2 Dell Laptops to Choose from. Pls HELP!

[ajz9]

Hey Guys,
I am interested in a couple of laptops from dell, just need help choosing one or the other. The price is around the same just need to know which one will perform better and if there is anything that i can leave out from the Specs that won't impact performance.
First:
Dell Studio
SYSTEM COLOUR Midnight Blue edit
PROCESSOR Intel® Core™ i5-520M 2.40GHz (2.93Ghz Turbo Mode, 3M cache) edit
OPERATING SYSTEM Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium, 64bit, English edit
OFFICE SOFTWARE Microsoft Works 9 DOES NOT INCLUDE MS WORD
HD DISPLAY 15.6” Full High Definition (1080p) High Brightness LED Display with TrueLife™ and Camera edit
MEMORY 6GB Shared Dual Channel DDR3 at 1066MHz edit
HARD DRIVE 500GB SATA Hard Drive (7200RPM) edit
GRAPHICS CARD ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 4570, 512MB edit
OPTICAL DRIVE 8X Slot Load CD/DVD Burner (Dual Layer DVD+/-R Drive) edit
BATTERY OPTIONS 85 Whr Lithium Ion Battery (9 cell) edit
WIRELESS CARD Dell Wireless 1520 802.11n Half Mini Card edit
SOUND OPTIONS High Definition Audio 2.2 edit
Essentials
KEYBOARD Back-lit Keyboard edit
Accessories
ALSO INCLUDED WITH YOUR SYSTEM
INTEGRATED WEBCAM No Touch Software
STUDIO 1558 Studio 15 Laptop
MOBILE INTERNET Internal Mobile Broadband not included
OR
Dell XPS 16
SYSTEM COLOUR Obsidian Black High Gloss Finish with Leather
PROCESSOR Intel® Core™ i5-520M (2.40GHz, 4Threads, turbo boost up to 2.93Ghz, 3M cache)
OPERATING SYSTEM Genuine Windows 7® Home Premium Edition
OFFICE SOFTWARE Microsoft Works
SECURITY SOFTWARE McAfee SecurityCenter, 15-Months
HARDWARE SERVICES 1 Year Limited Warranty w/1 Year Return To Depot Service
LCD AND CAMERA 15.6 FHD WLED Display in Obsidian Black with Leather and 2.0 MP Webcam
MEMORY 4GB Shared Dual Channel DDR3
HARD DRIVE 500GB 7200 RPM SATA Hard Drive
GRAPHICS CARD ATI Mobility RADEON® HD 4670 – 1GB
OPTICAL DRIVE Slot Load DVD+/-RW (DVD/CD read/write)
BATTERY OPTIONS 9-cell Battery
WIRELESS CARD Intel® 6200 WLAN Wireless-N (2x2) Mini Card
SOUND OPTIONS Creative SoundBlaster X-Fi MB
Accessories
ALSO INCLUDED WITH YOUR SYSTEM
Network Card Integrated 10/100/1000 Network Card
Studio XPS 16 Studio XPS 16 Notebook

Thanks in Advance.

[MarkOne]

Honestly you probably don't need 64 bits and 6 gB on a laptop , the second have a better video card , but did you need it but you don't say witch resolution the xps have. , no need for a better GPU if the LCD is less quality

I hope you don't pay for the mcAfeee

[Thund3rball]

1. Dump any unnecessary software (as above).
2. Upgrade the wireless card to an intel if you can (the dell cards are a bit flakey)
3. I don't see what the warranty is on the Studio? Is warranty important to you?
4. Depending on what's more important it's hard to say:
a) What will you be doing on it?
b) Will the difference in size matter (for portability)
c) The XPS can have a bigger "frameless" display
5. Purely based on design and build the XPS is better quality. The Studios all look and feel like plastic toys to me. And if gaming is important than the XPS has a better GPU too.

[MarkOne]

My heart is for the XPS too. but try to upgrade the display to 1920 x 1080. it's only 100 $ more

[ajz9]

thanks again for the help, Looks like it is the XPS.

[Digikid]

Just one question.

Why oh WHY Dell?!?!?!?!?!

[MarkOne]

if it's for see only those kind of st in signature, I may be better take a vacation with CM. it's about time someone do something with those pain in the A$$

[ajz9]

Originally Posted by Digikid

Just one question.

Why oh WHY Dell?!?!?!?!?!

What else would you suggest for moderate entertainment purposes.

[Digikid]

Originally Posted by MarkOne

if it's for see only those kind of st in signature, I may be better take a vacation with CM. it's about time someone do something with those pain in the A$$

Translation pls?

Acer or HP.

Both are excellent vendors with IMHO better quality and support than Dell.

This is NOT a flame post against Dell.....just curious as to why he is choosing them over better vendors.

[MarkOne]

Originally Posted by Digikid

Translation pls?

Acer or HP.

Both are excellent vendors with IMHO better quality and support than Dell.

It's anything what this teenager say.

For say something like that he never repair a HP and or a Acer laptop, and he never own a Dell. I refuse to repair HP , computer , printer and laptop, not without reason.