| The Dell XPS M1710 is the latest premium | | | | sized. The touch pad also has arrows running |
| gaming notebook from Dell that replaces the | | | | along its right and bottom edges, outlining |
| current XPS M170. The M1710 has a 17" | | | | where to place your finger when using the |
| widescreen and comes in a choice of two | | | | software-enhanced pad to scroll through |
| colors, "formula red" or "metallic black". | | | | documents or Web pages. |
| On the inside it houses the 2.16GHz Intel | | | | |
| Core Duo processor, up to 4GB of RAM and the | | | | For an operating system, the M1710 runs |
| icing on the cake -- the latest and greatest | | | | Windows XP Media Center 2005 Edition, which |
| nVidia Go 7900 GTX graphics card with 512MB | | | | boasts features to organize and play all your |
| of memory. | | | | photos, videos, and music. Unfortunately, the |
| | | | system lacks a TV tuner. You can, however, |
| Dell has really put a lot of attention into | | | | purchase an external USB tuner separately. |
| the design, marketing, and support for this | | | | For a more AV-centric laptop, check out my |
| product and it shows! It has the best | | | | review of the Toshiba Qosmio G35-AV600, which |
| graphics performance of a laptop I've seen to | | | | has an integrated TV tuner and a slew of |
| date (and better than most desktops) and to | | | | ports. |
| think you can get your XPS M1710 configured | | | | |
| with GPU that's faster. As if the performance | | | | Add to all that the XPS M1710's solid build |
| weren't enough, the little visual tweaks and | | | | and feel, the attractive lid and 16 |
| customizable LEDs really set it apart from | | | | multi-colored LEDs along the sides and you |
| everyone else. The dedicated XPS support line | | | | got yourself one very cool looking, quite |
| and the specially trained technician's means | | | | running, high performing premium gaming |
| that your back is covered if you ever need | | | | notebook like no other. |
| help. The price tag may scare some of you | | | | |
| away, but when you compare it to the | | | | Dell XPS M1710 Features:- |
| competition in the market, it's actually very | | | | |
| good value for the performance and | | | | * System: Dell XPS M1710 (Red color lid) |
| functionality. The Dell XPS M1710 Metallic | | | | |
| Black Armor laptop truly is the closest thing | | | | * Processor: Intel Core Duo T2600 (2.16 GHz) |
| a performance user has to a desktop | | | | |
| replacement. | | | | * Memory: 2GB @ 667MHz - 2 DIMM Slots (2 x |
| | | | 1GB) (Max Ram 4GB) |
| The 17-inch TrueLife display has the same | | | | |
| 1920 x 1200-pixel resolution as the XPS M170, | | | | * Hard Drive: 100GB capacity at a speed of |
| but it's noticeably brighter. With the | | | | 7200 RPM |
| processing power available, that means | | | | |
| incredibly detailed gaming performance with | | | | * Graphics Card: NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GTX |
| huge frame rates. The display is also | | | | with 512MB DDR memory |
| excellent for viewing movies and TV. No | | | | |
| built-in TV tuner is present, but an optional | | | | * Screen: WUXGA TrueLife (1920 x 1200) |
| external TV tuner and remote costs $130. Dell | | | | |
| has gone with an integrated subwoofer to | | | | * Optical Drive: 8x CD/DVD burner (DVD+/-RW |
| complement the two front-mounted speakers. | | | | +R) with Dual-Layer |
| The result is a meatier sound than most | | | | |
| notebooks offer. | | | | * OS: Microsoft MCE 2005 |
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| The XPS M1710 includes a full-size keyboard, | | | | * Wireless Card: Intel 3945 (802.11b/g) |
| though it lacks a separate number pad, as | | | | |
| found on some other desktop replacements, | | | | * Battery: 9-cell lithium ion rechargeable |
| such as the Satellite P105-S921, the HP | | | | battery |
| Pavilion dv8000, and the Toshiba Qosmio | | | | |
| G35-AV600. The XPS M1710's mouse buttons are | | | | * Ports / Slots: 5-in-1 Memory Card Reader, |
| very big, however, and the touch pad, which | | | | DVI-D, VGA video output, S-Video, IEEE 1394 |
| features a backlit XPS logo, is adequately | | | | (Firewire), 6 USB 2. |