all this for $1814! I so want this.

Module Description Description Product Code & SKU Product Code & SKU
Base Studio 15 Laptop HK15HN [224-6700]
Operating System Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium Edition SP1, 64-Bit VHP64E [310-8628][330-5139][420-6436][420-7938][420-9100][420-9319][421-0323][463-2282]
Processor Intel® Core™ i7-820QM Processor (1.73GHz, 8MB Cache, Turbo Boost) CLF173 [317-2201]
Memory 6GB Shared Dual Channel DDR3 at 1067MHz 6GB [317-3081]
Keyboard Back-lit Keyboard BCLKEY [330-2938]
Monitor 15.6” Full High Definition (1080p) High Brightness LED Display with TrueLife™ and Camera C1080L [320-1177][421-1777]
Video Card 512MB ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4570 512ATI [330-5200]
Hard Drive 250GB SATA Hard Drive (7200RPM) 250GB72 [341-9704]
Floppy Drive Black Chainlink BLKWLAN [313-8416]
CD ROM/DVD ROM 8X Slot Load CD/DVD Burner (Dual Layer DVD+/-R Drive) W7DVDRW [313-8861][421-1362][421-1445][421-1582]
Sound High Definition Audio 2.2 IS [313-4783]
Wireless Dell Wireless 1397 802.11g Half Mini-Card DW1397U [430-2929]
Office Productivity Software Microsoft® Works 9 IOHSWKE [421-0304]
Software - Antivirus McAfee SecurityCenter, 30-Day Trial MC1030D [410-2184]
Option 1 85 Whr Lithium Ion Battery (9 cell) 9BAT [312-0695]
Hardware Support Services 1Yr Ltd Warranty and Mail-In Service ST111RR [905-0037][905-1420][950-3337][950-9057][960-2780]
Datasafe Dell Online Backup 2GB for 1 year DOB2GB [420-9518][988-0099][988-7707]
Mobile Broadband Internal Mobile Broadband not included NOMB [313-8834]
Entertainment and Editing Software WildTangent Games WLDTNG [420-9352]
Bluetooth Dell Wireless 365 Bluetooth Internal (2.1) TM365I [430-3650]
Dell Remote Access Dell Remote Access, free basic service

It just needs a BRD-light scribe drive.

Light Scribe sucks

It took Rusty 2 days to Lightscribe all the HYEO CDs for NEDF. So slow.

Not bad.

Michael Dell is one of my favorite Texas Jews.

lightscribe rules, it's just slow. without lightscribe, rttp wouldnt have a pot to piss in for digital music.

Why do some people think dells are pieces of shit and others say they're really good computers. There's never an in-between. Anyone know why??

Dewd, ur gittin a fuckin Dell

dells used to blow goats. then they didnt. then they did. now, they dont again.

This was exactly what I was going to post.

Dells vary a lot between models and years.

10% cb from bing.. hm... with 8GB of DDR3 1333mhz, this is $2,214 - 10% CB.

I'd get it but when I found out that Dell has a secret harddrive partition with Dell crap in it that they don't tell you about.. I decided never to get a Dell again. need moar transparency

yeah, fuck recovery partitions. why anyone would want to be able to recovery a computer back to the state that they originally got the PC?

Anyone with 1/2 a brain would always have known that was. Load from scratch and that's not there.

I'm really looking at this cause I need more horsepower and I use my work dell for processing most of my images. unfortunately, the antivirus on my laptop is sucking shit. It locks up my computer when I'm at home. I end up transferring the pictures to my desktop to work on. When I got to MDF, I will need something like this.

its not that it sucks, it just takes a while (mine takes about 20 minutes/disc)

as far as my experiences with Dells go, everyone I've had is outstanding at first, but they go to shit quicker than most other pre-made PCs

rusty is so correct on one point and so incorrect on the other point.

what am I not correct on?

how long it takes to lightscribe.
I'm typing this on a 3 1/2 year old dell laptop.
Behind me, I have a 7yo dell that I'm listening to music on.
Beside me, I'm working on a 1yo dell that is a replacement for a 10yo dell desktop which I'm replacing cause 400Mhz is just too slow to do what I need it to do.

that's how long mine takes

that's how long mine is

ZINGAAAAAAAAAAAAA

all lightscribing take 21 minutes for dark/non-draft. I'm still drooling over this laptop cause my anti-virus is killing my PC.

I said about 20...stop being so testic....I mean technical

dude, you want to the fuck with my dicks?

my love for you is like a truck, berserker...would you like some making fuck, berserker

Did he say "making fuck?"

I really need this... I just speced out a similar lappy from HP and it was $1400's. Only thing it was missing was a backlit KB and the screen resolution sucked.

Get the intel core 2 duo rev, 2.2 ghz, just upgrade the ram to 8gb and you'll be good to go.

You are incorrect. I already have a 2GHz C2D and it's not fast enough.

I wish I had money for the berserker dell.

hey rev bestbuy has the hp pavilion with i7 for $1,300
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/HP+-+Pavilion+...6312&ref=06&loc=01&id=1218123847836

that one was $999 online last week.
I don't know what I feel about HP's though.
Plus, I wanted the i7-820QM instead of the i7-720QM.
I really wish I could get a i7-920QM with 8GB of RAM and a back-lit keyboard.
Also, 17.3" is too large for my daybag.

check this out:
http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu_lookup.php...cpu=Intel+Core+i7+820QM+%40+1.73GHz

tight.

PROCESSORS Intel® Core™ i7-820QM Quad Core Processor @ 1.73GHz (3.06GHz Turbo Mode, 6MB Cache) edit
COLORS Black Chainlink edit
OPERATING SYSTEM Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium, 64bit, English edit
OFFICE SOFTWARE No Microsoft Office edit
WARRANTY AND SERVICE 1Yr Ltd Warranty and Mail-In Service edit
In-Home Service after Remote Diagnosis: for issues covered by Limited Hardware Warranty, technician and/or part will be dispatched, if necessary, usually in 1 or 2 business days following Remote Diagnosis. During Remote Diagnosis, you may be asked to access the inside of your system (where safe to do so) or to participate in troubleshooting until a cause can be isolated.
SECURITY SOFTWARE McAfee SecurityCenter, 15-Months edit
HD DISPLAY 15.6” Full High Definition (1080p) High Brightness LED Display with TrueLife™ and Camera edit
MEMORY 8GB Shared Dual Channel DDR3 at 1333MHz edit
HARD DRIVE 320GB SATA Hard Drive (7200RPM) edit
OPTICAL DRIVE 8X Slot Load CD/DVD Burner (Dual Layer DVD+/-R Drive) edit
BATTERY OPTIONS 85 Whr Lithium Ion Battery (9 cell) edit
WIRELESS CARDS Intel 5300 Ultimate-N Half Mini Card (3x3) with MyWiFi edit
MOBILE CONNECTIVITY Internal Mobile Broadband not included edit
BLUETOOTH Dell Wireless 365 Bluetooth Internal (2.1) edit
SOUND OPTIONS Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi MB edit
KEYBOARD Back-lit Keyboard edit

$100 less with 2GB more RAM, but it doesn't say what descrete graphics card...

I configure this every day... The only thing I don't like is the 512MB video card.

$2014
Processor Intel® Core™ i7-820QM Quad Core Processor @ 1.73GHz (3.06GHz Turbo Mode, 6MB Cache) edit
Operating System Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium, 64bit, English edit
Office Productivity Software
Monitor 15.6” Full High Definition (1080p) High Brightness LED Display with TrueLife™ and Camera/Facial Reco edit
Memory 8GB Shared Dual Channel DDR3 at 1333MHz edit
Hard Drive 500GB SATA Hard Drive (7200RPM) edit
Video Card 512MB ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4570 edit
CD ROM/DVD ROM 8X Slot Load CD/DVD Burner (Dual Layer DVD+/-R Drive) edit
Wireless Dell 1520 Wireless-N Card edit
Bluetooth Dell Wireless 365 Bluetooth Internal (2.1) edit
Option 1 85 Whr Lithium Ion Battery (9 cell) edit
Sound Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi MB edit
Keyboard Back-lit Keyboard

$2,114 now.. gr...

SYSTEM COLOR Black Chainlink edit
PROCESSOR Intel® Core™ i7-820QM Quad Core Processor 1.73GHz (3.06GHz Turbo Mode, 8MB Cache) edit
OPERATING SYSTEM Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium, 64bit, English edit
OFFICE SOFTWARE Microsoft® Works 9 edit
WARRANTY AND SERVICE 2 Yr Ltd Hardware Warranty, InHome Service after Remote Diagnosis edit
On-Site Service after Remote Diagnosis: for issues covered by Limited Hardware Warranty, technician and/or part will be dispatched, if necessary, usually within 1 business day following Remote Diagnosis. During Remote Diagnosis, you may be asked to access the inside of your system (where safe to do so) or to participate in troubleshooting until a cause can be isolated.
HD DISPLAY 15.6� Full High Definition (1080p) High Brightness LED Display with TrueLife™ and Camera/Facial Reco edit
MEMORY 8GB Shared Dual Channel DDR3 at 1333MHz edit
HARD DRIVE 500GB SATA Hard Drive (7200RPM) edit
VIDEO CARD 512MB ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4570 edit
INTERNAL OPTICAL DRIVE 8X Slot Load CD/DVD Burner (Dual Layer DVD+/-R Drive) edit
WIRELESS CARDS Dell 1520 Wireless-N Card edit
BLUETOOTH Dell Wireless 365 Bluetooth Internal (2.1) edit
BATTERY OPTIONS 85 Whr Lithium Ion Battery (9 cell) edit
SOUND OPTIONS Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi MB edit
KEYBOARD Back-lit Keyboard edit

the price now : $1,969.00
but i don't think it has a backlit keyboard.

Studio XPS 16 Studio XPS 16 Notebook PWC16HN [224-6716]
Operating System Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium, 64bit, English W7HP64E [330-6222][420-6436][420-6576][420-7938][420-9100][420-9352][420-9691][421-0092][421-0187][421-0323][421-1737][421-2086]
Processor Intel® Core™ i7-820QM Quad Core Processor 1.73GHz (3.06GHz Turbo Mode, 8MB Cache) I7820QM [317-2360]
Memory 8GB Shared Dual Channel DDR3 at 1333MHz 8GB2D [317-2366]
LCD Panel Full HD Widescreen 15.6 inch WLED LCD (1920x1080) W/2.0 MP BKG1510 [320-8330][421-0188][421-1010]
Video Card ATI Mobility RADEON® HD 4670 – 1GB M96INT [320-8350][330-5460]
Hard Drive 500GB 7200 RPM SATA Hard Drive 500GB [341-8989]
System Color Obsidian Black High Gloss Finish BKG [320-8351]
Network Card Integrated 10/100 Network Card INTNIC [430-3605]
Adobe Reader Adobe® Acrobat® Reader 9, Multiple Languages ADOBER [410-1883]
CD ROM/DVD ROM 8X Slot Load CD/DVD Burner (Dual Layer DVD+/-R Drive) W7DVDRW [313-8874][421-1361][421-1582]
Sound High Definition Audio 2.0 with SRS Premium Sound AUDSRS [313-8545]
Wireless Intel® 5300 WLAN Wireless-N (3x3) Mini Card IP5300 [430-0737]
Bundle No Microsoft Office MSONO [412-1397]
Antivirus Software McAfee SecurityCenter, 15-Months MC1015M [410-2090]
Battery 85 WHr 9-cell Lithium Ion Primary Battery 9BAT [312-0950]
Service 1 Year Basic Service Plan S1OS [412-0360][905-5637][906-5380][950-3337][950-9797][960-8710]
Service 1 Dell Online Backup 2GB for 1 year DOB2GB [420-9518][988-0099][988-7707]
Bluetooth Dell Wireless 370 Bluetooth Module (2.1+EDR)

you be dat nerd.

now it's $2,074.00
way to be consistent.

$1994 with the 1333Mhz ram now.

Studio XPS 16 Studio XPS 16 Notebook PWC16HN [224-6716]
Operating System Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium, 64bit, English W7HP64E [330-6222][420-6436][420-6576][420-7938][420-9100][420-9352][420-9691][421-0092][421-0187][421-0323][421-0757][421-1737][421-2086]
Processor Intel® Core™ i7-820QM Quad Core Processor 1.73GHz (3.06GHz Turbo Mode, 8MB Cache) I7820QM [317-2360]
Memory 8GB Shared Dual Channel DDR3 at 1333MHz 8GB2D [317-2366]
LCD Panel Full HD Widescreen 15.6 inch WLED LCD (1920x1080) W/2.0 MP BKG1510 [320-8330][421-0188][421-1010]
Video Card ATI Mobility RADEON® HD 4670 – 1GB M96INT [320-8350][330-5460]
Hard Drive 500GB 7200 RPM SATA Hard Drive 500GB [341-8989]
System Color Obsidian Black High Gloss Finish BKG [320-8351]
Network Card Integrated 10/100 Network Card INTNIC [430-3605]
Adobe Reader Adobe® Acrobat® Reader 9, Multiple Languages ADOBER [410-1883]
CD ROM/DVD ROM 8X Slot Load CD/DVD Burner (Dual Layer DVD+/-R Drive) W7DVDRW [313-8874][421-1361][421-1582]
Sound Soundblaster X-Fi Hi Def Audio - Software Enabled CSBXFI [421-2000]
Wireless Intel® 5300 WLAN Wireless-N (3x3) Mini Card IP5300 [430-0737]
Bundle No Microsoft Office MSONO [412-1397]
Antivirus Software McAfee SecurityCenter, 15-Months MC1015M [410-2090]
Battery 85 WHr 9-cell Lithium Ion Primary Battery 9BAT [312-0950]
Service 2 Year Basic Service Plan S2OS [412-0360][902-0941][905-3971][905-5637][905-6418][906-5380][950-3338][960-8710]
Support 1Yr LoJack for Laptops Theft Protection DHSLJ1 [420-8655][467-7771][991-1179]
Service 1 Dell Online Backup 2GB for 1 year DOB2GB [420-9518][988-0099][988-7707]
Miscellaneous $50 Dell Promo Gift Card - Arrives in 6-8 wks, carries a 90 Day Exp. Dell.com/giftcard FGC0121 [468-7173]
Bluetooth Dell Wireless 370 Bluetooth Module (2.1+EDR)

I snagged an Alienware M15x with the 720QM from the outlet for $900 out the door. Fun times.