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Dell Inspiron 15R Laptop 3rd Gen i7/1920x1080/8GB RAM/Radeon HD 8730M-2GB - $849

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Todays Dell discount has an i7 (2Ghz-3.1Ghz, 17watt), full HD, discrete 2gb mid-range gpu, with 8Gb Ram and 1Tb HD for $849. Found no previous sale on this config, but price looks good vs other brands at other vendors. Should have better battery life with 17watt ULV cpu.
Review of near-same config at: http://www.notebookcheck.net/Review-Dell-Inspiron-15R-5521-N…

Review of Radeon™ HD 8730M gpu:
http://www.notebookcheck.net/AMD-Radeon-HD-8730M.87149.0.htm…

Get $350 Cash Off (Offers limited to 2 units per customer) - Ends Thurs, Mar 21

  • Windows 8, English (64bit)
  • 3rd Generation Intel® Core™ i7-3537U processor (4M Cache, up to 3.1 GHz, with 2GB Discrete base)
  • 15.6 inch LED Backlit Display with Anti Glare and FHD resolution (1920x1080)
  • 8GB 2 DIMM (4GB x2) DDR3 1600Mhz
  • 1TB 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive
  • Tray load DVD Drive (Reads and Writes DVD)
  • AMD Radeon™ HD 8730M with 2G DDR3 VRAM
  • 6-cell Lithium Ion (65WHr) Battery
  • Dell™ chiclet Keyboard with Touchpad and num pad (English)
  • OS Media Kit Not Included
  • Integrated 1.0 mega pixel widescreen HD webcam (1280 x 720)
  • Intel(R) Centrino(R) Wireless-N 2230, 802.11b/g/n + Bluetooth v4.0
  • Cyberlink Media Suite Essentials DVD
  • Internal 10/100 Fast Ethernet
  • 8-in-1 Memory Card Reader: SD, SDXC, SDHC, MS, MS-Pro, MSXC, MMC, MMC+
  • USB 3.0 ports,
  • HDMI output,
  • 2.3 kg
  • Stereo Speakers with Waves MaxxAudio® 4.0
  • Integrated single digital microphone
  • Discount is only valid if the corresponding upgraded item is selected above.
  • Limited time promotional offer only. No further discounts apply.
  • Palmrest Label for Non-Touch Config (English)
  • Items Included (AU)
  • FGA NB1-OS-BTS Freight Charges(Australia)
  • 1Yr Carry-In Service after Remote Diagnosis
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  • seb on 15/03/2013 - 10:58

    Hmm, pretty sure those standard Dell 1080p screens are average at best. Otherwise a good price. Battery life looks good - up to 7hrs internet browsing, should be even better if DIY SSD.

    • yanman on 15/03/2013 - 11:13

      Yeh was just wondering about the fact that it doesnt state Ultrasharp… so it's a different panel?

  • jcsantos on 15/03/2013 - 11:06

    looks good huhuhuhu , too bad we dont need one :(

  • CarbonTwelve on 15/03/2013 - 11:10
    +1

    Interesting. It's the first 8 series AMD GPU I've seen. Seems decent enough, especially for an ~$850 price tag. Definitely not enough to drive 1080p gaming though (for recent/new games at least).

    FYI: You've got a mistype in your title for the GPU (it says 8370 rather than 8730).

    Edit: Also, it should be noted that the i7-3537U is only a dual core processor, despite being an i7.

    • iamjohngalt on 15/03/2013 - 11:26

      Thanks for spotting that typo. (Lazy fingers sometimes;^) Corrected now.

  • whiskey299 on 15/03/2013 - 11:47

    10/100 fast Ethernet port only! Geez

    • GPAK on 15/03/2013 - 12:03

      yeah was tempted when i saw this yesterday but 100Mbps port is a deal breaker !

      • CarbonTwelve on 15/03/2013 - 13:18
        -1

        I don't really get this. What are you transferring regularly that you're going to be majorly affected by 100MBps vs 1000MBps with just a 5,400 rpm HDD?

        • microsnot on 16/03/2013 - 17:04
          -1

          It's quite simple really:

          12.5MB/s (100Mbps) < 75.8MB/s
          125MB/s (1000Mbps) > 75.8MB/s

          75.8MB/s was the slowest (can assume Dell won't put anything decent in) average write speeds from: http://www.tomshardware.com/charts/2012-mobile-hdd-charts/-0…

          Have fun waiting six times longer. * Obviously not taking into account network overheads (TCP, MTU, etc) when transferring :)

        • CarbonTwelve on 16/03/2013 - 22:54

          And just how often are you transferring massive amounts of data across your network in situations when it's time critical?

          And FWIW, I use a 10/100 connection to my file server with > 5TB of data that I transfer to/from regularly. It's nowhere near as bad as people make it out to be, and I still don't get why people would say it's a deal breaker.

        • microsnot on 17/03/2013 - 08:36
          +1

          And just how often are you transferring massive amounts of data across your network in situations when it's time critical?

          All the time. Continuous backups and read/write video/photo assets. Then my little NAS handles the backup to cloud storage bit. Some people have different needs.

          FWIW, I use a 1Gbps connection to my home NAS which has two 1000Gbps port trunked with jumbo frames. Bring on 10GE for home use and NBN.

          I didn't even know you could still get 10/100 NIC in new laptops that aren't just some USB to NIC implementation.

        • CarbonTwelve on 17/03/2013 - 15:04

          Actually I have much the same needs and use with my file server - backups with storing photos & videos then uploading to cloud storage. 10/100 is fine for that.

  • Nicky6 on 15/03/2013 - 13:42

    Notebookcheck link shows the 8730 is 8% slower than the 7730? That's disappointing.

  • scotty on 15/03/2013 - 13:58

    Note that this is the new Inspiron 15, not the Inspiron 15R Special Edition.

    • ULV i7 CPU (vs. full voltage one in 15R SE)
    • 100Mbps ethernet (vs 1Gbps)
    • HD 8730 (vs 7730)

    Too bad it's not currently on sale. For gaming laptops, I think the current Inspiron 17R SE on sale might be a better buy:

    • 17.3" FHD
    • 8GB RAM, 1TB HDD
    • NVIDIA GT 650M 2GB — that would be faster than both Radeon HD 8730 & 7730.
    • $979

    Maybe someone wants to post that :)

  • Buff on 15/03/2013 - 19:45

    Lately they are not giving any option to change the hard drive to ssd? I wonder why, if the customer is willing to pay for it :(

    • meroveus on 17/03/2013 - 14:37

      Why does this matter?
      Its usually much more cost effective to buy your own SSD on special, then either use the original hard drive as a replacement for the optical drive or in an external USB3 case.

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