So far he loves the 9300. He got it mostly to keep files on for his new store he is opening, and to be able to game there in the down time.

He got whatever acronoym screen that matches up to 1440x900. Windows does DPI scaling horribly, so he saw no need for the higher resolution one. In my quick glance at it, didn't seem bad.

The only dowsides I can really say about it is that it feels like a typical Dell laptop. AKA not the best it could be. Very plasticy, not well thought out at times (like the lack of a number pad so many other 17 inch systems have). Durability wise, it does seem a step up from my 9100.