I had the XPS L502X and it was hands down the best laptop I have ever owned: JBL Speakers that were genuinely excellent - I work at home and listen to music qu

I had the XPS L502X and it was hands down the best laptop I have ever owned: JBL Speakers that were genuinely excellent - I work at home and listen to music quite loudly so these were a huge selling point for me Plenty of Ports Easy to upgrade / repair - I think by the end of its life I had replaced or upgraded everything except the motherboard All of the XPS systems since this one have paled in comparison, shitty speakers and an ultra book type. The L502X was a chunky workhorse but it survived a years backpacking around Asia with me and then 4 years in Australia as my main work computer until it finally died enough that I couldn't be bothered to fix it (Would power on for half a second and die). It also ran Linux like a dream - no incompatibilities! On an Alienware 17 R3 now and it is a beast.... but it's speakers are no match for the L502X's :( Also absolutely cant get Linux to run on it so I am using Virtualbox with a dual head setup which has its share of issues