Please offer a notebook for students/workers, who like gaming.

September 18, 2012

Posted By:  BeLan

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At the moment this group of people, doesn't find a fitting notebook at Dell.

A perfect configuration (at least for me) would be:
- 9 cell battery for 4-5 hours run-time (switchable! not bonded like in some evil fruit toys)
- as silent as possible (at least when the dedicated GPU is off, it should be usable in a library)
- Ivy Bridge successor of Intel® Core™ i7-3612QM or better (maybe 2nd more powerful option)
- no rabrand 7xxM successor of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M with GDDR 5 or a similar powerful AMD GPU (maybe a 2nd less powerful option)

- switchable grafics (NVIDIA Optimus or AMD Enduro)
- 15" FullHD screen like the one in the L502x (no touchscreen if it hurts the quallity or makes it more expensive)(maybe a 2nd low res option)
- 8-16 GB RAM
- HDD + mSATA SSD with the option to use it either separate, or as cache
- backlit keyboard with a layout like the one in the L502x (I don't like keyboards with so much space between the keys like the one of the new XPS 15)
- 1 Gbit LAN, WLAN, USB 3.0 and Bluetooth
- HDMI and/or DP and they should be connected to the dedicated GPU (if they are not, then you can't watch 3D movies on a 3D capable monitor/TV)
- No gamer design! More something like the Inspiron 15R SE or the old L502x.
- ODD: I'm undecided here... either nod ODD at all, or a Blue Ray one.
- OS: maybe a option to ship it without an OS, as many students get the OS for free over DreamSpark or use something other than windows.
- speakers like the one in the L501x (they are awesome!)

For size and weight something compareable to the L502x would be ok.
Less weight and size would be nice, but less noise is more preferable.

The current Dell notebooks have all some dealbreakers for this type of group:
The new XPS 15 is to expensive and the GPU is a little bit to slow.
I don't know the run-time and noise, maybe this could also be a beal breaker.
The Inspiron 15R SE has also a to slow GPU and not enough run-time.
Also at least in my country you can't order it with a mSATA SSD.
Alienware is no option, because there is no 15" version and an Alienware doesn't fit into a business meeting.

I think I can stay with my L501x till the end of next year (then my 4 year dell premium service runs out), so if decide to build a notebook like this till then, then you have at least me as a happy customer :)

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  • Mar 4, 2013     Comment Link

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    Posted By: IdeaStorm Moderator Cy_J

    Thank you for the comment tumaru.  With such a large number of ideas posted to IdeaStorm it would be hard to respond and investigate every idea.  In order to ensure that Dell responds to the correct ideas the voting and commenting system helps the ideas the community finds important rise up the charts.  Dell then looks into the ideas that reach a certail popularity level based on the community response to them.  Unfortunately this idea has not reached that level.  

    All that being said, here is what I can tell you about the mSATA in Germany.  Each region determines which componants go into the systems in their area based on several factors including cost and customer preferences.  The reason for the ommition in this case could very well be a cost issue as you suggested but I do not know for sure.  
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  • Mar 3, 2013     Comment Link

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    Posted By: tumaru

    I wish they would at least give us a reason or some sort of response of this rather then set the status as acknoloaged because for all we know that means they are ignoring it but have acknowladged it first.

    I would rather they say it's cost prohibitive to do so at the nessesary price then they simply say nothing.

    When they say nothing its not respecting your customers. When you say anything it tells your customers that your willing to take the time to put out a response. The response doesn't even have to be paticularly good.

    Thank you for your time.
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  • Sep 19, 2012     Comment Link

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    Posted By: IdeaStorm Moderator Cy_J

    Sorry for the model mix up on my part.  I see what you mean about the mSATA in Germany.  I understand that the options do differ from region to region but was not aware that mSATA was omitted there.
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  • Sep 19, 2012     Comment Link

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    Posted By: BeLan

    Germany.
    But my comment on unavailable mSATA options was about the Inspiron 15R SE, not about the XPS 15.
    The XPS 15 is available with 32 GB mSATA SSD + HDD in the lower speced versions and a normal 512 GB SSD but no HDD in the highest speced version.
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  • Sep 19, 2012     Comment Link

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    Posted By: IdeaStorm Moderator Cy_J

    Which country are you in so I can look into the mSATA on the XPS 15?
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  • Sep 19, 2012     Comment Link

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    Posted By: BeLan

    During the 4-5 hours on battery I would use it for regular work like programming, writing some document or using the internet. So WLAN on, but dedicated GPU off and low CPU usage.
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  • Sep 18, 2012     Comment Link

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    Posted By: IdeaStorm Moderator Cy_J

    Thanks for the idea.  Are you looking to use the computer for gaming during the 4-5 hour run time on battery or for regular work?