Dell XPS15 R2 (L502) Thread

[Razor2]

Its official the L502 is available from today in the US. According to official Dell sources it will be available the next week in the EU.

Specs:
Essentially the same as the L501, with the following differences:
- New Mainboard with HM67 Chipset
- Sandy Bridge CPU upto Core i7 -2820QM
- Nvidia Geforce 525M with 1Gb or 540M with 2Gb
- Bluray seems to be standard!!

[Ichinenjuu]

Also an island keyboard!

[Tsunade_Hime]

Yeah looked at the tech specs...only option is Blu-Ray.

Keyboard looks like the new Latitude styled.

The LCD option only lists the FHD one...and the other option has no information.

[kajouma]

Blu-Ray is not standard; the BD combo is a $100 upgrade. There's a Blu-Ray RW upgrade option though.
The keyboard doesn't look different from that of the L501x (and a Backlit KB costs an extra $40 vs $20 for the L501x).

Its official the L502 is available from today in the US. According to official Dell sources it will be available the next week in the EU.

Specs:
Essentially the same as the L501, with the following differences:
- New Mainboard with HM67 Chipset
- Sandy Bridge CPU upto Core i7 -2820QM
- Nvidia Geforce 525M with 1Gb or 540M with 2Gb
- Bluray seems to be standard!!

[Falle4ngel]

Hmm on the Canadian site it says the old xps 15 has a starting weight of 6.5lbs whereas the new L502x has a starting weight of 5.9lbs. Where did they shave ~.5lb off?

[ab9003]

I've heard these still support Nvidia Optimus with the i7 chips but can't find it mentioned on the overview/tech specs. I'd like to order this with the i7 2720 and gt 540 but want to confirm itll definitely have Optimus if I do.

[NoSlow5oh]

I've heard these still support Nvidia Optimus with the i7 chips but can't find it mentioned on the overview/tech specs. I'd like to order this with the i7 2720 and gt 540 but want to confirm itll definitely have Optimus if I do.

I already ordered that combo this morning and it does support optimus.

[ab9003]

Great, how can I return the XPS 15 I just got 2 days ago?

[sprtnbsblplya]

Nice processor. According to Notebookcheck however, the 540m is based on the 435m with just increased clocks and won't come with GDDR5.
Kind of a bummer, they should go back to the higher end notebook Radeons like they used in the SXPS16.

[DakkonA]

Here's I think the big question: Dual-core or Quad-core?

Apparently the ThinkPad T420 which uses i3 all the way up to i7 dual-core processors is rated for 15 hours of battery life with a 9-cell battery, while the initial tests with the quad-core i7s were 'only' 6 hours.

Any of these would be a big jump from my m1530's 1-2 hours at best. Has anyone else seen battery life comparisons of the two options?