Dell XPS 17 Core i5 17.3″ LED Laptop

Wednesday, October 24, 2012

Laptops. They are in the air we breath, the water we drink. Look there, in that tree! A laptop is nursing her laptop babies. And over there, in the park! A domestic laptop playing a game of fetch with his owner.

Some laptops are short-haired. Others have fluffy mains. Others still are covered in scales. Similarly, some laptops are new. Some laptops are used. And some, like this Dell XPS, fall somewhere in the middle. You see, he came from the Dell Outlet, which is to say he was ordered, but then the order was cancelled before he ever left manufacturing. So he’s new, never before used, with a new warranty, but just not “New.”

Yes, his dual-core processor works perfectly fine, his 17.3″ backlit HD LED screen is as bright as ever, his 750 gigabytes of space remain untouched, his whiskers unbent, his characteristic stripes as straight as ever, but he can never be considered “New.”

That doesn’t seem fair, does it? Well, no one ever said the laptop kingdom was fair.

(BTW – stripes and whiskers not guaranteed.)

In the box:

• Dell XPS 17-L702X-2PON Dual-Core i5 Laptop with 17.3″ HD+ LED Display
• 9-Cell Lithium-Ion Battery
• AC Adapter

Woot