opinions on laptop

moralproduction

hi all im looking at getting the following

Intel® Core™ i7 Processor 820QM (1.73Ghz, 8MB cache)
Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium 64bit- English
Microsoft® Works 9.0 / English - (Does not include Microsoft® Word)
3 years Next Business Day + Accidental Damage
No Security/Anti-Virus Protection - English
Black Leather back cover : 16" (inch) Truelife 1080p Full HD RGBLED Edge to Edge Display (Enhanced c
4096MB 1333MHz Dual Channel DDR3 SDRAM [2x2048]
500GB (5400RPM) Serial ATA Hard Drive
9-cell 85Whr Lithium Ion battery
Internal Blu-Ray RW (Blu-Ray, DVD and CD read & WRITE) Optical Drive
1GB ATI® Radeon™ HD 4670 graphics card
Accessories
Dell Wireless 370 Bluetooth Module
Dell Wireless 1397 Mini Card (802.11 b/g)
Services & Software
DataSafe Online Backup 2GB 1 year
Also Includes
Accidental Damage already selected in your Service Plan
No Integrated TV tuner
N03X6502
Studio XPS 1645 Order - Ireland
English - Documentation Studio XPS 16
Datasafe Local 2.0 Basic
Studio XPS 1645 Resource DVD (Diagnostic & Drivers)
90W AC Adaptor
No Carry Case
1 Meter Power Cord (3 Wire) - UK
Internal UK/Irish Qwerty Keyboard
Integrated Camera with Facial Recognition Software
One free Dell Expert call to help with your PC queries within 60 days of purchase
1 year of coverage included with your PC

its coming in at €1,814.96

i can get the vat back through company,ill mainly be using this for photography editing,poster design some video production and general tasks,is this futureproofed,will it be good enough in two years ?

i have added the 3 yrs next business day service as i plan to hold onto it for 3 years,opinions wanted ?

Drool!
Ya, it very much will be good enough. The limiting component is the hard drive. Depending on the type of video production (raw hi-definiton files or standard definition?)i would consider a getting a laptop capable of holding two drives. One an ssd for the os and the video files you are currently working on and one for general storage of queued or finished projects. Also if it is hi-def video files then they will chew through ram and 4Gb may not be enough.
Other than that, very nice laptop.

moralproduction

no its not hi-def video,its only very basic video ill be using it for,mainly photoediting,designing posters etc,just want to make sure that it will not be outdated too quickly and that it is capable of most apps

moralproduction

moralproduction wrote: »

no its not hi-def video,its only very basic video ill be using it for,mainly photoediting,designing posters etc,just want to make sure that it will not be outdated too quickly and that it is capable of most apps

In that case it is good to go and will definitely be more than capable in 2 years time. Enjoy

moralproduction

thanks

InReality

If your paying that kind of money i'd look at this one.

http://www.elara.ie/products/detailsfull.asp?productcode=ECE1904253

better graphics card , company has great rep and warranty

edit:
didn't see the RGB screen at first look. the asus is still worth a look but the dell screen is prob better.

moralproduction

ye the screen is the deal breaker,ive also dropped to the i7 720qm and icluded a 256ssd instead

flyswatter

I can recommend the i7 720. It's very fast. I got a laptop with that, 500gb HD (7200rpm), 4gb DDR3 RAM and Radeon 512mb 4570 last year for 750 euro. My initial impression is that the spec you posted originally is a tad overpriced.

moralproduction

what do you think of the revised spec,im also thinking about dropping blu ray writer,an external can be had for €200 and at leat it could be used on my desktop as well ?

InReality

I'd get a normal hard drive for now and get an ssd when they are cheaper.

The i7 720 should be fine.