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Krishant007: I think its just a regular 5400rpm 1tb drive. I have a 750 Black Scorpio 7600rpm sitting at home that i was going to put in there.. Besides that, not really planning to do any upgrades on this one.
mattwnz: For those who ordered one, did you do any upgrades, such as win 8 to win 8 pro?
zaptor: Okay, being the curious fellow that I am I went looking for the same SKU for the Aussie market.
I used the following E-Code: X510412AU
I found the same laptop (well, the specs appear to be identical anyway).
The description also includes this (which wasn't on the NZ one):
* 5 in 1 Card Reader (SD, SDHC, SD3.0, MS, MS Pro)
Which corroborates what the CSR told me about the NZ model.
Anyway, it also has a $500 discount.
However, it's base price is $1,698.99! (bear in mind this is in Australian dollars)
So, yeah. I'd say the CSR was right. Will be interesting to see how long they keep that price going.
Anyway, if you're looking for a cheap i7/16GB/1080p/{reasonable GPU} laptop, I'd say get in now before the price recalibrates.
Stan: and its still up anyone else had order confirmation yet?
Stan: Spotted this at dell I don't know if it is a mistake but I have ordered will see if it get cancelled
Link:
http://www.dell.com/nz/business/p/laptops.aspx?c=nz&l=en&s=bsd&~ck=mn#!facets=62039~0~342777&p=1
Specs:
Inspiron 15 5000 Series (Intel®) - 5547
4th Generation Intel® Core™ i7-4510U processor (4M Cache, up to 3.1 GHz)
16GB Dual Channel DDR3L 1600MHz (8GBx2)
AMD Radeon™ HD R7 M265 2GB DDR3
1TB 5400 rpm SATA Hybrid Hard Drive with 8GB Cache
Windows 8.1 (64Bit) English
English keyboard with backlight
Intel® Centrino® Wireless-AC 3160 @ 5GHz + Bluetooth 4.0
15.6 inch LED Backlit Touch Display with IPS and FHD resolution (1920 x 1080)
zaptor: As a side note. I personally think the discount is probably worth about $700 in relation to (currently available) comparable models. Certainly, not the $900-$1000 inferred by the Aussie model standard pricing.
Dell don't seem to have the bang for buck deals they used to (excluding the 5547 of course).
The odd thing is that I couldn't find any others of this model that had a touch screen that was full HD. Most screens seem to be far lower resolution. So it is quite hard to compare. But a full HD screen would be more valuable. Infact this model and deal is difficult to find on their website, unless you know the link, or select just the 'touch screen 'option.
mattwnz:zaptor: As a side note. I personally think the discount is probably worth about $700 in relation to (currently available) comparable models. Certainly, not the $900-$1000 inferred by the Aussie model standard pricing.
Dell don't seem to have the bang for buck deals they used to (excluding the 5547 of course).
The odd thing is that I couldn't find any others of this model that had a touch screen that was full HD. Most screens seem to be far lower resolution. So it is quite hard to compare. But a full HD screen would be more valuable. Infact this model and deal is difficult to find on their website, unless you know the link, or select just the 'touch screen 'option.
zaptor:mattwnz:zaptor: As a side note. I personally think the discount is probably worth about $700 in relation to (currently available) comparable models. Certainly, not the $900-$1000 inferred by the Aussie model standard pricing.
Dell don't seem to have the bang for buck deals they used to (excluding the 5547 of course).
The odd thing is that I couldn't find any others of this model that had a touch screen that was full HD. Most screens seem to be far lower resolution. So it is quite hard to compare. But a full HD screen would be more valuable. Infact this model and deal is difficult to find on their website, unless you know the link, or select just the 'touch screen 'option.
It's definitely a good deal. Save me having to look for a laptop deal of the same calibre in 3 months time (Boxing day).
I used pricespy to scope for a similar specced model, and came up with the Acer Nitro VN7-571G, which starts from $1500. I don't think it has a touch screen though - which negates the comparison if it's a desired feature.
However, once you get into the $1,600-$1,800 territory you start bumping into laptops with full quad cored i7's, and noticeably gruntier GPUs, with better build quality.
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