How much did you get it for?

Planning on upgrading it later down the line? Not a real big fan of Dell since I recently rid myself of their XPS abomination, but that's some decent hardware, especially for an Inspiron.

got it for 1098 after tax. i've never had a problem with dell @sunnyd and still run their xps gen 2 as my desktop. and yes i plan to upgrade the ram at least. always depends on money. but the laptop i currently run is an hp pavilion dv4000 which is like their 2004 model so yea needed an upgrade and finally got it:D

Yeah, I made the mistake of buying my previous laptop (Dell XPS 15) through a vendor, instead of straight from the factory. Motherboard, HDD, and forgot what else went in the first week. A few weeks worth of repairs and THEN I had a laptop I could use. Lol

yea i bought mine right from dell.com

well got my laptop today haven't really done much with it just yet but it seems really really good. faster than any laptop i've ever used so far i'm happy:D

Now you're making me consider a laptop upgrade.. Would love to have a retina Macbook Pro but those are a little pricey right now.

Speaking of Macbooks; I've been looking at a few 2012 - 2013 13.3" Macbooks non-retina, but I'm a little put off by the such low-end resolution, for that amount of money. (1280x800)

I'm looking at the 2011 15" models with a 1680x1050 resolution. I can get a used 2.3ghz 8gb model for about $1150 from Craigslist.

It's almost annoying that Apple doesn't have any middle ground between it's Retina display, and non-Retina displays. Without upgrading to a 15-inch that is, which I'm assuming is their clever way of getting more money from consumers. The XPS I bought back in 2007-2008 had 1280x800. :/

If I were only looking for a 13" I'd be happy to get a retina, but I need 15" and the retinas just aren't worth it for the price.

I see a couple 15" retinas that went for about $1450 on eBay, so that might just be my target price. I just wonder if 8gb will be enough for the next 4-5 years.

i myself am not big on apple but to each their own. and whether this will last that long idk but i plan to get a better one anyways basically as soon as i can then i'll be giving this one to my sister. i'm also going to be looking into building my own desktop

If only Apple didn't solder everything to the board. They use some nice parts, but you can't ever swap them out which is a pain. It seems that Retina 13.3" go for just under $1400 which is nicer than I had originally thought.

Yes, that's the disadvantage to a retina Macbook Pro. If you think of it like an iPad or an iPhone where you can't upgrade as well it makes more sense. You gain the slim size and nice screen.

Tracked down a used 2.3ghz 15" Retina MBP with a 256gb SSD and 8gb of ram for $1450. I think I'll go for it. Still has 5 months of warranty left.

I went for it. The display is quite nice.

Right on, what's the resolution on it? I may jump on a 13.3" Retina. It's got some good specs, not super for the price, but I'll get over it.

2880 x 1800, the text is extremely crisp.