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    Solved! Hp dv7t vs Dell XPS 17 w/ FHD Display - Which is Better?

    Thanks for the info, all - I bought the Dell. Tech support has been an absolute nightmare - so bad that I wonder if their support manager is really an HP mole trying to secretly sabotage the support department. But at least, after 3 incredibly stressful hours on the phone with someone who was...
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    Solved! Dell XPS17 with FHD Display - Any Downside to Multi-Touch?

    Hi I'm planning to buy a Dell XPS 17 laptop, with the 1920x1080 FHD display. I've chosen dell over HP, and quad-core over dual-core, and my last decision is whether to get the Multi-Touch display. I won't be using it a lot - I telecommute, so it would come in very handy for doing whiteboard...
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    Solved! Hp dv7t vs Dell XPS 17 w/ FHD Display - Which is Better?

    Hi, I'm trying to decide between a Dell XPS 17 and an HP Pavilion dv7tqe laptop. Both have a 2.2G i7-2720 CPU, 8G of RAM. I gather the graphics cards are comparable, with perhpas a small edge to Dell's Geforce GT555m, though HP's ATI 6770m runs cooler. Dell apparently has better sound. Both...