Laptop for 72K. for an Architect

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TheLetterD

TheLetterD

Will Power
Umm you see its not 'me' who wants the laptop! Its a relative of mine in UK.
He wants a 17" screen so that he can show the projects he has done and the one he specifically creates for the client. For work he has a 24" monitor at home to which he connects his Laptop.
He insists on a 17" screen size and anything below just wont do the job. Portability is not a concern. He said that he picks up MUCH heavier stuff at the construction site. LOL
So I guess the only question I have now is which one should he go for b/w the 2?
The Sony one or the Dell?
 
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TheLetterD

TheLetterD

Will Power
Hello!
I need to know which laptop should I go for among these 3
(BTW Budget is Bumped to 800 Pounds i e 70K Rs.)

Sony E 17 Series SVE1711C5E (GBP 800)

Processor:Intel® CoreTM i5-2450M, 2.5GHz
Operating system:Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium
Hard drive:640 GB Serial ATA (5400 rpm)
Memory:8 GB 1333 MHz DDR3-SDRAM
Optical Drive:Blu-ray Disc(TM) player
Display:43.8cm LCD 1920x1080
Graphics:AMD Radeon(TM) HD 7650M 2GB
Back-Lit Keyboard
Battery:Battery life up to 4.5 hours

Dell XPS 17 (GBP 809)
2nd generation Intel® Core™ i5-2450M processor (2.50 GHz with Turbo Boost up to 3.10 GHz)
3GB NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 555M Graphics Card
1 yr Next Day In-Home Hardware Support

6-cell 56Whr Lithium Ion battery8 GB 1333MHz Dual Channel DDR3 SDRAM [2x4096]
750GB (7,200rpm) Serial ATA Hard Drive
DVD+/-RW (DVD, CD read and write)
44 cm(17.3") FHD WLED AG (1920x1080) with 2.0 Mega Pixel Integrated Camera

or the
Samsung RF711-S07UK (Heres the Link
Intel Core i7
CPU Number 2670QM
Processor Cores 4
Processor Speed 2.2 GHz
Memory (RAM) 8 GB
Memory Type DDR3 SDRAM
Hard Drive Type HDD
Hard Drive Size 1000 GB
Audio
Sound Card High Definition Audio
Audio Connections Line In /Line Out /Mic In
Power source
Battery Type Lithium Ion 6-Cell
Display
Screen Type TFT LED
Screen Size 17.3 in
Screen Resolution 1600x900

I need to decide before this saturday so it would be nice if I could get a reply ASAP!
Thanks in advance!
 
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crashnburn

Broken In
For movement and reliability... Nothing beats a Thinkpad.

I've used HP, Dell 17", Compaq, all brands of laptops over 10 years.

Nothing beats thinkpads.

XPS/ Alienware is fine if you want to do GAMING.

The guy wants something that he can TAKE AROUND and RELY UPON.

Get a Thinkpad with the right kind of Video Card (Integrate / Dedicated or Switchable) depending on his need of Video Processing Software vs Battery Life.
 
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TheLetterD

TheLetterD

Will Power
My final question now is to choose b/w 3 different laptops.
The laptop will be purchased in the UK (Online most probably) and I need to know which of the following would be the BEST one to go for:

HP Pavilion DV7 6B51EA


Samsung-NP550P7C-S02UK




Dell XPS 17
(Middle One! This looks like a great deal! Please let me know asap about this one as this offer will end at the 5th of June!)


AND it would be amazing if people could also tell me WHY that ones the best.

Here are the requirements:

Quad Core, 2.2 Ghz or above, 1 terabyte of storage, blue ray, 8 gig ram, 17 inch display, a very good dedicated graphics card and a great after sales service
Click to expand...
The total budget is 1000 GBP(Great Britain Pounds)
And before the Rupees value dropped that roughly meant Rs. 80,000
ALTHOUGH I want the Laptop to be for around 900 GBP (i.e. 72K) and the rest 8K I want to use to upgrade my warranty as the laptop will not be changed for another 5 Years! Yes I know. 5.



P.S Can any mod. please change thread name to ''Laptop for 72K. for an Architect''
Thanks!
 
dashing.sujay

dashing.sujay

Moving
Staff member
HP-> ruled out.

Samsung-> too good graphics to resist but display sucks.

Dell-> Good enough graphics + 1080p +back lit+ good ASS

You should now know the answer.
 
OP
TheLetterD

TheLetterD

Will Power
Hello I am in a dilemma! (Again!)
The laptop (Dell XPS 17) was going to be purchased but the offer expired! Now the only offer that is still there for the XPS 17 is one which cannot be upgraded and has 6GB of ram only.
I do not wish to go for that.
Now I basically have 2 questions:
1. Should I wait for the Ivy Bridge Processor XPS 17? Will it still be as good a deal as I got before(the Sandy Bridge XPS 17 which was on a clearance sale)
2. Or should I go for the IVY BRIDGE Inspiron 17R instead?
The Dell Online Store: Build Your System

Please help!
 
aroraanant

aroraanant

Explorer
I think you should wait for ivy bridge XPS, but you won't get a good deal as it is a new laptop and generally the company offers deal on old laptops.
And if you can't wait and want to save some thousand bucks then go for inspiron
 
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