yeah i did go with the 9300, the xps i cudnt afford. the 9300 is also almost 9lbs. but cant complain, it works like a gem. perfect performance and smooth and stable. one problem is that the touchpad is abit unreponsive at first, bbut can be adjusted to suit you.
i have a 17inch truelife, 512mb ram, ati mobility x300 128mb, 80gb, 1.73GHZ pentium M and dvd burner, wireless card. i am very much plaesed with this laptop. i also have a bluetooth idicator next to the power button and i dont have bluetooth. didnt like that, but i will be getting a bluetooth card soon that problem will be gone soon.
i would recommed this laptop as a desktop replacement, its fantastic!