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Dell Announces "Luxury" Line
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Haha Dell. You're funny. No, really, where's the real design? 
Hey. I just noticed. How come every other company has like a billion logos on their designs. Like "DVD" "Recordable" "CDRW" "Intel", and on top of that, have multi-colored stickers with the specs on them? On top of that people DON'T take them off!!! What are they trying to prove, is the box not enough proof? They look hideous!
Hey. I just noticed. How come every other company has like a billion logos on their designs. Like "DVD" "Recordable" "CDRW" "Intel", and on top of that, have multi-colored stickers with the specs on them? On top of that people DON'T take them off!!! What are they trying to prove, is the box not enough proof? They look hideous!
Come on, guys, it's not that bad. The laptop only weighs 8.6 pounds and is 1.67 inches thick. That's tiny, right? And it comes with Dell's excellent suite of music, photo, and video software. And WordPerfect, too! Wowser! I'm sold!
Mmmm...I think the 600m design looks better than this one.
Speaking of cylons... please tell me all those red lights on this laptop are either not real or at least don't flash?
I'm having trouble understanding what's luxurious about this too.... Why would I want this instead of a thinkpad?
Speaking of cylons... please tell me all those red lights on this laptop are either not real or at least don't flash?
I'm having trouble understanding what's luxurious about this too.... Why would I want this instead of a thinkpad?
Mr. Anderson said:Again, the words Dell and Design should never be used in the same sentence....
Some other pics from the web site (below) seem to have been influenced by original Cylon designs from the 80s
That is too funny... and unfortunately for Dell... seems to be true. There is no denying the similarity!
Its a gaming laptop. I don't understand why they associated "gaming" with "luxury." It has amazing specs, and I wish Apple would offer specs that were just as good (or slightly worse to keep the PBs at 1" thick).
I mean, their 6000 model isn't bad. My professor has one. Another friend has that 700m 12" Dell, and it looks nice (until you touch it and feel that it's cheap, but that's just a matter of using different materials.....the design is okay).
If they make a "luxury" line, don't make it hideous. If I'd be embarrassed to use it at a meeting, it's not "luxury."
I mean, their 6000 model isn't bad. My professor has one. Another friend has that 700m 12" Dell, and it looks nice (until you touch it and feel that it's cheap, but that's just a matter of using different materials.....the design is okay).
If they make a "luxury" line, don't make it hideous. If I'd be embarrassed to use it at a meeting, it's not "luxury."
Dell XPS, 8.6lbs, costs from $2760 (how about this one link)eva01 said:
Yes, it's faster than the PowerBook, 2.26GHz P-M, with 1GB RAM and 100GB HD, but weighs almost twice as much, and runs Windows. I can't see why anyone would want such an enormous laptop. If you prefer a thin and light laptop, you still pay for it in the PC world.
plinden said:
It's a desktop replacement then. I know a few people who's in the marked for such things... something powerful that can be easily moved. A smaller laptop whouldn't be powerful enough, any form of desktop whould not be portable enough.
Yeah, that is one of the ugliest designs I've seen in a while. But look at those specs! Can you imagine how fast a 2GHz Pentium M would be? My friend has a 1.3GHz Centrino notebook and iTunes & Firefox run soooooo much faster on his computer than mine (1.33 GHz iBook). Everything just "snaps" into place on the screen. Apple can't switch to Intel fast enough.
the lap top looks like **** and im not too fond of the desktop also but the xps desktop is a pretty good gaming pc
jamdr said:
As far as I understand, the way OS X redraws the screen is slower because the process is more complex (not because the G4/5 is slower). When Windows Vista comes out... it too will loose "the snappy" because Vista renders windows like OS X (big surprise).
Yeah, I think OSX is supposed to handle everything as if it were a PDF, which is why it's slow as turd.
Vista will do it the same way, or something identical.
Vista will do it the same way, or something identical.
I don't understand why everybody is so impressed with the specs...they don't even come close to making up for the OS, manufacturer, and vomit-inducing design.
Yes, but that's what we can hope to expect in the Intel PBs, which is what is exciting at least many of us.chucknorris said:
Any Laptop with the NVIDIA GeForce Go 7800 GTX will be that big and heavy. I wouln't mind a PowerBook that big if it had that speed: 2GB of DDR2, 2.26GHz Intel Pentium M, 100GB 7200-RPM Hard Drive, NVIDIA GeForce Go 7800 GTX with 256MB ...It's super fast...and it would be cool if it ran OS X.
whenever I see the title of this thread, it makes me think Dell rented a cruise ship
and is now cruising the oceans
forcing people to use Dells.
and I'm just baffled!
I mean, they have sea sickness to contend with AND using a dell?
Come on Dell, wake up.
I hear the shade of blue used in the BSOD only amplifies motion sickness!
WHY DO YOU HATE THE SEA-FARING PUBLIC, DELL? HUH? WHY!??
/ewww.. dell cruise...
//wouldn't mind going on this cruise
///when I googled it, geekcruises.com wasn't the first or 2nd result.. I had to go to a macrumors archived post!
////MacRumors owns the internet?
/////I want 90% of all profit. Please?
and is now cruising the oceans
forcing people to use Dells.
and I'm just baffled!
I mean, they have sea sickness to contend with AND using a dell?
Come on Dell, wake up.
I hear the shade of blue used in the BSOD only amplifies motion sickness!
WHY DO YOU HATE THE SEA-FARING PUBLIC, DELL? HUH? WHY!??
/ewww.. dell cruise...
//wouldn't mind going on this cruise
///when I googled it, geekcruises.com wasn't the first or 2nd result.. I had to go to a macrumors archived post!
////MacRumors owns the internet?
/////I want 90% of all profit. Please?