DEll XPS L502x or dell XPS 15z

DELL XPS L502x or DELL XPS 15z

  • DELL XPS L502x

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  • DELL XPS 15z

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hamza_93

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hi fellows.
suggest me which laptop i should buy?

DELL XPS L502x SPECS:

PROCESSOR 2nd generation Intel® Core™ i7-2670QM processor 2.20 GHz with Turbo Boost 2.0 up to 3.10 GHz
OPERATING SYSTEM Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium, 64bit, English
OFFICE SOFTWARE Microsoft® Office Starter: reduced-functionality Word & Excel w/ ads. No PowerPoint or Outlook
MEMORY 8GB Shared Dual Channel DDR3 Memory
HARD DRIVE 750GB 7200 RPM SATA Hard Drive
VIDEO CARD NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 540M 2GB graphics with Optimus
HD DISPLAY 15.6 FHD B+RGLED TL (1920x1080) and Skype-Certified 2.0MP HD Webcam
INTERNAL OPTICAL DRIVE Tray Load Blu-ray® Triple Writer (reads and writes CDs, DVDs, BDs)
3G/4G MOBILE BROADBAND No Mobile Broad Band Selected
SOUND OPTIONS JBL 2.1 Speakers with Waves Maxx Audio 3\
WIRELESS + BLUETOOTH Intel© Centrino© Advanced-N 6230 & Bluetooth 3.0
Integrated Network Adapter Integrated 10/100/1000 Network Card
BATTERY OPTIONS 90 WHr 9-cell Lithium Ion Primary Battery
KEYBOARD Backlit Keyboard - English

COST. US $ 1315


DELL XPS 15z Specs

PROCESSOR 2nd generation Intel® Core™ i7-2640M processor 2.80 GHz with Turbo Boost 2.0 up to 3.50 GHz
OPERATING SYSTEM Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium, 64-Bit, English
VIDEO CARD NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 525M 2GB graphics with Optimus
MEMORY 8GB Shared Dual Channel DDR3 1333MHz Memory
INTERNAL OPTICAL DRIVE 8X Slot Load CD/DVD Burner (Dual Layer DVD+/-R Drive)
WIRELESS + BLUETOOTH Intel© Centrino© Advanced-N 6230 & Bluetooth 3.0
BATTERY OPTIONS 64 WHr 8-Cell Lithium Ion Primary Battery
SOUND OPTIONS Waves Maxx Audio 3
HD DISPLAY Elemental Silver Aluminum 15.6" 300-nit FHD (1080P) WLED Display with Webcam
KEYBOARD Backlit Keyboard - English
Integrated Network Adapter Integrated 10/100/1000 Network Card

COST US $ 1300.
 

hamza_93

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i am a student of electrical engineering (1st semester) . basically i have to make some presentations , some advance software like solid works , MATLAB , LATEX , etc .
beside these some entertainment .
i just wanted a latest laptop that can future proof for my engineering tenure.
 

curtis_87

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if CAD programs are your thing...well either of the two should be fine...though there was something on toms quite a while ago about ATI firepro and I cant remember what the Nvidia alternative was....obviously stating that professional cards had different profiles...to blow the CAD stuff out of the water I would go for one of the
http://www.dell.com/us/business/p/precision-m6600/pd

But thats big bucks, also those vendors of MATLAB , LATEX et all, didnt I read somewhere that they only support the pro range as oposed to just the normal graphics cards...i.e. there are special drivers for the pro range that integrate or work with these softwares, and only these drivers....thoough turning a "geforce to a quadro" (just remembered the names)i guess you could try and do a search on it...before u take the plunge..

Bottom line.. if you are gona make money from the laptop i would ditch the two you have there as you can get graphics cards with like 4GB RAM, you'll only need something like that in CAD apps or obviously from what I gleem if you are running multiple desktops....

If you want to save your bucks then it comes down to which you think is more aesthetically pleasing....They are bout the same spec... I recently had your quandry and went for the XPS 15 (or DELL XPS L502x) it worked out cheaper and I got more for it than the 15z...plus something bout the 15z just says mug me...
 

akataria7

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Hi i am l502x user
Roxio - its OK. better than nero IMO
FACIAL RECOGNITION- Trust me you wont use it for more than 10 times :p