I was surprised by the HDD numbers as well. The Toshiba is a 5400 and the Dell is a 7200.
I seen one YouTube video, a guy posted his XPS 15 HDD Experience Index and it was pretty high, thats cause he was using a SSD.
I am not sure how accurate these numbers are. On the Toshiba, I can do almost anything on it, even HD video editing, mind you it's slow but I can do it. I was expecting a really limited machine for 499 dollars, but would highly recommend the C650 (with the T4500 CPU) for a back up computer cause it is so good for the price.
The Dell, well if I keep it, I will give it a good workout rendering large video files, maybe install a game on it too, thinking of the latest Call of Duty.
One thing about the XPS 15 is the sound, they use JBL speakers and even have a sub-woofer on the bottom. Never had a notebook with such great sound.
Just got to get to the bottom of the i7, if it a shortage of chips, or a bug that caused Dell to pull them. Once again this is not a Sandy Bridge problem, this is the old i7 we are talking about. |
