Purchasing a Laptop

[jt122333221]

I'm looking at a new laptop for "school," so basically a gamer that will come out of my school loans. I am thinking about a Qosmio X505-8102 or a Dell XPS17. Both have the new sandy bridge i7, the Dell's has better processor and more RAM, but the Qosmio has a bigger screen. They both have the same GPU. Anyone have any personal experience with these two?

 

[CompTIA_Rep]

I'd consider a lighter laptop for school. It becomes a pain quickly hauling it around, and taking it to class is something you will want to do.

 

[jt122333221]

The thing is, its all online classes and really its just being paid for by the school loans. I have a lighter laptop that has an i5 proecssor for school stuff like that. I actually just bought a Dell XPS 17 with the i7-2820QM and NVidia GT 555M which supposedly has 3GB dedicated graphics. Anyone know much about this gfx card?

 

[CompTIA_Rep]

The card is pretty nice. Online classes is nicer still.