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To evaluate streaming video, I've got a few devices. A first gen ipod touch, an ipad, a moto droid, etc. I'm going to get a Ubuntu/Intel Atom netbook for the low end of the "computer" space. At the other end, I want a no-holds-barred mobile platform that will let me see the limitations of the encoder & server (not the client). Edging out the HP Envy and 15" Sony, I got a Dell XPS 15 ... i5, 8 GB dual channel memory, 1 GB graphics memory, advanced N wifi, slightly more than 720p display, HDMI output, wireless display driver, bluray disc, speakers that are rated very highly. All for under $1.5 k. It will be bigger and badder in every performance dimension (except hard disk capacity) than any machine I've got. It will probably run circles around the Mac Pro that I got in 2008 (except disk capacity and pro video outputs). But I don't get it for a month. (Insert sad face.)