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To: Sexton O Blake who wrote (74200)	2/21/2011 12:36:01 AM
From: Cheeky Kid	Respond to of 110626

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.