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Originally Posted by Temporary_User
I have the option to buy in the states as I have an adress down there and will be down in about 3 weeks. Does anyone know a reputable site I could purchase from (thinking about the machine hack&lube posted)
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My personal opinion is that I would not buy a Dell but that's probably a subjective opinion not based on fact or any experience with recent models but I had a terrible time with anything Dell years ago.
The Dell rep was feeding you the company line to get you to buy the more expensive model, it's pretty much nonsense. A gaming system with a high end mobile videocard will have to be designed in the first place with a more robust cooling system to deal with the extra heat and power consumption vs. a business system which doesn't have to work very hard at all. That's probably why business ones run cooler or last longer...because the guy is only running Excel for hours a day.
If you want the Tigerdirect laptop, it's from Tigerdirect.ca so you shouldn't have any issues with buying from the States but you could check out
www.tigerdirect.com as I believe their prices are often lower than tigerdirect.ca
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...727&CatId=4938
Same laptop - $999. You save ~$100 and more (GST, environmental fee, etc.)