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Dell Inspiron XPS Gen 2
. Or take a look at the Dell Inspiron 9300. The differences between the XPS 2 and the 9300 are:

The XPS2 has software controlled color changing lights from several LEDs scattered all over, the 9300 does not
The XPS2 has a selection of an NVidia 6800 Ultra video card, the 9300 does not
The XPS forces you to get a 1920x1200 17 inch LCD screen, the 9300 offers either 1440x900 or 1920x1200. Why a high end laptop that costs more denies the end user choice on the screen is beyond me, but a big reason I haven't considered an XPS 2 as an upgrade from my Inspiron 9100 (where the 9100 and XPS has similar differences, minus the video card one)

Keep in mind though the 9300 is legacy free, so no parallel or serial, but gobs of USB ports are on it.