XPS M1730 World of Warcraft Edition

Kezkilla — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 23:32:51 GMT

Comes pre-package with Vista. WoW and Vista hate each other. GG

XPS M1730 World of Warcraft Edition

achinfish — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 23:32:50 GMT

Yeah, no XP option, end of story... :(

XPS M1730 World of Warcraft Edition

Piemanpm — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 23:32:49 GMT

Pity its $4500 ( £2200 ) But the specs on it seem pritty good. And Vista is ok for WoW, just not as good as XP ( yet ), The fact that they are still ironing out holes in vista, shouldnt be too long before it works perfectly. And if you dont want Vista, Simple install of XP home shouldnt take all that long, and sell the Vista disc + Serial on ebay for a few hundred.

XPS M1730 World of Warcraft Edition

Datoware — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 23:32:48 GMT

just been reading about it, love the Beta Club and a few other bits, any idea if it's coming to the UK/Europe? or if the USA Versions, Beta Club and upgrade code to the limited editions will work on EU Accounts? (i doubt it at current..) need a update when this is coming out for us EU Account Holders@!#~

XPS M1730 World of Warcraft Edition

asp — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 23:32:47 GMT

Been looking at getting a gaming laptop myself. Even though it's somewhat of an oxymoron. Kind of curious when the first affordable 8800M GT will be out.. Need an upgrade from my X1600 laptop I currently use for "gaming".

XPS M1730 World of Warcraft Edition

Titokhan — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 23:32:46 GMT

for all the 'goodies' added and its a XPS, supposedly Dell's top of the line laptop..

I'm sorry.. I wouldn't pony up almost 5k for a laptop which, based on the specs, should only be a maybe $2k-2.5k system (other than the SLi 512 8700m GT's and the physics card..). the base system with 3GB pc6400, a 320-400 GB HD and a blu-ray burner might be worth that much..

let's try customizing it a little more shall we??

$375 more to up it to 4gigs of ram? add $100 more to go from a 160 to a 200 GB HD? $125 for a t7700, $400 for a t7800? $750 for a c2d extreme t7900? (note, all these chips are 800 FSB with 4MB cache) who on Azeroth does Dell think they're fooling? also, you only get 1 yr in-home service w/ parts and labor.. for the price they're asking, it should be minimum 2 yrs.

Overall, I'd say this package is geared to the WoW player with a bottomless budget..

XPS M1730 World of Warcraft Edition

Nightfox — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 23:32:45 GMT

For The WoW Addict on the go..

And since when does WoW make use of AGEIA physics? Maybe with the Lich King release, there'll be some physics added to the game with the destructable buildings. Just that WoW should start updating the old world as well as the new. That way the new features won't get pigeon-holed to certain parts of the game.

Well, for $4500, I would think that they'd max out the RAM to 3 or 4Gb. That way at least you'll have some security in the fact that your laptop won't have to upgrade for the next 3-4 years.

XPS M1730 World of Warcraft Edition

TheVade — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 23:32:44 GMT

Pretty good looking, except it's overpriced and the physics card is too undersupported at the moment to be paying that kind of money for.

As far as Vista and WoW go, WoW works like a charm on my desktop with Vista. I've never had any issues with WoW on Vista that I didn't have on XP, infact I've had less issues with WoW on Vista than I have had on XP

People really need to give something a try before making the opinions of others their own.

XPS M1730 World of Warcraft Edition

wiskerbizkit — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 23:32:43 GMT

But world of warcraft doesn't support sli or physix wtf?

XPS M1730 World of Warcraft Edition

EchoZA — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 23:32:42 GMT

It's a beatiful laptop... wish it was available where I live...

XPS M1730 World of Warcraft Edition

ZekeTheSquirrel — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 23:32:41 GMT

Not a huge fan of Vista myself, but I'll get it after a service pack or 2...

As for the laptop, it's a good solid system. While the physics card isn't all too widely supported, I know of a few games that do use it and I would expect an increase in the near future as it is a great engine.

I currently use last years equivalent to this laptop and I only have one concern. I guarantee this thing will get HOT! I burnt out 1 video card on mine before I found out that you really can't run it without excellent ventilation. Several of my collegues who have the same system as me have had the exact same issue, these things just like cooking...

I would still buy one however. The case is pretty sick with the Horde/Alliance badges and the slick lighting. Still a solid system with great potential. Just be sure to keep it cool... Oh, and the $4,500 starting price is a bit high.... You can get the same system (minus the pretty case) for a few hundred dollars less...

XPS M1730 World of Warcraft Edition

Kody — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 23:32:40 GMT

I can agree the cost is a bit pricey right now; I really wish it would have contained the newer 8800 mobile GPUs baseline instead, but I suppose Dell may upgrade it to the 8800 once those are widely available.

XPS M1730 World of Warcraft Edition

spritepixie — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 23:32:39 GMT

yeah the look, beta access, and collector's upgrades (darn it I want the pets) are about all that would attract me. My laptop is nearly as nice minus those things for farfar cheaper (and was bought on a tax-free weekend. go me). They're just trying to bank on the WoW name and it's sad.

XPS M1730 World of Warcraft Edition

Ghest — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 23:32:38 GMT

Sadly enough, at that price.....

BUY A DESKTOP CUSTOM BUILT

and be done with it....

Notebook/Laptops are NOT built for the hours and hours you may spend playing a game such as WoW. They are built for 2-3 hours at the most, yet a single nights raid may last up to 8 hours depending on your guilds activities..