Dell XPS 15 vs Dell XPS 17 [typo fixed, modified]
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If any of you guys are still here (too late for the US/Canada, too early for Eurasia), I would appreciate some feedback/responses here. (1) Given same-spec'd same-price laptops, one a 17" and one a 15", which would you buy? (2) Now assume the 15" is 100 bucks more than the 17", will this change your purchase? (3) Now assume the 17" is 100 bucks more than the 15", will this change your purchase? Thanks. p.s. Dell is arbitrary, replace Dell with any laptop with 15" and 17" models.
Regards, Nish
My technology blog: voidnish.wordpress.com
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If any of you guys are still here (too late for the US/Canada, too early for Eurasia), I would appreciate some feedback/responses here. (1) Given same-spec'd same-price laptops, one a 17" and one a 15", which would you buy? (2) Now assume the 15" is 100 bucks more than the 17", will this change your purchase? (3) Now assume the 17" is 100 bucks more than the 15", will this change your purchase? Thanks. p.s. Dell is arbitrary, replace Dell with any laptop with 15" and 17" models.
Regards, Nish
My technology blog: voidnish.wordpress.com
It depends on what the laptop is for. Here are the two realistic situations. 1) I needed a laptop for travel to customer sites. The laptop had to be light and since it is for occasional use, I preferred a 13.5" lenovo laptop. 2) A laptop for team room, it need not need to move a lot or used for travel. It is only required to be moved only from one room I ordered a 15" laptop. 17" inch is too big for me under any circumstances.
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It depends on what the laptop is for. Here are the two realistic situations. 1) I needed a laptop for travel to customer sites. The laptop had to be light and since it is for occasional use, I preferred a 13.5" lenovo laptop. 2) A laptop for team room, it need not need to move a lot or used for travel. It is only required to be moved only from one room I ordered a 15" laptop. 17" inch is too big for me under any circumstances.
Rama Krishna Vavilala wrote:
17" inch is too big for me under any circumstances.
Even if it's say 100 bucks cheaper than an identically spec'd 15"?
Regards, Nish
My technology blog: voidnish.wordpress.com
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If any of you guys are still here (too late for the US/Canada, too early for Eurasia), I would appreciate some feedback/responses here. (1) Given same-spec'd same-price laptops, one a 17" and one a 15", which would you buy? (2) Now assume the 15" is 100 bucks more than the 17", will this change your purchase? (3) Now assume the 17" is 100 bucks more than the 15", will this change your purchase? Thanks. p.s. Dell is arbitrary, replace Dell with any laptop with 15" and 17" models.
Regards, Nish
My technology blog: voidnish.wordpress.com
Nishant Sivakumar wrote:
any laptop with 15" and 17" models
If you are going to do any actual work on the laptop for any length of time (without an external monitor), get the one with the 17" screen.
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If any of you guys are still here (too late for the US/Canada, too early for Eurasia), I would appreciate some feedback/responses here. (1) Given same-spec'd same-price laptops, one a 17" and one a 15", which would you buy? (2) Now assume the 15" is 100 bucks more than the 17", will this change your purchase? (3) Now assume the 17" is 100 bucks more than the 15", will this change your purchase? Thanks. p.s. Dell is arbitrary, replace Dell with any laptop with 15" and 17" models.
Regards, Nish
My technology blog: voidnish.wordpress.com
Also assuming that by same spec'd, weight and batery life are the same? Edit: assuming everything is the same, unless I'm doing insane amounts of travelling, answers are 1) 17, 2) no, why? 3) no*. *Also assuming any coding is to be done on the laptop, then: a) 17 is minimum b) the price will be so high that a 100$ difference would be irrelevant :-)
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If any of you guys are still here (too late for the US/Canada, too early for Eurasia), I would appreciate some feedback/responses here. (1) Given same-spec'd same-price laptops, one a 17" and one a 15", which would you buy? (2) Now assume the 15" is 100 bucks more than the 17", will this change your purchase? (3) Now assume the 17" is 100 bucks more than the 15", will this change your purchase? Thanks. p.s. Dell is arbitrary, replace Dell with any laptop with 15" and 17" models.
Regards, Nish
My technology blog: voidnish.wordpress.com
I'd buy the 15 inch in all cases. I use a big monitor on my desk, but the thing I want most in a notebook is that it is portable.
Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. Read my blog to find out how I've worked around bugs in Microsoft tools and frameworks.
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If any of you guys are still here (too late for the US/Canada, too early for Eurasia), I would appreciate some feedback/responses here. (1) Given same-spec'd same-price laptops, one a 17" and one a 15", which would you buy? (2) Now assume the 15" is 100 bucks more than the 17", will this change your purchase? (3) Now assume the 17" is 100 bucks more than the 15", will this change your purchase? Thanks. p.s. Dell is arbitrary, replace Dell with any laptop with 15" and 17" models.
Regards, Nish
My technology blog: voidnish.wordpress.com
17 either way..But I use mine as a primary development machine and control my network from it, with a secondary monitor attached as well. If I traveled a lot or some such I would probably get the 15(have a few salespeople in my company that travel a good bit, they prefer the 14" laptops I have been getting them.)
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Nishant Sivakumar wrote:
any laptop with 15" and 17" models
If you are going to do any actual work on the laptop for any length of time (without an external monitor), get the one with the 17" screen.
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_Damian S_ wrote:
If you are going to do any actual work on the laptop for any length of time (without an external monitor), get the one with the 17" screen.
This will be mostly for portability. So 17 or 15 will work fine. But what if the 15 is costlier?
Regards, Nish
My technology blog: voidnish.wordpress.com
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Also assuming that by same spec'd, weight and batery life are the same? Edit: assuming everything is the same, unless I'm doing insane amounts of travelling, answers are 1) 17, 2) no, why? 3) no*. *Also assuming any coding is to be done on the laptop, then: a) 17 is minimum b) the price will be so high that a 100$ difference would be irrelevant :-)
Same spec and battery, but different weight and battery life (because of the larger screen). Thanks for the answers.
Regards, Nish
My technology blog: voidnish.wordpress.com
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I'd buy the 15 inch in all cases. I use a big monitor on my desk, but the thing I want most in a notebook is that it is portable.
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Christian Graus wrote:
I'd buy the 15 inch in all cases. I use a big monitor on my desk, but the thing I want most in a notebook is that it is portable.
Yeah, for the same price I'd get the 15 too. But should I pay extra for the 15? That's what I am wondering about. Strange as it may seem the 17 is cheaper (for select models).
Regards, Nish
My technology blog: voidnish.wordpress.com
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Christian Graus wrote:
I'd buy the 15 inch in all cases. I use a big monitor on my desk, but the thing I want most in a notebook is that it is portable.
Yeah, for the same price I'd get the 15 too. But should I pay extra for the 15? That's what I am wondering about. Strange as it may seem the 17 is cheaper (for select models).
Regards, Nish
My technology blog: voidnish.wordpress.com
I'd suggest they misjudged the market and now can't sell the 17s.
Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. Read my blog to find out how I've worked around bugs in Microsoft tools and frameworks.
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17 either way..But I use mine as a primary development machine and control my network from it, with a secondary monitor attached as well. If I traveled a lot or some such I would probably get the 15(have a few salespeople in my company that travel a good bit, they prefer the 14" laptops I have been getting them.)
Let's face it, after Monday and Tuesday, even the calendar says WTF! Be careful which toes you step on today, they might be connected to the foot that kicks your butt tomorrow. You can't scare me, I have children.
This won't be the primary dev machine, probably won't be the 2nd choice either. I'd normally have picked the 15 for the same price but for some models thw 17 is cheaper than the 15 for identical specs.
Regards, Nish
My technology blog: voidnish.wordpress.com
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I'd suggest they misjudged the market and now can't sell the 17s.
Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. Read my blog to find out how I've worked around bugs in Microsoft tools and frameworks.
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_Damian S_ wrote:
If you are going to do any actual work on the laptop for any length of time (without an external monitor), get the one with the 17" screen.
This will be mostly for portability. So 17 or 15 will work fine. But what if the 15 is costlier?
Regards, Nish
My technology blog: voidnish.wordpress.com
Work out if the extra weight, screen size, reduced battery life etc are worth more to you than the price difference...
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Christian Graus wrote:
I'd buy the 15 inch in all cases. I use a big monitor on my desk, but the thing I want most in a notebook is that it is portable.
Yeah, for the same price I'd get the 15 too. But should I pay extra for the 15? That's what I am wondering about. Strange as it may seem the 17 is cheaper (for select models).
Regards, Nish
My technology blog: voidnish.wordpress.com
No it is not strange. I think to make lightweight and portable costs money so 15" may be expensive than the 17".
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If any of you guys are still here (too late for the US/Canada, too early for Eurasia), I would appreciate some feedback/responses here. (1) Given same-spec'd same-price laptops, one a 17" and one a 15", which would you buy? (2) Now assume the 15" is 100 bucks more than the 17", will this change your purchase? (3) Now assume the 17" is 100 bucks more than the 15", will this change your purchase? Thanks. p.s. Dell is arbitrary, replace Dell with any laptop with 15" and 17" models.
Regards, Nish
My technology blog: voidnish.wordpress.com
Always 17". No. No. Dell is it. :)
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This won't be the primary dev machine, probably won't be the 2nd choice either. I'd normally have picked the 15 for the same price but for some models thw 17 is cheaper than the 15 for identical specs.
Regards, Nish
My technology blog: voidnish.wordpress.com
Ok if you are not doing development on the thing why a laptop at all, portability then becomes the criteria. I no longer take anything but a Galaxy Note when on holidays, traveling for work I'd take the smallest that would get the job done.
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I think Rama is also right, if they are two different models, even with the same specs, then the cost could be in making the 15 inch lighter. I just got a new Samsung notebook, and a lot of it's price was to pay for it being light.
Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. Read my blog to find out how I've worked around bugs in Microsoft tools and frameworks.
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Rama Krishna Vavilala wrote:
17" inch is too big for me under any circumstances.
Even if it's say 100 bucks cheaper than an identically spec'd 15"?
Regards, Nish
My technology blog: voidnish.wordpress.com
Nishant Sivakumar wrote:
Even if it's say 100 bucks cheaper than an identically spec'd 15"?
Rama's a girl Nish, get the 17", the bigger the better and you can always use it to bludgeon someone into submission with.
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If any of you guys are still here (too late for the US/Canada, too early for Eurasia), I would appreciate some feedback/responses here. (1) Given same-spec'd same-price laptops, one a 17" and one a 15", which would you buy? (2) Now assume the 15" is 100 bucks more than the 17", will this change your purchase? (3) Now assume the 17" is 100 bucks more than the 15", will this change your purchase? Thanks. p.s. Dell is arbitrary, replace Dell with any laptop with 15" and 17" models.
Regards, Nish
My technology blog: voidnish.wordpress.com
I got a Studio 17 about 2.5 years ago and wouldn't go back to a 15" or smaller for a few reasons. 0) Screen size, obviously, this is not a secondary machine it is an alternate to my desktop as such I want to be comfortable while working. 1) Separate key pad, may not sound like much but it comes in very handy. 2) Some 17" laptops come with the option of having 2 hard drives, so you can boot off a SSD and have a mechanical drive up to 1TB for storage. Some people claim weight is a deciding factor, but with the difference between something like a XPS 15" and 17" being about 660 grams to me this isn't a bid deal, the laptop goes in the bag, bag goes over my shoulder, done.
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