Dell XPS Gen 2 vs Inspiron 6000

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<p>Alright, I’ve narrowed my choice between these two. After upgrading the Inspiron (2.0 Ghz 1 GB Ram), the price came to just under 2K. After upgrading the XPS to the same specs, the price was about 2.5K. Can anyone tell what makes up the 500 dollar price difference? I’m guessing video card, but is there anything else?</p>

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<p>Sure, the XPS is a 17" notebook and the 6000 is a 15.4" notebook. Both are widescreens.</p>

<p>The XPS also has the colored light in the lid (the one where you choose the color)</p>

<p>XPS has it’s own tech support phone number and a special staff trained only on the XPS.</p>

<p>Yup, chances are the XPS video card is much MUCH better than the 6000’s.</p>

<p>EDIT: yeah, I just checked the Dell site. XPS’s card is the 256MB NVIDIA® GeForceTM Go 6800 Ultra PCI ExpressTM x16 Graphics while the 6000 has either 64MB or 128MB ATI’s MOBILITY™ RADEON X300 PCI Express x16 Graphics, OR Integrated Intel® Media Accelerator 900 Graphics.</p>

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<p>it is also probable that the XPS uses higher quality components, including faster ram, mobo etc</p>

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<p>Don’t buy RAM from dell. Get the minimum possible and then stick in some aftermarket RAM from newegg.com or tigerdirect.com. You’ll save some major cash.</p>

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<p>Thanks guys for the replies</p>