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As the title states, Im looking for a notebook. I have $1000+tax to spend at best buy. I had a recent purchase go sour so now I have $500 in store credit. I dont want to spend more than $1000 total. I was thinking about spending a little more and getting a mac, but I really dont do much that would take advantage of spending the extra cash on a mac.
I do some gaming, which is usually on my desktop, but I wouldnt mind doing a little gaming for fun while on break at work or school.
Right now I am torn between two machines of quite different backgrounds
the Asus G50Vt-X5
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=9173262&type=product&id=1218044029168
And the Dell Studio XPS 13
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=9150624&type=product&id=1218036666917
The asus to me is not very appealing to look at. (I hate yellow) I know a skin could take care of that problem. The system did have a nice feel to it. the touch pad was nicer than that on the xps. Graphics are obviously better with a 9800 vs the 9400 on the xps.
However the xps is lighter/smaller which I do like. Had backlit keys which I really like. and also runs ddr3 memory. I know that the 9800 would blow the 9400 out of the water is gaming, but even on lower settings could I still do a decent amount of gaming on the 9400? quality isnt that much of an issue. especially on that little 13, just the game play in general. If I could get away with running low settings to get a decent frame rate I would be happy with that.
Another thing is battery life. Im not sure what the difference is between the two. Not a huge deal but being able to run at least 3 hours net surfing would be nice.
Id really like some input from anyone who has/had either of these models.
Or even if someone can point me in the direction of something else I might have missed at best buy.
thanks for any help
I do some gaming, which is usually on my desktop, but I wouldnt mind doing a little gaming for fun while on break at work or school.
Right now I am torn between two machines of quite different backgrounds
the Asus G50Vt-X5
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=9173262&type=product&id=1218044029168
And the Dell Studio XPS 13
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=9150624&type=product&id=1218036666917
The asus to me is not very appealing to look at. (I hate yellow) I know a skin could take care of that problem. The system did have a nice feel to it. the touch pad was nicer than that on the xps. Graphics are obviously better with a 9800 vs the 9400 on the xps.
However the xps is lighter/smaller which I do like. Had backlit keys which I really like. and also runs ddr3 memory. I know that the 9800 would blow the 9400 out of the water is gaming, but even on lower settings could I still do a decent amount of gaming on the 9400? quality isnt that much of an issue. especially on that little 13, just the game play in general. If I could get away with running low settings to get a decent frame rate I would be happy with that.
Another thing is battery life. Im not sure what the difference is between the two. Not a huge deal but being able to run at least 3 hours net surfing would be nice.
Id really like some input from anyone who has/had either of these models.
Or even if someone can point me in the direction of something else I might have missed at best buy.
thanks for any help