Best 17" widescreen notebook/laptop?

[DigDug]

Any picks?

 

[Socrilles]

I love my 9300, I think its the best price/performance for sure

 

[21stHermit]

While the I9300 is hard to beat on P/P is has a major shortcoming. No NumPad.

For a more robust solution consider the HP dv8000z, it has 2 HDD's. Currently only available with a Turion64. The Core Duo version should drop in a few weeks. For a review head on over to TomsHardware.

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[deathwalker]

Also..the 9300 is no longer available on the Dell site..I happen to have one and love it. You might be able to pick one up in the Dell outlet store.

 

[Socrilles]

I was able to get my 9300 for $600 on there outlet , I would not shy away from the outlet.

Also the 400 fsb processors can be modded to 533 fsb, DDR2 is cheap etc.

Lastly I think the 9300 has the best graphics available still, some sort of mobile geforce 7800

 

[21stHermit]

Originally posted by: Socrilles
I was able to get my 9300 for $600 on there outlet , I would not shy away from the outlet.

I just went to the outlet. I couldn't find a 9300 under $1100. Sorry no deals at Dell!!!

 

[JknowWhat]

I have an XPS M170. Awesome laptop I must say although they are pricey. I see alot of people mod their 9300 into pretty much an XPS2 so yea, I'd go for that too if I did not have the M170. In addition, if you are interested in Core Duo, you could check out the Dell i9400.