Dell. Crap and cheap is what they do.

Lol cool story

 

[Alaric]

Link comes up for me. If I had $1500 and a Micro Center I'd be all over it. LOL The ad says the regular price is $1649.99, which still doesn't seem bad with a GTX 960 GPU thrown in.

 

[ATMINSIDE]

Link comes up for me. If I had $1500 and a Micro Center I'd be all over it. LOL The ad says the regular price is $1649.99, which still doesn't seem bad with a GTX 960 GPU thrown in.

Which is the regular in store price for microcenter, its way more direct from Dell or at other retailers.

 

[Alaric]

From the little I've seen regarding laptop prices that seems like a pretty good deal. Most of my laptop fun consists of playing with Falcon Northwest's configurator. Big fun there. https://www.falcon-nw.com/

 

[SPL Tech]

Link comes up for me. If I had $1500 and a Micro Center I'd be all over it. LOL The ad says the regular price is $1649.99, which still doesn't seem bad with a GTX 960 GPU thrown in.

960M, not 960. BIG difference. Laptop versions of desktop cards typically totally suck. For example, userbenchmark.com gives the Nvidia 560 and 470 a higher average effective performance rating.... the 960M is probably only going to give you low settings on most games.

 

[EarthDog]

960M, not 960. BIG difference. Laptop versions of desktop cards typically totally suck.

+1 to this part of the post!!!!

 

[Alaric]

That I was not aware of. Seems kind of misleading for them to use (almost) the same nomenclature for an inferior part.

 

[EarthDog]

The "m" makes it different. Can't say I find it misleading at all. It's like complaining about not knowing the difference between a Mustang, a Mustang gt, or a Mustang cobra.... come on now!

 

[Alaric]

I see 960 and think 960. I just assumed it was only the chip instead of (obviously) a discrete card, hence the M for mobile. I thought the GPU chip was the same. I thought it was the difference between a blue Mustang GT and a red Mustang GT. And they called it a 960 for a reason. If it isn't the same chip then I wonder why they used the same designation? Hmmm... LOL

 

[ATMINSIDE]

I see 960 and think 960. I just assumed it was only the chip instead of (obviously) a discrete card, hence the M for mobile. I thought the GPU chip was the same. I thought it was the difference between a blue Mustang GT and a red Mustang GT. And they called it a 960 for a reason. If it isn't the same chip then I wonder why they used the same designation? Hmmm... LOL

Why would they make a whole different numbering scheme for something of the same architecture when they can add an "M" to the end and designate mobile?

 

[Alaric]

I don't want to go too far afield here, and I'm the one learning not teaching, but it's the same number. I haven't paid much attention to nVidia until recently so it's all new to me.

 

[SPL Tech]

That I was not aware of. Seems kind of misleading for them to use (almost) the same nomenclature for an inferior part.

ha, yea, welcome to marketing. Misleading is what they do.