Walwal

Thinking about getting a laptop and have been looking on the Dell Outlet site.

My question is, do I go for a Studio 1735 with T8100 processor, and 17inch screen, or an XPS M1530 with a T5750 processor and a 15.4 inch screen?? The price difference is less than £15, so that doesn't come into it.

Knowing nothing about laptops, obviously the 17 inch screen seems tempting, but what are the differences with the processors?? The memory in both is the same, the 1735 has a Radeon HD 3650 gfx card, the XPS has an NVidia 8600M.

The 1750's screen is listed as: Display 17in Widescreen WXGA+ Truelife LED
The XPS 1530 is: Display LCD 15.4 WXGA

Both have DVD RW drives.

Forgot to say, I'll be using it for internet, e-mails, and games such as Need For Speed Most Wanted, Carbon, Underground 2 (my laddie loves them all ) and Anarchy Online MMORPG (the dated gfx on that shouldn't push the machine too much).

So, which is the better buy with all things considered.

Any opinions appreciated.

Thanks,

Andy.

chrisowe

The Xps series of laptops are a step above the Studios. The Studios sit somewhere between the 1525 and Xps. If you are going to use it a lot for games the Xps would be a better bet.

Walwal

Thx for that, XPS it is.

Cheers,

Andy.