Well things have been going pretty well here at work and the boss is upgrading my 'work' machine. So he tells me to go to the Dell website (we use Dells these days for our laptops) and pick something out.

Tongue in cheek I send him a link to the XPS 1710.

He comes back with a shopping cart with it fully optioned out - video card upgrade, 2G ram etc.

This thing!

I think I'm gonna act all cool and reserved for the rest of the day and then go home and run around screaming 'WOOOO!' for an hour or so!

over a computer.....a work computer?

A work computer for my personal use?

Yeh. Well maybe not exactly run around like an idiot, but its a pretty nice unit :)

Give it to me!

sif you wouldn't be stoked about work paying for a kick arse PC that you can just use for your own stuff :)

werd. nice one hogfather! :D

my work computer has a fx5200... *cries*

http://www.christoph-woerner.de/uploaded_images/hering-admin-761870.jpg

nice laptop but if im not mistaken i dont think those laptops sell in australia unless he is bringing one over for you

oh and its also a 17" laptop :/ not very comfortable when on the road these are what we have http://www.notebookreview.com/default.asp?newsID=2397 at wokr

hehaha Scooby, thats a classic.

nice laptop but if im not mistaken i dont think those laptops sell in australia unless he is bringing one over for you

They were originally US-only but are now available in Australia. If you go to www.dell.com.au you'll see em listed.

17" isn't too bad for road use but its pretty much as big as you'd like it. This will be more a movable than a portable computer - its a desktop replacement as I don't have a normal PC at work, only a notebook.

Hahah @ pic.

that's why they're on the AUSTRALIAN dell website, retard.

Intel® CoreTM Duo Processor T2600 (2.16GHz, 2MB Cache, 667MHz FSB)
Intel® CoreTM Duo Processor T2500 (2GHz, 2MB Cache, 667MHz FSB)


Why two diff speeds?

god they look like s***, Dell need a real designer.... "shudder"... rather buy a Sony

Your boss clearly wants in your pants.

Intel® CoreTM Duo Processor T2600 (2.16GHz, 2MB Cache, 667MHz FSB)
Intel® CoreTM Duo Processor T2500 (2GHz, 2MB Cache, 667MHz FSB)

Two different model CPUs, the former being the more expensive and newer one.

I have nfi how much difference in performance there is, but the T2600 is about 300 bucks more expensive.

i had major blonde moment..

Dont forget to clame it under fbt on your tax return

that's why they're on the AUSTRALIAN dell website, retard.

sounds like someones got sand in their vagina

Nice as long as your not paying for it!
I remember looking into setting up one of these for a salary sacrifice about a few months ago. Wonder what happened to the option for adding in 2x 7200 speed drives an setting em up in raid0?
No way would I settle for a 5400 speed drive tho