CSOCSO

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so as you can see i want to get DELL ( i got a DELL credit card)
but im not sure which one to buy..



i want to sell my pc.. not sure how much could i get.
pentium 4 (3Ghz) + zalman cooler
Abit AG8 motherboard
Corsair TWINX 2 gb ram (ddr) + thermaltake cooler
ati X850XT + zalman cooler
Creative X-Fi soundcard
i forgat what kind of power supply but it wasnt cheap.. its chrome and detachable cables ( so no cable mess)
2 fan on the front, 1 in the back and 1 on the side
red and blue lights
120 gb hdd

+ a Logitech MOMO racing wheel



what do you guys how much can i get for my pc?

a red stars below the prices are the coolness factor..

if i get the XPS one or the M2010 then i would sell my 24 inch samsung monitor which is an awesome monitor without any problem ( no dead pixel.. nothing)

if i get the laptop then i would keep the monitor because most of the times i would use it as a desktop computer

XPS Hybrid is cheap and the only problem is the slow hdd

the m2010 is the best looking and coolest but the price.. OMG... and slow cpu
but its portable as a suite case :D awesome

i dont play games on the pc... only downloading, surfing, photoshop, video editing, extracting a lot from large rar files... so i really need fast cpu and fast hdd
but he xps hybrid and the two laptops has slow hdd's... so what should i do?

CSOCSO

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blue color is good, red is bad and the green is Ok.

BYeRhONe

the m2010 is damn cool. you'd have a clean setup and its got the dockingstation for the laptop.

how much would you sell the monitor for?

equinox2355

I would go with the studio 17 since you could always upgrade the HDD and still come out ahead.

CSOCSO

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around 350.... it was 550 when it was new and it still looks new... no scratches.. NOTHING wrong with it. but i dont want to sell it yet because i as i told you.. i would sell it only if i get the m2010 or the xps one

jonathan110987

macbook pro... jp..

vettereddie

Do you need a portable workstation? Desktops always have a better $/performance ratio. The M2010 is worthless performance wise, and too heavy to really be portable, and the one is a cheaper ripoff of the iMac, with a worse display.

Studio 17 looks to be the best for what you want to do, though if you can afford the XPS One and M2010, you can get a Macbook Pro cheaper and bootcamp it w/ XP for windows software. The hardware quality can't be touched for the price, + you can get Firewire 800 external HDD's for 800 Mbps data transfer, double what USB 2.0 offers. If you get refurbished it knocks $300-400, I bought a refurb Mac mini for my car and have had no problems, even after being installed in my car over a year, no vibration or heat issues.

Is the Dell credit card as in, someone else pays the bill or is it just a visa with a dell logo that you still have to pay (a la sears card) with still a high interest rate? If so, you may want to look at Toshiba or Acer, they're a better value IMO.

If you stick with Dell, get something from their business line, customer service on them is much better, as in the QA and part selection in the manufacturing process (not just whatever IC is cheapest in China that week, actual configuration control per model)

mcd

dell.com/outlet

xdorkx

the xps mo2010 is cool, but at 20 lbs, its NOT a very portable laptop, more of a desktop in a cool design...

CarbonXe

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None of them.

CSOCSO

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it is portable 20lbs.. thats nothing... its good if i just unblup everything and take it downstars so i can be close to my wife while shes doing her things.... better than locked up in my "game room" for all night

ChelsDS

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Honestly you can build a computer with great parts for the price of the M2010 and get what you actually want. Why go to Dell? Are you buying a computer when you don't actually have the money to buy one outright?

Desktops always have more power than a laptop and none of the desktops you're looking at are that good. Laptops are ok but they're not that great in the long run.

You seem to have a custom built computer so why not upgrade the parts on that to make it faster? Get a new CPU, faster HDD and get a newer NVIDIA card. Go here to find good cards

a_german_named_hans

If its a desktop, build your own. If its a laptop. Get one from these guys:

www.cyberpowerpc.com

All OEM stuff, no extra bs programs you'll never use like dell does. Pretty cheap too. Its where I got my laptop from and I absolutely love it. Comes with HDMI out, VGA out, S-Video out. 4 usb ports. Firewire and a bunch of other stuff. its great.

CSOCSO

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i cant upgrade because the abit ag8 is a nice oveclockable motherboard but cantt ake dual core /core 2 duo cpus.. cant take ddr2's... so i would need new motherboad, new ram new cpu..

i just want to go with something cool, better...

chrominized

i love my xps m1330....even though it's freakin overpriced

13edge

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For what you'd do with it, I'd get a laptop on the cheap and have it set up to where it can access your more powerful desktop from anywhere with wireless. Your PC is still pretty good. For less than $1500 you could build your own with parts and OS on the cheap from like Tiger Direct and newegg, with like a 3 card SLI, 780 mb, multiple hd's in raid 0 for performance, with an external hd backup, cooling, the works. and I agree that Tom's Hardware is a great site to look at.

But if I had to choose one, I'd say the XPS ONE, but the wallet says 'OUCH!'

toeveryhour

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Dell FTL

I had one and will never get one again.

CSOCSO

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my wife got a dell laptop shes really happy with it.. i like it too.
my mom had a toshiba.. it died! now shes got a HP and the wireless card went poop...

btw i think im not gonna spend too much.
m2010 looks awesome! but its just too much

from newegg i can get a motherboard+ cpu 3ghz core 2 duo and 2 gig os memory for only 500-600.. i could use my vga, audio, etc..cheap but very big upgrade

13edge

Check the Q6700 out too. quad core 2.66 and getting cheaper all the time.

toeveryhour

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if you're gonna go with dell, get a GOOD warranty on it. you will need it.