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Dell Studio XPS 16: the Eyes Have Itby Jarred Walton on 4/2/2009 6:00 PM EST
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bowerfind - Thursday, September 10, 2009 - linkIn your review of the Dell XPS16 Studio notebook, the RGB LED 1080p was highly recommended. Dell offers both a 15.6" and a 16.0" edge to edge glass screen. Dell assures me that both of these displays are of equal quality. Which of these 2 displays was examined in your review and do you agree that they are both of equal quality? Reply
JarredWalton - Thursday, September 10, 2009 - linkThe display tested was a 1080p 16.0" model, so I don't know about the 15.6" LCD. Reply
arst - Saturday, August 01, 2009 - linkjust want to know is there any gamut data between 13~14 inch display laptop? this article show only 15 inch upper laptops.. Reply
tOM Trottier - Monday, August 03, 2009 - linkAlas, this doesn't cover the wide gamut laptop screens from Sony (on Vaio AW series) nor Lenovo (Thinkpads with "Flexview"). The Sony, in particular, is supposed to have about ~136% of Adobe RBG gamut.
tOM Reply
arst - Monday, August 03, 2009 - linkthx for reply
alright, I think i should give up to choose 13~14 inch screen laptoop
does anyone know any good 15 inch one? Reply
griddley - Sunday, July 12, 2009 - linkHmmm.. looks like this thread could be dead. But thought I'd ask anyway: Anyone get this sxps 16 with the 1G GPU option? I am concerned about an increase in system noise over the 3670.
I want to replace a first-gen xps whose fans run all. the. time. (and I clean them regularly!)
mlarma - Wednesday, April 22, 2009 - linkI got one from the Dell outlet store. Let me say that these things are hot tamales there and you'll need to keep tapping refresh or whatever on the filter for the laptop type and when you see one add it to the cart then decide if it is what you want. If not, remove it. Took me an hour of hitting refresh to get the following for $1269:
Studio XPS 16
- T9550 (2.66GHz, 6MB Cache, 1067MHz)
- 4GB (2x2GB DDR3, 1067MHz)
- 500GB 7200RPM drive (with fall sensor)
- 1920x1080 screen (this of course was a must have)
- 5100 wifi card option
- Bluetooth
- 2.0MP Camera with facial recognition
- 6 cell battery
- Vista Ultimate 64-bit/SP1
- Standard 1 year warranty, on-site after on-phone diag
I'm super stoked. Plan on having dual boot with Linux and Vista. I've toyed with a few Linux flavors. Anyone with one of these laptops have a preference? Reply
CStyles357 - Tuesday, April 21, 2009 - linkThis should have been compared with the HP HDX 16-1140US Notebook PC - $1,149.99
Intel Core 2 Duo P8600 2.4GHz Dual-Core X64-Bit Mobile Processor
4GB DDR2-800 (2x 2GB) PC2-6400 (400MHz) Cas 5 Latency, 5-5-5-15 Timing Memory Max up to 8GB
Seagate Momentus ST9500325AS 500GB, 5400RPM, 8MB Cache, SATA 3.0Gb/s
HardDrive w/HP ProtectSmart HD Protection
Sony NEC Optiarc AD-7543A LightScribe Super Multi 8X DVD+R/RW
w/Double Layer Support Multimedia Drive
Samsung 16.0" WSXGA + High-Definition HP Ultra BrightView Infinity Widescreen Display (1920x1080)
NVIDIA GeForce Go 9600M GT Graphics w/2302MB Shared Video Memory
(500MHz DDR2 GPU Clock, 512MB, 128Bit, 65nm), DirectX 10, HD Pure Video,
128bit FP – Graphics Processing Unit
Realtek RTL8168/8111 Integrated 10/100/1000Mbps BASE-T Ethernet LAN
Wireless 802.11a/b/g/n integrated WLAN
Intel WiFi Link 5100AGN w/Bluetooth 2.0 Wireless Technology
5-in-1 integrated Digital Media Reader
Altec Lansing Dolby Home Theater Speakers w/Sub-Woofer & Integrated Digital Microphone
HP Imprint Finish with Integrated 1.3 Megapixel Webcam & Fingerprint Reader
3 USB 2.0 ports + 1 eSATA/USB port
7Enigma - Tuesday, April 14, 2009 - linkThanks again for including "lower/higher is better" in the display portion of the review. Makes browsing that section much easier for some of us.
I did have a question as to why it seems the Apple products only show up in the benchmarks they do well at (typically the battery life). Where is the x264 benchmark and the rest? I know some of the benchmarks may not have Mac OS compatibility but is just seems like they are only in benchmarks they do well at. Reply
JarredWalton - Thursday, April 16, 2009 - linkWell, I didn't test the MacBooks - that's Anand - and the different OS severely limits the amount of comparing we can do. Playing DVDs or surfing the 'net isn't all that different on OS X, Linux, etc. so we can compare that aspect. Worth note is that MacBook battery life under Vista drops in half... driver problem, or the underlying OS? You decide. Reply
MadBoris - Monday, April 06, 2009 - linkSo with this review getting the juices flowing, and the aformentioned sale coming tomorrow I started reminding myself why I want this Lappy.
Here is a rundown on why I decided on this lappy as my next lappy purchase, in no particular order:
* 64 Bit OS standard, everything works w/ 64 bit.
* 1920x1080 with RGBLED in a 16" screen.
* Blu Ray drive option, 1080p natively supported.
* 2.1 speakers with built in subwoofer, impressive for a laptop.
* Sturdy construction, no flex in chassis or keyboard.
* CPU using 1066 FSB rather than 800.
* Firewire port
* Full digital HDMI
* Display port
* eSata port
* 3 powered USB's(optionally powered when PC is off).
* Backlit keyboard with good key orientation, size and sensitivity.
* Synaptics touchpad, nicely textured, with multitouch support.
* 500 GB 7200 RPM drive or great 256GB SSD upgrade.
* Webcam built in for video conferencing.
* Facial recognition software for security, it's a cool tech toy atleast.
* Included Lojack for a year, at least used to be offered.
All for a good price IMO.
The only big drawbacks:
* While beautiful black obsidian and leather, it's a finger print magnet.
* Gets hot when it's being stressed hard, even to the touch below the touchpad.
* 3670 GPU not a ATI 4xxx. But if it had more GPU there would be no reason to get any of Dells XPS laptops for gaming. I have a gaming machine, I don't do laptop gaming.
* Battery 6 cell life is under 2 hours. But getting a seperate 9 cell for $80 fixes that issue.
* Viewing angles on TN panel, but it's a lappy like others.
* Built in TV tuner not available in USA, :sad:.
None of those drawbacks are showstoppers for me, all of the positive features it comes with make up for it easily. Reply
MadBoris - Monday, April 06, 2009 - linkSales have not been seen on this laptop since a couple days back but...
Just a heads up, a new 2 day sale on the XPS 16 starts tomorrow. Who knows, this may be the one that has me pull the trigger.
Specifics unknown, but I imagine it will be like the $363 off from the other day.
Starts 6AM, April 7th.
http://www.dell.com/xpsevent">http://www.dell.com/xpsevent Reply
charleski - Monday, April 06, 2009 - linkNice gamut, but a TN panel means the gamma of the display will visibly vary with viewing angle. This makes is unsuitable for serious photo editing or any application that requires accurate colours and tones unless you take pains to maintain a consistent view angle. Still, probably no worse than a MacBook Pro.
Since a high-gamut display is really only of any use to people running colour-managed applications, the large gamut is actually a disadvantage to those who just want to run apps, and movies may appear to be over-saturated. Reply
MadBoris - Monday, April 06, 2009 - linkYep, that is a problem, people get the over saturated impression. It's too vivid.
Reminds me of when people go from CRT to LCD/Plasma. It looks really over bright and over saturated but most techies have become accustomed to that now and forgot what that transition was like. But now going from CCFL to RGBLED takes it up another notch.
Problem is source material like movies that are post processed to look a little more vibrant on CRT TV's really look over saturated and even unnatural on the RGBLED. But given enough time the eyes and mind will become accustomed to it even if it's a bit unnatural. The RGBLED is just a bit too vibrant for some. Reply
CSMR - Saturday, April 04, 2009 - linkThis monitor has displayport and hdmi output.
That's a point that deserves more attention IMO, since notebooks with dual digital video outputs are very rare indeed.
One question I would have is can they both be adapted to DVI, just because displayport is not common yet. If it can't be adapted, that limits dual-display options but is still better than nothing! Reply
JarredWalton - Sunday, April 05, 2009 - linkThe laptop didn't include any adapters for DisplayPort to DVI or HDMI to DVI, so I couldn't verify this aspect of the laptop. Dual digital outputs is great, I agree. Of course, if you have to use DisplayPort without an adapter, I think you might be limited to Dell LCDs for the time being. Reply
cvt - Friday, April 03, 2009 - linkJarred,
I have one of these notebooks, similar spec except with the hotter T9550.
Originally it came with the 320gb 7200rpm HDD, I have since changed it to a 80gb Intel X25-M.
The heat in the palmrest and touchpad areas of the notebook are noticably cooler. The rest of the notebook, including keyboard and base are basically unchanged. The next stage I went through was undervolting the CPU. I was able to shave 0.275v off and remain completely stable. Heat overall dropped, but not dramatically. Same can be said about battery life, without timing it, I haven't noticed any major improvement, 15min max. Even after these steps It is still noticably warmer than any of my previous notebooks (recent, D820, D830, E6500). Taking into account the hardware, and changed I made, all things are pointing to the GPU being the cause of heat.
Admitadely I have no solid data to go off, but current observation leans that way. Reply
Slappi - Friday, April 03, 2009 - linkI have been an Anandtech reader since the start but your ATI bias is getting too obvious to ignore.
Please don't go the way of TH. Reply
JarredWalton - Friday, April 03, 2009 - linkBias against ATI or for ATI?
In the case of desktops, we've been recommending plenty of ATI cards. If it's not clear from this review, I *don't* like the idea of ATI mobile GPUs if you're concerned with driver updates. NVIDIA only provides quarterly reference drivers for laptops, but that's better than not getting any support other than the manufacturer.
From a performance standpoint, the ATI HD 3670 is better than the GeForce 9600M and lower (8700M and lower), but the 8800M/9800M/GTX 280M are all substantially faster. If you only need moderate performance, and you don't care a lot about gaming, I'm perfectly fine with running ATI GPUs in a laptop. I'd even go so far as to say my experience with ATI drivers has been better than NVIDIA drivers in terms of compatibility, just as long as you're not running CrossFire. That the August 2008 drivers Dell incorrectly installed (unless the driver version just showed up wrong) ran Far Cry 2, Fallout 3, etc. without any noticeable issues is a lot better than I would expect.
Going forward, I've got the first high-end ATI GPU in a laptop that I've seen in over two years right now, which I'm excited to test, but it's a 4870X2 CrossFire solution so I'm *really* worried about drivers - and I say that after having seen way too many issues with NVIDIA's earlier SLI laptop drivers. Anyway, the last high-end ATI mobile GPU I tested was a Mobility X1800 in an Alienware, and that review never saw the light of day because of other laptop problems.
If anyone is biased against ATI, I'd say it's the notebook manufacturers, who have begun to stay away from ATI options for the most part. I can find dozens of 8800M, 9800M, and now GTX 280M laptops for purchase from a variety of sources. How many 3850/3870 laptops are out there? None from Dell, HP, Gateway, etc. A quick search only finds one online. Heck, http://ati.amd.com/products/hd3000partnersproducts...">even AMD doesn't even list any 3800 series partner laptops! (I couldn't find any list for 4600 or 4800 either.)
Personally, I try to be as impartial as possible in my reviews, and I'm at a loss as to what bias there was in this article. Discussing the lack of reference drivers from the GPU manufacturer isn't bias, it's a fact. If you want to point out specifics other than that, however, I'm open to listen to where I've been overly harsh. Reply
Pirks - Saturday, April 04, 2009 - linkAlienware M17 has ATI 3870 (or two of them in CF) inside. AWESOME notebook for gaming, and only $1400 - best bang for buck gaming wise you could find. Reply
Nfarce - Friday, April 03, 2009 - linkI have a 3 year old 17" Inspiron E1705 and still love it. When new, it played older DX9 games like Return to Castle Wolfenstein pretty well with a 2.0GHz Centrino and ATi X1400.
It has the glossy screen which really helps increase the contrast appearance and really doesn't affect me because I don't use the laptop outside or next to a window. Yes, fingerprints and smudges are an issue even being as careful as possible. However, it's a small price to pay for a better picture IMO. I just don't like the "matte" screen on my Sammy 22" LCD on a gaming rig - and I think that is even harder to clean and get smudges off. Something about the grooves or something in the cover.
Finally, what's up with all these new weird LCD screen sizes these days? I use a 15.4" laptop for work and it's just too small by itself when not connected to a docking station with a monitor. And then we have the new 23" LCDs out now, and the 25.5" LCDs... Reply
Digobick - Friday, April 03, 2009 - linkIs the 9-cell battery removable (meaning, can you take it off if you don't think you'll need it)?
Also, have you weighed the laptop with the 9-cell battery installed? I'm curious to know how much it weighs with both the 9- and 6-cell batteries installed. Reply
JarredWalton - Friday, April 03, 2009 - linkThe 9-cell battery weighs a bit more than the 6-cell, probably .2 or .3 pounds. I don't have a scale that can measure such weights accurately, unfortunately, so I use the manufacturer specifications.
As for the first question, the 9-cell battery is a replacement for the 6-cell; you can only use one or the other. The 9-cell is larger and raises the back of the laptop, with a .5 to 1 inch protrusion on the bottom where the 6-cell battery is flat. Reply
andrezunido - Friday, April 03, 2009 - linkWould it be possible to have the figures for the macbook pro 15'' color gamut to compare with the Dell XPS 16? Reply
jabber - Friday, April 03, 2009 - linkYou could at least have wiped the laptop down before taking the pics!
That just looks sloppy. Yo did get a cloth after all.
Unless of course it was a scratched/battered review model. Reply
JarredWalton - Friday, April 03, 2009 - linkActually, it isn't messy at all and those aren't scratches... at least not on the laptop. That's just a reflection of the white paper I have around my photography area. The laptop surface is extremely reflective, so I'm happy it's just reflecting paper and not my face, camera, etc. Reply
jabber - Friday, April 03, 2009 - linkHmmmmmmm still looks like the blue haze of greasy fingerprints round the edges.
Just doesnt look right to me.
Please can we ditch glossy plastics now? Reply
ksherman - Friday, April 03, 2009 - linkApple stopped offering the choice on the MacBook Pro (and now indeed all their current computers/displays) back in November. It SUCKS. At least its a sheet of glass (supposedly) not a glossy coating. Reply
Pirks - Friday, April 03, 2009 - linkksherman, check your facts before posting please. This is from www.apple.com online store:
MacBook Pro comes with a high-resolution 1920x1200 pixel LED-backlit display. Choose a standard glossy display that lets you view graphics, photos, and videos with richer color and deeper blacks, or an optional antiglare display.
MacBook Pro 17-inch Hi-Resolution Glossy Widescreen Display
MacBook Pro 17-inch Hi-Resolution Antiglare Widescreen Display [Add $50.00]
See, Apple still offers antigare option no matter what you say. Reply
erple2 - Tuesday, April 07, 2009 - linkBoth of you are simultaneously right and wrong. The 17" Macbook Pro can be had with a either a glossy or non-glossy screen. The 15" Macbook Pro comes only with a glossy screen. Reply
baadcatj - Friday, April 03, 2009 - linkHey Jarred, following the link, Dell still has the $343 off special with the upgraded panel, but it looks like they changed it as it doesn't include the upgraded cpu - unless I missed something; If it is still available with the processor upgrade, will you please let me know what I'm doing wrong?
Thx & great job on the article :-) Reply
JarredWalton - Friday, April 03, 2009 - linkMy guess is that Dell realized their mistake and changed the CPU out. I know when I first looked it was a T9550... unless I was seeing things? :-) Reply
Joelist - Friday, April 03, 2009 - linkIt is definitely not one of the JMicron crap jobs.
I have one of these with the SSD and the T9550. It is VERY fast, and the SSD even makes it run a lot cooler than expected. There is no stuttering and everything is super responsive.
Remember that any Dell SSD will be Samsung, as the two are strategic partners on the SSD front. Reply
JarredWalton - Friday, April 03, 2009 - linkI've updated the text to clarify, but even the Samsung SSDs aren't perfect, http://www.anandtech.com/storage/showdoc.aspx?i=35...">as seen here. I stand by the recommendation that if you really want an SSD, read Anand's article and then purchase one on your own. Personally, I wouldn't even consider anything less than the Indilinx options, but I'd try for the Intel models. Reply
MadBoris - Sunday, April 05, 2009 - link"(Note: one reader indicates the SSD uses a Samsung controller, which is better than the JMicron options. However, Samsung SSDs are still prone to degradation over time.)"
I guess you are unaware how folks out there have stumbled on how badly Intel X25-m's degrade. There has been several forums where users have come across it and have noticed really bad drops in the Intels but here's pcperspectives test as one example.
Running the right or wrong benchies on the Intel can make it look great or horrible. X25-m is still nice but it has some serious issues too that the Samsung 256GB doesn't have.
Quote from pcper on the intel x25-m "Once internal fragmentation reached an arbitrary threshold (somewhere around 40 MB/sec average write speed), the drive would seem to just give up on 'adapting' its way back to solid performance. In absence of the mechanism that normally tries to get the drive back to 100%, large writes do little to help, and small writes only compound the issue by causing further fragmentation. In several tests our write speeds dropped to 25-30 MB/s and simply refused to recover on their own, even with several successive passes of HDTach as well as any other application we could find to write a solid file across the entire drive."
Although Anand did find a test to show the new OCZ's (similar but different to this samsung) to have degradation, while the Intel didn't. More thorough testing shows the Samsung never degrades to the levels that x-25m can and do, so Samsungs new MLC controller is superior in that regard. Reply
MadBoris - Sunday, April 05, 2009 - linkSo it appears the X-25m issue maybe corrected by a new upcoming firmware, although that doesn't diminish the shining quality/price of this 256GB SSD. Reply
JarredWalton - Sunday, April 05, 2009 - linkAgain, I still stand by my statement: if you want an SSD, but one on your own, when and if the price is right. If the $400 Samsung SSD is great, it will still be great when it's available and tested separately at retail. It will probably also cost less than $400 at that point. If you can't or won't wait, certainly a 256GB SSD is a nice upgrade that provides sufficient storage while also boosting speed and reducing temperatures. It's still a very high-end option, and it's new enough that I would personally hold off pending further testing.
The X25-M has been beat on as hard as any SSD out there, and the performance degradation issue only occurred (as far as I'm aware) after specific artificially produced read/write patterns. Intel has said they will fix the issue, and I don't doubt their claim. It appears they may have already done so. Will the Samsung avoid similar issues under artificial test conditions? Maybe, maybe not. It's not in enough hands at present to say with certainty that it's the best option, and waiting a month or two shouldn't hurt. Reply
MadBoris - Monday, April 06, 2009 - link"Again, I still stand by my statement: if you want an SSD, but one on your own, when and if the price is right. If the $400 Samsung SSD is great, it will still be great when it's available and tested separately at retail. It will probably also cost less than $400 at that point."
I don't know of any plans at this point to go retail on this drive, at least their wasn't recently. That is why OCZ licensed it from Samsung along with it being just for OEM channels like Apple, Dell, HP etc. The Summit will go for $999 and you somehow don't realize what a value this Samsung drive is at a $400 upgrade. That's ok, you obviously haven't seen it tested, can't hold it against you except you are leading people away from it without knowing it's quality. Which is why some of us spoke up I think. No way it would come to retail for less, if it ever was available.
Like you said, SSD's are Anand's baby and until you see the new 256GB Samsung tested, you won't realize it is a next gen MLC drive (far different than the Sammy 128, OCZ apex 256, or G.skill 256). I don't hold it against you to not know it is above the crowd until it is tested, but I do think you are assuming it's in the group of crap SSD's by recommending people pass on this steal. Maybe if Anand tests it you guys will realize it is by far one of the best price/performance SSD's around, unfortunately it's only with a new PC. It may not dethrone the X-25M but it doesn't need to even though it out performs it in certain aspects, I don't need an Intel Extreme CPU either for 5% performance increase.
Thanks for the review, I was just trying to let you know there is something that slipped under your radar. Hopefully some readers catch on to this if they order this laptop to know that the $325 - $400 Samsung 256GB upgrade is a steal compared to a Summit 256 @ $999 or a Intel 160 X-25M at $800. This is the same drive that is a $825 upgrade in MAC Book, and probably worth it. You'll need to see it tested because I followed this drive since it silently came on the scene in February, people are slow to catch on to it being a great SSD upgrade and that it's a steal for price/perf/capacity.
Good review otherwise, I think this laptop is on of the best all around laptop, if not the best IMO, on the market right now. There are better gaming laptops but this just does everything right on so many all-around levels while keeping pricing reasonable for my needs. I'll be buying it soon, along with the Samsung 256GB SSD. ;) Reply
strikeback03 - Monday, April 06, 2009 - linkThe value of the drive drops due to the hassle of buying it in a Dell, buying another drive, swapping the two, then selling the Dell just to get the SSD. Reply
Joelist - Monday, April 06, 2009 - linkI don't see why the value drops. This is a superb laptop, and getting the SSD at 256GB for only $300 extra makes it even better. Reply
JarredWalton - Tuesday, April 07, 2009 - linkI can't imagine Samsung is going to make a drive for OEMs where they charge $400, and it's so great that people will want one outside of a new system build... but then the price will be $1000 at retail. That's a 250% markup, which just seems too much. If it does happen that way, well, only a crazy person would spend $1000 for a drive that you can get for $400 with a new laptop. I think it will just be a couple months before the drives show up in quantity at retail (under a variety of brand names), and then prices will drop to whatever Dell is charging. 'Course, I could be wrong! (Wouldn't be the first time....) Reply
JarredWalton - Tuesday, April 07, 2009 - linkUpdated the text for you, regardless. Reply
MadBoris - Tuesday, April 07, 2009 - linkI think it's only fair you didn't dis the drive for the same reason you can't recommend it, that it wasn't tested. So I think the change you made will benefit future readers.
Although I have made all my points...which outside of testing are just here say.
You are thinking in terms of markup in your last comment. If it ever comes out in retail it will be close to the performance and compete with the Summit, by then pricing will have to be more competitive than the $999 MSRP of the Summit, as they will compete. Still, the point isn't how much it would be marked up to, the point is how big of discount Dell is providing on this drive when they could charge much much more. It's a steal, but don't tell Dell I told you or it will change. It's like the celery 300a I got for $100 that out performed the fastest $800 chips, it was one of those bargains you come across, but with this one I don't have to do any tweaking.
In 2 months there has not been any serious testing done on this drive unfortunately so it has been silently waiting for people.
I consider all canned benchmarks crap when it comes to SSD's, even the best eye of those who follow SSD's can't truly interpret real world performance. Only real world tests and scripts will reveal anything pertinent.
But here's a couple numbers of canned tests since that is all there is...
I started a page for it at notebook review, that never took off and
I stopped supporting a couple months back. Some charts there...
One of the only decent reviews is at RegisterHardware where it got an editors choice...But it's mostly misleading canned tests compared to x-25m and a couple others.
I think your text changes did a service to readers, rather than dissing it before you know what it really is.
Joelist - Sunday, April 05, 2009 - linkHi Jared,
I like you think the Intel is best of breed.
However, in the name of fairness the 256GB Samsung needs to be tested. I would imagine that if you and Anand contacted Dell and/or Samsung you should be able to get a sample unit for review. Reply
JarredWalton - Monday, April 06, 2009 - linkAnand is the man in charge of SSD testing, so that's his baby. I would guess that after the last SSD Anthology, there are plenty of companies interested in sending him more drives for testing. Samsung will be one of those, certainly, and there will be a follow-up down the road. Given he worked for about two months (more?) on the last article, it might be a while before the situation is clear. FWIW, many people are very happy even with JMicron "garbage" SSDs. Just because a lot of people don't have issues doesn't mean the issues aren't there. A lot of people just don't notice the low level delays. Reply
Joelist - Monday, April 06, 2009 - linkIt's good to know Anand will be looking at this SSD in the future, as it's new controller, cache and firmware make it easily the best SSD other than Intel.
I havetested it in exactly the "stutter" scenario Anand described, and there is no stutter. no hesitation at all. I suspect the new controller plus the large cache are responsible. Reply
MadBoris - Sunday, April 05, 2009 - link"I've updated the text to clarify, but even the Samsung SSDs aren't perfect, as seen here. I stand by the recommendation that if you really want an SSD, read Anand's article and then purchase one on your own. Personally, I wouldn't even consider anything less than the Indilinx options, but I'd try for the Intel models."
You have no idea what you are missing, but unless you really followed this laptop and the debut of the 256GB SSD, which I did a couple months back, then it's no surprise.
This new 256GB SSD is not to be confused with prior Samsungs like the 128GB SSD which is utter junk by comparison. This is the new 256GB Samsung SSD, with new controller, and it is a beast! It's MLC, while Intel is faster in certain areas, this is the first SSD I would consider for price/performance/storage.
People are completely clueless about this 256GB SSD, because it's not in retail channels and yet is available for "only" a $400 upgrade.
Model: PM800 2.5" 256GB
Controller: 3C29RBB01-YK40
Size and power: 2.5", 2.9 oz, 1.1 watts.
Quoted Specs: Read:200-220 MB/s Write:160-200 MB/s
Erase cycles: Run to 100GB per second.
Some buy the cheap Dell laptop to turn around and sell the SSD for $800 - $1000.
It's a best kept secret for that price/performance which even a lot of laptop reviewers don't seem to know. ;)
It's not available in retail channels although OCZ is branding off the Samsung tech that lives in this 256GB SSD.
With all your SSD coverage too bad you guys missed out on this jewel. Reply
Joelist - Friday, April 03, 2009 - linkHi Jared,
The Samsung SSD in the Studio XPS is their next gen one, with different firmware and such from the one Anand reviewed. This is the Computerworld review:
While I still think Intel SSDs are the best, this one is no slouch. And the next time Anand does SSD reviews he should review this one as well. Just my 2 cents. Reply
JarredWalton - Friday, April 03, 2009 - linkI thought the OCZ Summit was the new Samsung chip and firmware? Reply
Joelist - Friday, April 03, 2009 - linkThe Summit has a Samsung chip, that is true. This SSD is the actual Samsung SSD that they make in partnership with Dell. So it may be the same but may be different.
As stated,it does not pause or stutter at all. Performance is very smooth and fast. Reply
RU482 - Friday, April 03, 2009 - linkANy idea what the make/model of the LCD panel? Reply
JarredWalton - Friday, April 03, 2009 - linkSee the test system page. It looks like a Seiko Epson M077D€160HT according to ASTRA32, but that may or may not be correct. Reply
rudy - Thursday, April 02, 2009 - linkThe specs for all the machines would be really important here. And they should be included. Why is something like the macbook air which is no where near as powerful even in such a line up? If it is then why aren't other notebooks which pack battery life of an entire day put in there? Reply
rudy - Thursday, April 02, 2009 - linkYou cannot seriously tell me that the best battery life per watt hour notebook running windows is an alienware seriously... Reply
JarredWalton - Thursday, April 02, 2009 - linkLook at the specifics of that Alienware. It's running with the X3100 IGP instead of the discrete GPU. That's why I harp on the need for every other laptop to allow such functionality.
As for the remaining laptops, they're all in previous reviews on our site, under the Mobile tab. I just don't think it's necessary to include all 15 or whatever notebook configs in each review. I suppose I can post links to the config pages for reference, though.
As for the MacBook Air, performance isn't super high, but it still has a reasonable Core 2 Duo CPU and I believe NVIDIA IGP, which means performance isn't exactly terrible. There are other notebooks in those charts that aren't particularly high-end as well. Reply
rudy - Thursday, April 02, 2009 - linkThe keypad missing on this 16 inch model is a real downer. The space is there I think. Reply
JarredWalton - Thursday, April 02, 2009 - linkIt's possible to fit in a keypad, but then the rest of the keyboard isn't centered. I have a 15.4" notebook I'm testing with a number keypad and overall I prefer the XPS 16 layout. Then again, that may have more to do with the keyboard on that other laptop simply being super flimsy.... Anyway, the XPS M1730 is still my favorite laptop keyboard, as it's the best of both worlds. It *should* be able to fit on the Studio XPS 16, but for whatever reason Dell didn't go that route. Reply
Hrel - Thursday, April 02, 2009 - linkYeah, good job Jarred Walton; you included 3D Mark results, and not just some of them, frickin' ALL of them... lol. I guess Dereck and Anand could learn a thing or two from you. (That last sentence is said partially sarcastic and no disrespect is meant.) I added that cause that sentence kinda makes me sound like a prick, which I'm not. Reply
JarredWalton - Thursday, April 02, 2009 - linkMy laptop tests have always included them, but I *really* don't put much stock in 3DMark. I include them simply because they're easy enough to run. Start, walk away, come back in a while and collect the results. I wish more of the game tests were that easy. :) Reply
Wesleyrpg - Friday, April 03, 2009 - linkNice review jarred,
i been looking at one of these to replace my XPS m1530, but am concerned that the 3670 is weaker than my 8600mGT in the gaming departmrnt....i'm an AVID WoW player, so which do you think will perform better in WoW?
Also.....those 3dmark scores, were there done in the displays natural resolution or 3dmarks default resolution?
Thanks and keep up the good work Reply
JarredWalton - Friday, April 03, 2009 - linkAll 3DMark scores are at the standard 3DMark resolution, so I connect an external LCD where necessary (i.e. laptops with 1280x800 LCDs can't run 1280x1024 in 3DMark06 and Vantage). So the scores are definitely apples-to-apples in that department.
I don't know what WoW is really like in terms of GPU needs, but the HD 3670 should be faster than the 8600M GT by a fair margin. If you need more power, though, Gateway's P-7808u FX should do the trick (review in progress), and MSI's GT627 is even more powerful in the GPU department (9800M GT). The only caveat is that neither LCD is anywhere near as good as the Studio XPS 16, and I really dislike the MSI keyboard (it's flimsy). Reply
jiggpig - Thursday, April 02, 2009 - linkYou should add the lenovo x200 or x300 to the battery life charts, I bet they could challenge the macbooks in battery life/battery size charts. Reply
JarredWalton - Thursday, April 02, 2009 - linkI would if Lenovo would send me a laptop to test. I've heard good things from some people, and I would love to verify the results. Without doing the testing myself, however, I can't come to any firm conclusion. (What brightness level do they test at? What's the test like? That sort of stuff can make a difference.) Reply
erple2 - Tuesday, April 07, 2009 - linkAlso, I see that you've posted the minutes/WHr results for the Apple notebooks. However, what are the "at the wall" measurements for power consumption?
Is it that OSX is that much stronger optimized for low power usage? I wonder if there would be any difference running Linux vs. Vista vs. OSX on the same laptop (granted, you'd have to run them all on a Macbook I suppose to get that result) at least for power consumption, and wall outlet consumption. Reply
Hrel - Thursday, April 02, 2009 - linkWhich GPU does it have in it? Sometimes you list the HD4670 and sometimes you say HD4650??? Reply
Hrel - Thursday, April 02, 2009 - linkI meant HD3670 and HD3650... ah typing mistakes that are made significant by barely different product naming schemes. Reply
JarredWalton - Thursday, April 02, 2009 - linkSorry about that... it's an HD 3670, but somehow in the process of writing I started saying 3650. The two chips are the same, other than clock speeds, but I'm not sure on the clocks for the 3650. Anyway, the incorrect part numbers have been corrected. Thanks! Reply
Hrel - Thursday, April 02, 2009 - link"This will allow us to provide an apples-to-apples comparison with other laptops while also showing the performance range you can expect by lowering or increasing the resolution."
YAY anandtech! Good job, now if only you would do this on every single review that has anything to with GPU's. Oh, I'm not done with the article yet, but if there aren't 3D Mark scores, there should be. Reply
LoneWolf15 - Friday, April 03, 2009 - linkYes, because 3DMark scores are SO indicative of real-world performance.
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cheetah2k - Saturday, April 04, 2009 - linkIt would be nice to see 3Dmark06 scores across the whole Dell range in these reviews, including the hefty XPS1730.
For those wanting to know, an XPS1730 with 2 x 8800GTX in Sli gets 11,490 marks in 1280x1024 with a T9300 CPU @ 2.5Ghz Reply
JarredWalton - Sunday, April 05, 2009 - linkI don't have updated scores with new drivers, but you can see the http://www.anandtech.com/mobile/showdoc.aspx?i=324...">original XPS M1730 3DMark scores - including scores with the CPU overclocked. I didn't have 3DMark Vantage at the time, so those scores are also missing. Basically, the scores are relatively close to the Clevo D901C laptop. Reply
Hrel - Thursday, April 02, 2009 - linkI have a Dell Studio 15 Series laptop T8100 320GB HDD X3100GMA... it's okay for the most part; wish it had some kind of useable graphics, but I couldn't afford the upgrade. Anyway, the slot loading DVD drive is a pain in the but! It quirks out sometimes when you hit eject and just keeps trying to eject the disc even if it's already out until you restart the whole thing; one time even after doing that it just wouldn't take discs for like 5 days at all. Then randomly it started working again. Not to mention if it ever DOES fail I'm gonna have to pay more for the replacement than I would if it was a standard cd tray drive; I REALLY don't like that choice of DVD drives.
Also, on a 16" 16:9 Chassis they really should include a keyboard that has a dedicated num pad. Asus includes a full numpad on their 15.6" 16:9 chassis. On that note though, the keyboard on my Studio 15 is well laid out and pleasant to type on. Reply
QChronoD - Thursday, April 02, 2009 - linkWhere the measurements for the screen done with the out-of-the-box settings, or was it calibrated first? Reply
JarredWalton - Thursday, April 02, 2009 - linkCalibrated. As best as I can tell, there's no truly reliable way of testing the color accuracy without calibrating. I tried to do it in the past, but I became suspect of my results. Besides, if you need accurate colors there's generally no way around hardware calibration utilities. Reply
DigitalFreak - Thursday, April 02, 2009 - linkWindows Vista Hope Premium? :0) Reply
JarredWalton - Thursday, April 02, 2009 - linkTruth in advertising? :-D Reply
Lingyis - Monday, May 03, 2010 - linkbad news--i was just gonna get one of these babies and Dell told me Studio XPS 16 no longer comes with an RGB LED option.
i want a good laptop display--i'm deciding between the Studio XPS with a regular WLED vs the Precision M4500. The precision M6500 appears to have RGB LED but it's 17 inches which is too big.
so what to go for--the RGBLED-less Studio XPS or the Precision M4500? Reply
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Oyster #98: Sons of an Illustrious Father
"We derive our power from bear meat."
Ezra Miller is very elusive, despite the success of his much talked about film We Need to Talk About Kevin. Luckily for us, we discovered that he is in a band — a pretty good one at that — and that one of our contributors went to school with one of his bandmates. Meet Sons of an Illustrious Father: Lilah Larson, Sofia Albam, Jake Generalli, Josh Aubin and Ezra Miller.
Steff Yotka: Lilah, we went to high school together…
Lilah Larson: This is true.
What memories of our high school experience would you say were… positive?
Larson: I don't know that I have an answer to that. Oh, no — my favourite memory is when our Art History professor showed us Grecian porn.
I don't remember that!
Larson: It definitely happened. It was ridiculous.
I've known Lilah for a long time, but I did some internet searching to get the scoop on the rest of you.
Ezra Miller: Uh-oh.
I noticed that there are a tonne of teen-girl fansites about you, Ezra.
Miller: I don't want to talk about it.
Miller: Uh-uh.
Because it makes you feel weird?
Miller: I feel very uncomfortable [laughs]. I'm scared.
Larson: A fun note, though, is that most of our fans — as a band — are pre-teen girls. A lot of them tell us very interesting things.
What kind of "interesting things"?
Larson: Someone asked us to send her samples of our pubic hair to attach to a giant sculpture of an unfolded skull.
Did you do it?
Miller: No! No way! You don't want somebody being able to, you know, clone you.
That would be 'Sons of Sons of an Illustrious Father'.
Miller: Brilliant, but terrifying [laughs]. We don't want anybody cloning our pubes. No pubic cloning! No! No! No!
How did you land on the band name?
Sofia Albam: I was reading a really bad translation of Plato's Republic, and someone was mentioned as a "son of an illustrious father". It was born out of a poorly translated philosophical text. It's pretty apt.
If you could trade places with any band, which would it be?
Larson: The Band.
Miller: They are literally the band.
Larson: There's already a The Band cover band called The 'The Band' Band, so we'd have to be something else.
'The Band Band' Band?
Miller: The 'The The Band Band' Band would be better.
Larson: Ezra would be Levon Helm, Jake's Robbie Robertson, and I'm Rick Danko, because he died young and fat. No, wait — he was old, but still fat [laughs].
If you were given the opportunity to have a superhuman power but you had to give up your musical ability, would you do it?
Miller: Whoa! I don't know.
Larson: For flying, maybe. I'm not sure. That's too difficult.
Miller: Could I learn how to play drums again, or would I be completely tone-deaf and musically incompetent?
I guess you could teach yourself how to play drums, but you'd have to start from the absolute beginning.
Miller: Then maybe.
Larson: No. It's not worth it.
Miller: But flying… I don't know. Next question.
You just recorded your second album, One Body, in pretty unusual conditions, right?
Miller: It was suicidal and perilous.
Why do you say that?
Larson: We wanted to record an album with this guy Oliver Ignatius.
Miller: I met him on a trampoline on Halloween, and he was like, "Hey, man. Are you in a band? I have a studio." I said, "I think you're going to record us." Then Jake showed up.
Jake Generalli: And then we were like, "We're all on acid!"
Larson: But his studio was filled with talking birds, so Ezra's mother graciously let us record at her dance studio during the winter.
Miller: It's a small house and a massive uninsulated barn on a mountain in Vermont.
Did you ever think that recording in an uninsulated barn in the winter was not such a good idea?
Larson: Well, there was one day when the handyman called us to say, "You can't go outside today or your eyeballs will freeze."
Miller: Essentially we put ourselves in this survival scenario. To an outer ear it might sound like a bad idea, but there was something in the struggle of fighting the cold that gave us drive. We gave birth to the necessity that then mothered our invention.
Larson: Which then was sort of a Rosemary's Baby–type situation [laughs].
Miller: Yeah, but a baby nonetheless.
I noticed that alcoholism, love and sorrow are major themes in your lyrics. Is your songwriting based on your personal experience?
Miller: Ugh, she's totally onto us. We pretty much entirely draw from personal sorrows. It's interesting to write from an emotional perspective on a chapter of your life, and then be playing it in later chapters.
Larson: We also spend so much time together that a lot of our songs are about each other.
Does it ever feel too much like a family?
Miller: Absolutely!
Larson: Definitely.
Josh Aubin: No.
Larson: I thought we talked about you not talking during this, Josh? [Laughs]
When you're together do you live together?
Miller: Yes. In the periods of time when we're together, we are really, epically together: living on a bus, living in Lilah's house, living in Vermont on a mountain.
Larson: Living off of bear meat [laughs].
You ate bear meat?
Larson: We were on the mountain recording, and we had run out of food. Marta [Miller's mom] said we could eat anything except the unmarked meat because it was bear meat. So, we ate the bear meat.
Miller: We owe it all to that bear.
Generalli: We derive our power from bear meat.
All of you are really involved with Occupy Wall Street. What makes you want to be a part of that movement?
Miller: The world is moving in a terrifying direction, following the one steering factor of profit. It's not even a matter of politics anymore — it's a human safety issue. If we don't start seriously re-addressing the factors that control our relations to the Earth and to one another, then it's looking like a pretty bad scene. Occupy granted us something that we've all been searching for a long time.
Lilah, you were even arrested during a protest, right?
Larson: Yeah, during the eviction night I just happened to be in the wrong line of people. It was really sudden. The police were in full riot-gear and they started hitting us with the shields. Then, completely out of nowhere, they pepper-sprayed everyone. I was trying to talk to the cops, and I just said the wrong thing and pissed off the commanding officer. He pointed me out of the group, so then two cops grabbed me and I was thrown onto the sidewalk with four grown men pinning me down.
Oh my God!
Larson: I was the first person to be booked in jail, but I was the last person to leave.
Miller: Right, and just to bring up some basic constitutional facts…
Larson: I was never read my rights.
Miller: Bam!
Larson: I was never told what I was being charged with.
Miller: Huh?
Larson: I couldn't make a call outside of the five boroughs [of New York City], so I couldn't call my family. It was around 30 hours in total without ever being told why I was there or when I would get out. I was finally charged with disorderly conduct and resisting arrest because I resisted being beaten. It actually said on the sheet with my charges that I was blocking an entire sidewalk, which… I'm five feet two inches tall!
Miller: Yes, but Lilah — you're seven feet wide! [Laughs] That's why you're so useful to the movement.
Where do you hope to see the Occupy movement going in the future?
Generalli: There are laws in America that have to change. People go into government for profit, not to ethically and morally govern our country. Miller: In the interim what is essential is that we start learning how to take care of one another — just as fellow human beings. It really does come down to that. That's what makes us different from octopi, or whatever sea creature we've evolved from.
That would be 'Octopi Wall Street', I think.
Miller: Yes! [Laughs] Octopi Wall Street — we'll work on starting that.
Interview and Sittings Editor: Steff Yotka
Photography: Stef Mitchell
Production: Georgina Koren
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The Biggest of the Baddest
|The massive Bart Roberts proves "it is a glorious thing to be a Pirate King."
Admit it: At some point in your childhood, probably after reading Treasure Island or seeing Peter Pan, you thought it would be really cool to be a pirate. You imagined yourself sailing the high seas, searching for buried treasure on adventure after adventure, and perhaps best of all, playing with swords (with no meddling parents around to claim they were dangerous).
Whether or not Arnie Gemino dreamt of such things in his youth, he's given a lot of thought to the matter more recently. The chairman of marine and aviation service company Tradepower International, Gemino acquired a 265-foot, 2,000-ton Canadian Coast Guard icebreaker about two years ago at auction and spearheaded a 60-week conversion that transformed her into a dazzling, pirate-themed adventure-seeker. The name? Bart Roberts, after Bartholemew Roberts, one of the "Gentlemen of Fortune," as some famous pirates were called. Roberts earned renown for being handsome and well-groomed, always wearing elegant clothes and a jeweled cross, even during battle. But he also earned notoriety for assembling a pirate fleet so formidable that naval squadrons sent to seize him were said to turn back upon seeing his flotilla.
Gemino's Bart Roberts does reflect some of this aggressive imagery. Picture a massive black hull with "Bart Roberts" painted in gothic lettering, a crossed swords design on her funnel, a cannon in the saloon, and guest staterooms named for other fierce plunderers. (As for Roberts, a.k.a. Black Bart, his name graces the master stateroom.) But the minute you step onboard, instead of feeling as if you'll have to walk the plank, you're overcome with awed--even giddy--delight. For Gemino and the team he tapped to turn the 1963 Canadian Vickers-built vessel into a Lloyd's- and SOLAS-approved expedition charter yacht have incorporated the pirate theme in a much more stylish--and, in some respects, tongue-in-cheek--way.
Settling on the theme was easy. Gemino has long had an interest in pirates, and he wanted to get as far away as possible from what he saw as the typical yacht look. To use his words, in the 20 years he's been involved with yachts, "I've seen enough sculpted carpets and glossy tables."
Gemino's first step was finding a place to do the refit. He considered New Orleans, but his project manager and naval architect, Lennart Edström, suggested heading to Victoria, British Columbia, where they could assemble subcontractors to assist a team of their own making--essentially they'd be their own yard. In fact, they hired some of the very same crew who'd worked aboard the vessel when she was known as Narwhal. They found a ferry terminal that was no longer in operation and began the 60-week project.
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First the big news of the day: Daniel Alfredsson had a "setback" according to the Senators, and did not skate today. So, though you take everything with a grain of salt in the playoffs, and never rule out anything, it doesn't look as if he'll be available for Game 4.
Now, on to your favorite team.
Brian Boyle is just Beatlemania in this series. It's the perfect storm of a guy having an out-of-his-mind series and being involved in every single significant event, and an extra-large media contingent because it's Canada, and a really good guy who will talk forever … to anybody, any time, anywhere. So his locker today was just swarmed for like half an hour … they took players out for press conferences, and the coach, and the New York reporters would go out and come back in, and Boyle would still be talking.
Artem Anisimov, who sits next to him all the time, and who pretended to be a reporter the other day, holding a water bottle as if it was a microphone, just watches and laughs. Today he told Boyle, "Tongue must be tired."
And because you asked, I asked Brandon Dubinsky — who's sporting a growth of beard — if he is planning to grow the 'stache this year. "Stay tuned," was all he'd say.
Here are today's interviews. The first answer from Chris Kreider was about how many texts he had last night.
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A LACK of accuracy with the putter meant David Howell experienced a difficult first round at the Volvo Golf Champions yesterday.
In his first 18 tournament holes of the year, the Swindonian carded a four-over-par 76 at Durban Country Club in South Africa.
That meant he placed tied-34th out of 36 and the Broome Manor pro admitted that his usual talents with the putter had evaded him.
"It was a really frustrating, miserable day," said Howell.
"I certainly didn't play great and I felt it was the very worst score I could have had.
"It was windy and around the greens I was poor.
"The greens are flat but very grainy and I didn't get to grips with them whatsoever.
"Tee to green I played level-par-ish but I couldn't back it up around the greens which is very unlike me.
"It's normally my forte.
"Certainly I wouldn't expect to be that poor around the greens again. I really didn't hole anything.
"What was frustrating was I got through the first seven holes nicely and even missed a short birdie putt, but from then onwards I was four-over and that's the easiest part of the course."
There is no cut at the $4,000,000 event – which Howell qualified for by virtue of his Alfred Dunhill Links Championship triumph in September – meaning he is guaranteed four rounds of golf.
The 38-year-old is maintaining his customary level-headed approach despite a less-than-satisfying opening 18 and feels he can climb the leaderboard.
"It's the first round of a very long year and there's a lot of golf left in the tournament," said Howell.
"Hopefully I'll get out early (on Friday morning) before all the wind gets up and if I hit something around level-par then I'll still be in with a chance of a decent finish.
"It's a strong field here and a challenge, and for that reason you want to make the most of it.
"There's no doubt today was frustrating and not what I wanted, but hopefully I can push on and the first round will end up being the worst of the week."
Frenchman Raphael Jacquelin was at the top of the leaderboard following the first round after firing an error-free round of five-under.
One shot back was South Africa's Louis Oosthuizen while Tommy Fleetwood was England's leading player on two-under.


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Security Council: Statement by Ambassador Braun on Non-Proliferation Commemorating the 10th Anniversary of Resolution 1540 (2004)
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"Thank you Mr. President.
At the outset, let me express our gratitude to the Republic of Korea for convening this Open Debate on Non-Proliferation.
Germany aligns itself with the statement delivered by Special Envoy Bylica on behalf of the European Union and wishes to make the following remarks in a national capacity.
Today's anniversary is significant. On April 28th 2004, the Security Council unanimously adopted Security Council Resolution 1540, and I may add that the Council did so under the presidency of Germany. Ten years later, 1540's relevance is as high as ever: Attempts by non-state actors to acquire weapons of mass destruction and related material remain one of the most severe threats to global security and to mankind.
In this context, we commend in particular the tireless efforts of the 1540 Committee under your able leadership, Mr. President, as well as the 1540 Group of Experts. We acknowledge the important role of the Committee as a forum for assistance matchmaking in taking the implementation forward.
Germany continues to provide substantial direct support and assistance to other states' implementation efforts, including through implementing the European Union's Assistance Program in the area of export controls.
We welcome the efforts of the Chair to look at ways on how to enhance assistance as a key element of Resolution 1540 and would be happy to see this aspect incorporated in a medium-term strategy yet to be elaborated. We also believe that promoting synergies with other counter-terrorism and non-proliferation bodies would be beneficial to enhance implementation.
Mr. President,
Let me highlight an aspect of particular relevance: The implementation of Resolution 1540 needs active involvement of all relevant stakeholders: In this context, the role of industry and the private sector remains a central concern of the German government. This is why two years ago, we initiated the "Wiesbaden Process" in cooperation with the UN Secretariat.
As a result, Germany hosted two major international industry outreach conferences on Resolution 1540. They were aimed at facilitating the Committee's dialogue with industry, and strengthening the partnership between governments and the private sector. This year, we are envisaging a conference entitled "Governance and Compliance Management". It will further explore how industry can complement States' implementation efforts in various areas, such as biosecurity, chemical and nuclear security, transport, brokering and export control. We are confident that this first-ever dialogue process with industry provides valuable input for the Committee: Not only in view of its upcoming Comprehensive Review in 2016, but also for the Committee's strategy and future priorities.
Very much in the spirit of the Wiesbaden-Process and following the call of the 1540 Committee Chair, I am pleased to announce that Germany has just finalized – together with council member Australia – a paper on effective practices on how to engage industry in the field of export controls. We hope that it will serve as a tool for reference and may guide or assist other states in their implementation efforts.
Let me, once again, Mr. President, reaffirm Germany's strong commitment to the full and universal implementation of Council Resolution 1540!
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At The Village at NorthRidge, being first has its privileges. And now, this couldn't be truer for initial depositors of the soon-to-be-open luxury senior living community. Seniors looking for a fresh option in retirement living can now place a fully-refundable $500 deposit at The Village at NorthRidge to secure their future residence. Adding to the remarkable value, the first 75 depositors will also earn a rewards package as part of the community's limited Gold Club Charter Membership program.
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Britain budget looks to kick-start growth
Finance minister George Osborne delivers his annual budget Wednesday that promises to fuel growth of Britain's economy, struggling to recover from recession under the weight of huge spending cuts.
Chancellor of the Exchequer Osborne, a Conservative member of Britain's coalition, will unveil his 2011/12 tax and spending plans before parliament at 1230 GMT.
Osborne is presenting the event as a "budget for growth," even as his drastic austerity measures of cuts and tax hikes risk pushing Britain back into recession, according to some analysts.
"The chancellor has promised a 'pro-growth' budget likely to include a number of minor tax measures," said Capital Economics analyst Jonathan Loynes.
British newspapers said Osborne was expected to announce tax breaks for the country's lowest earners.
The salary threshold at which workers start to pay tax is set to rise by £600 (692 euros, $980) to £8,000, taking 250,000 earners out of the income tax system, according to press reports.
However this will be seen as giving with one hand and taking away with the other after Osborne hiked the rate of Britain's sales tax, or VAT, to 20 percent from 17.5 at the start of 2011.
And last month he announced that a special levy on banks -- imposed following the 2008 financial crisis -- would be raised to yield £2.5 billion this year.
Economists agree that Osborne will stick to his drastic deficit-slashing plans when he unveils his second budget.
"There's really very little scope for the chancellor to back down on his public spending cuts," Daiwa economist Hetal Mehta told AFP. "I don't think they can deviate from that too much at this stage.
"Any announcements will be fairly small in scale and even if there are a couple of surprise announcement I do not think they will be particularly costly surprises."
Reports said Osborne would unveil low-interest loans aimed at helping people buy their first home.
Following last year's general election, Osborne gave a painful emergency budget in which he announced plans to cut state spending by billions of pounds over five years in order to slash a record public deficit.
The chancellor remains on course to undershoot his official borrowing target of £148.5 billion (171 billion euros, $243 billion) for the current 2010/2011 financial year that runs to the end of March.
This despite official data published Tuesday showing that public sector net borrowing surprisingly hit a much larger-than-expected £11.8 billion in February -- the highest level on record for the month.
"The government still faces a long, hard slog in ensuring that borrowing comes down to anything approaching sustainable levels and from an economic perspective," said Investec economist Philip Shaw.
"There is no case whatsoever for a fiscal giveaway at (the) budget," he added.
The coalition, which rose to office in May 2010, is seeking to slash a record public deficit run up under the previous Labour government as a result of bank bailouts and weak tax revenues because of the recession.
Also on Wednesday, the government's independent fiscal watchdog -- the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) -- publishes its latest forecasts for British public borrowing and economic growth.
The OBR is widely predicted to lower its 2011 economic growth forecast to about 1.8 percent, from the prior estimate of 2.1 percent, after Britain's economy unexpectedly shrank in the final quarter of 2010.
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SIMILARITIES between the management styles of David Flitcroft and Everton boss Roberto Martinez convinced Toffees striker Hallam Hope to make the loan switch to the JD Stadium.
A short chat with Flitcroft was all it took to tempt the 20-year-old striker to swap the relative comfort of reserve-team football at Goodison for a League Two relegation dogfight.
"I only heard about the move at the end of last week, but I am glad to be here and looking forward to getting some games," said the Wythenshawe-born forward.
"I spoke with the manager and I liked what he said – I liked the ideas he had about the team."
Hope has been handed seven games in Bury's run-in to hone his undoubted talent in competitive action, but the young striker revealed it wasn't just a case of getting games under his belt.
He also wants to learn in a side that play with the same style and footballing principles adopted by the boss of his parent club.
"They (Flitcroft and Martinez) are both very intelligent managers – you can see that by the way they talk about the game," he said.
"They are similar in other ways – they are both very positive people and want to play football the right way.
"Obviously, in this league it is harder to do that with the pitches and things like that, but you can see his (Flitcroft's) ideas are good.
"For me, I am seeing a different side of the game from what I am used to at Everton, but I think you have to learn this to become a better player and that's what I am hoping to do."
Hope got off to the best possible start with two goals in his first two matches for Bury.
But any Bury fans thinking they may be able to steal the youngster, who has been capped by England up to Under-19s, look set to be left disappointed by Hope's understandable ambition to play at the highest level.
"Obviously, any young footballer wants to play in the Premier League, but they are not all that lucky. All I can do is play as well as I can for whatever team I am at," he said.
"I'm back at Everton next season, but I am just looking to getting in as many appearances as possible and trying to help the team.
"I might be interested in a season-long loan if the chance comes up but things change quickly in football and we will see what happens."


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Like many of you, I have been hopelessly addicted to the PBS drama Downton Abbey, whose second season just concluded last night.
As with most things, I have come to think of the show through a New York Mets prism. More specifically, the characters in Downton Abbey- flawed, of course, but so resonant- seem like solid fits to take a number of positions with the New York Mets. Below is a comparison, and where the Mets can be upgraded simply by the integration of anachronistic fictional creations. Make it happen, Mets!
Owner: Lord Grantham vs. Fred Wilpon
Both have their problems, to be sure. Wilpon trusted the family fortune to Bernie Madoff; Lord Grantham continues to trust Thomas the Footman. But while Madoff is part of a pattern of those who Wilpon kept around- Charlie Samuels, Omar Minaya and others come to mind- Grantham has made solid decisions on his people, keeping Mr. Carson the Butler in charge of the staff, issuing a vote of confidence in Mr. Bates, and even rededicating himself to Cora and his marriage. Grantham wisely even mentions the need to protect the fortune when Lady Rosamund intends to marry a fortune hunter. He takes the present and future of Downton seriously, putting it above his own self-interest. He'd make a fine owner.
Advantage: Downton
General Manager: Carson the Butler vs. Sandy Alderson
The two of them have faced eerily similar tasks. Alderson, a keen baseball mind, has been forced to do more with less, thanks to the team's financial problems. Carson, meanwhile, muddled through a similar period of austerity at the Downton household, thanks to the rationing and draft brought about by World War I. If you think it will be difficult watching Ronny Cedeno hit this year, just remember that dinner party where Lang- LANG!- had to serve. Neither appearance brings about much pleasure for those who experience it.
Ultimately, Mr. Carson never allowed Downton Abbey to fail in its role as a destination of luxury, and the stream of guests hardly subsided despite the war. A close look at Met attendance figures would suggest that so far, Alderson has not had the same kind of success.
Advantage: Downton
Training Staff: Lady Sybil, Isabel Crawley and Dr. Clarkson vs. The Hospital for Special Surgery
There's no doubt about it: Downton Abbey's turn as a World War I convalescent home was the only reasonable point of historical reference for the 2009 Mets. Seeing so many injured, often critically, it was impossible not to think of Jonathan Niese falling off the mound in pain. Such is war and warmups.
Without training, Lady Sybil did much to lift the spirits of the soldiers, and one simply didn't see the kind of misdiagnoses that resulted in soldiers listed as day-to-day, yet hanging around Downton long after the war ended. Everyone healed and went home. Meanwhile, Carlos Delgado is still feeling pain in his hip, Ike Davis has yet to play in a game since last May, and Johan Santana is only now throwing off flat ground.
The major misdiagnosis from Dr. Clarkson was that Matthew Crawley would never walk again, and then he did. Oh, what we'd all give for that kind of mistake by the Met doctors!
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Hey to everyone I think we should add "Fire" to Oro's nature attributes as evidence to what I've seen in the anime and in the game. though i Think I need more, complete and accurate data that will support this one. But I believe we must add this one to him. Tsujiraoro07- Talk- Contributions
Fire nature attribute to Orochimaru
I think My assumptions and those materials I,ve said are enough to have a response. Tsujiraoro07-Talk- Contributions
Games aren't canon and he hasn't used Fire techinques on either anime or manga enough to say he has Fire Nature chakra. Omnibender - Talk - Contributions 13:26, 15 March 2009 (UTC)
But is there a wind technique that is color red? Tsujiraoro07]- Talk- Contributions
- It would help if you told where exactly you think Orochimaru uses a Fire Release technique. An episode number would be nice (preferably with a time index). --ShounenSuki (talk | contribs) 12:30, 16 March 2009 (UTC)--ShounenSuki (talk | contribs) 12:30, 16 March 2009 (UTC)
Naruto episode 29. Tsujiraoro07
- See Talk:Orochimaru#Fire release?, Orochimaru has never used a fire jutsu, what you mention is the same mis-evidence other people have given and been discredited. ~NOTASTAFF Daniel Friesen (DanTMan, Nadir Seen Fire) (talk) Mar 17, 2009 @ 01:41 (UTC)
So I think it is a No,no after all eh? ok It think I need to have a more factual and hard evidences though, I really appreciate the people around for helping me and correcting me since it is my first time. so I think we need to close it then!! Tsujiraoro07


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This mini-interactive game that Google has placed on his search page is great. Of course, it is not that it is difficult or anything but I think that it is simple, fun and definately the most interactive doodle they've done. I know they've been others where you could click here and there but I think I like this one better.
The little ET man and the spaceship...
I even like the graphics (and that's a lot, because in general I don't like doodle's graphics)
Yes it kept me entertained for a while as well.
I always thought their pacman one was good too...
I discovered there are [at least] two different ways to solve it, too!!
I had another look and used the horseshoe and rope this time. I am sure that the doorbell must be used for something as well.
I didn't have to use the doorbell... and I was able to solve it.
I didn't have to use the doorbell... and I was able to solve it.
I have completed it two ways but I just thought there may have been another way using the doorbell as it rings.
:EEK: I thought that there was only one! I'll have no time to discover others!!
@cpradio; Pacman was good too... I didn't remember that one
I used the doorbell, causing the cows to "moo" as a means to awaken the man on the roof. The other way to rouse him is by climbing up and tickling him with the feather.
I made the tree grow (with the nuclear waste) so I could reach the man and then used the feather to wake him up
I made the tree grow (with the nuclear waste) so I could reach the man and then used the feather to wake him up
That is the method I used as pushing the door bell did not wake up the man like I thought it would.
To get the ring off the barn roof I made the horse grow with the waste; the barn lifted tipping the ring off. I also used the horseshoe and rope from the top of the ladder and the ground in front of the horse to knock it off the roof.
Yeah, I also used the waste with the horse... I tried to use the horseshoe with the ring but it didn't work... I don't know how you can move the ladder to wake up the man though... I only got the little fella to go up and down the ladder.
Is there a link to this doodle?
Hmmm... they haven't added it yet. It should get there in a day or two (I'd think).
Ah Ha! Found ithttp://www.google.com/doodles/roswells-66th-anniversary
Yes I went there, but couldn't find it.
Turns out that if you ring the bell a lot -- 7 times or so -- then the man will eventually throw down the ship piece.
i play something different. but i think i've seen that before.
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DeLAND, Fla. - A DeLand resident helped police catch three men who he says robbed his home on Monday - but not before handing over his 1-year-old daughter to a neighbor while he pursued the suspects, according to Volusia County deputies.
Deputies arrested three men for armed home invasion and grand theft and are searching for a fourth after the 37-year-old said they broke into his home on 9th Avenue around 3 p.m. and forced him to give them more than $5,000.
The victim ran across the street and dropped his daughter off with a neighbor, saying, "Here, take my baby, take my baby. I was just held up at gunpoint," according to deputies. He then took off in his truck after the suspects while his neighbor called 911.
Police met up with the victim and were able to catch Jose Santana, 25, and James Tailor, 19, after a brief chase on-foot. Both suspects were also charged with possession of marijuana after police found a backpack with the drug where they were captured.
Police also found a bullet wound near Santana's groin area while he was being strip-searched. He couldn't explain how he got the wound, and he was taken to Halifax Health Medical Center in Daytona Beach for treatment.
A third suspect, Jason Allen, 31, was captured by a K-9 unit and taken to a local hospital for a minor bite to his right leg. Allen was charged with possession of a controlled substance when officers found pills. Allen was also found in violation of his probation warrant, deputies said.
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Erik Spoelstra met with Oregon's football coach Chip Kelly two summers ago and the two discussed a fast paced offense centered around athleticism and speed. Spoelstra called the offense "pace-and-space".
The Miami Heat used that offense to great effect in Monday's 124-99 win over the Phoenix Suns.
The Heat went 15-for-26 on three-pointers and recorded 33 assists.
The idea is very similar to "Seven Seconds or Less".
"That was probably the most unselfish team I've ever played against since I've been in the NBA," Dudley said. "It was drive, kick, swing, penetrate, flair -- I mean they were hitting everyone.
"That's the way basketball is supposed to be played. They perfected it to a T."
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This weekend I also tried the Weber Quick Starts on lump mesquite charcoal and really liked the results! I filled my chimney with charcoal and put two quick starts underneath with a couple of chunks of charcoal and lit er up. They really worked great!
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The Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, released the 2012 report on the Dodd-Frank Whistleblower Program back in November. The program authorizes the SEC to reward whistle-blowers for information leading to million-dollar enforcement actions.
Last year saw the first payout from the program. In August, the SEC announced that a tip from a whistle-blower had resulted in the bust of a multimillion dollar fraud, netting the tipster about $50,000. Whistle-blower awards can range from 10 percent to 30 percent of the money collected as a result of their tips.
The SEC received over 3,000 tips last year. Most of the allegations, 18.2 percent, had to do with corporate disclosure and financials. The second-most common tips involved fraud related to unregistered companies, such as with Ponzi schemes in some cases.
As the program becomes more well-known, more individuals could step forward to report the financial misdeeds of corporations. "Just how substantive those tips are will become evident in 2013," Jaclyn Jaeger wrote this week in the story, "Whistleblowers to play a bigger role in enforcement in 2013," on the website ComplianceWeek.com.
"And when more awards paid to whistleblowers start making headlines, the volume of tips could grow even higher," the story says.
Not everyone likes whistle-blowers. Many face retaliation from co-workers and management, according to a 2012 survey by NAVEX Global, an ethics and compliance consultant. Certainly the most well-known whistle-blowers in recent history, Wikileaks publisher Julian Assange and Bradley Manning, the U.S. Army private accused of leaking State Department cables, enjoy somewhat dubious -- even treasonous in Manning's case -- reputations.
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