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Dell's Gaming Monster

Posted by michael on from the luggables dept.

Carpoolio writes "TechTV has a good first look at the new Dell Inspiron XPS -- the company's first foray into portable gaming systems. The notebook -- a beast at 9 pounds -- puts the company squarely against the likes of Alienware. The price tag is steep, too, at $3,350. Are you buying?"

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  1. Heh, a beast at 9 pounds by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I remember back when that would've been a super lightweight notebook.

    1. Re:Heh, a beast at 9 pounds by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

      Wow. It says "not an official Compaq site!" on the front page. With that professional design, who would've thought...

    2. Re:Heh, a beast at 9 pounds by Tenfish · · Score: 3, Funny

      My parent's basement had a light controlled by two switches. It was SMP! And there were two lights on the same circuit. A check bit!

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    3. Re:Heh, a beast at 9 pounds by FuzzyBad-Mofo · · Score: 5, Funny

      serious gamer

      Isn't this an oxymoron, you know like, "work party", "pretty ugly", or "microsoft works"?

  2. Clever. by American+AC+in+Paris · · Score: 4, Funny

    Aaah...it seems Dell is going after the coveted gamers-who-leave-the-basement demographic...

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    1. Re:Clever. by euxneks · · Score: 4, Funny

      Which is approximately, what, 0.05% of the gaming population? =P

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  3. 9 pounds?! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    At nine pounds thats the cheapest machine I've seen in ages - or are we not all talking British?

    1. Re:9 pounds?! by Stonent1 · · Score: 4, Funny

      At nine pounds thats the cheapest machine I've seen in ages - or are we not all talking British?

      Nah the british couldn't figure out how to make it leak oil.

  4. Ouch by ikewillis · · Score: 4, Funny

    For that much money, I think I'd rather own a car

    1. Re:Ouch by WankersRevenge · · Score: 5, Funny

      just remember, unlike gta3 - you stay in jail after being arrested for running down pedestrians.

  5. It's the power consumption that'll kill ya... by jeblucas · · Score: 5, Funny

    Marty! This thing must take One-point-twenty-one-Giga-watts!

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    1. Re:It's the power consumption that'll kill ya... by DavidLeblond · · Score: 4, Funny

      88 Ghz???

      No wonder its 9 lbs!

    2. Re:It's the power consumption that'll kill ya... by wickedj · · Score: 5, Funny

      Now all they need to do is attach an ethanol reactor to it, that or a MR.FUSION.

  6. Re:It's still cheaper than a Powerbook by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    is $3350 cheaper than the $1599, $1999, or $2999 powerbook? Or the $1099 iBook G4? Oh yeah, I forgot it comes with a pentium, so I guess it's cheaper than all of them.

  7. ouchy by cubyrop · · Score: 5, Funny


    at that price point it had better come with a firewire vagina.

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    1. Re:ouchy by DirtyJ · · Score: 5, Funny
      firewire vagina

      As long as it isn't scsi, I guess it would be ok.

    2. Re:ouchy by andih8u · · Score: 3, Funny

      something about fire, wire, and vagina all in the same sentence brings up terrible mental images.

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  8. Re:Dude... by Moofie · · Score: 3, Funny

    I've never "baugh" anything at all.

    The person who told you that spelling doesn't matter was wrong.

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  9. Re:Would I buy it? by morcheeba · · Score: 5, Funny

    tell that to the bald guy in the airplane seat ahead of you while you project Quake on the back of his head. Oh wait, you're right -- it is ten times the fun!

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  10. Re:That is a LOT of money! by trentblase · · Score: 5, Funny

    Hey, there are plenty of great games for the Mac! Breakout, superbreakout.... photoshop.

  11. Re:Im NOT buying by egomaniac · · Score: 4, Funny

    IMO, buying a laptop is the height of stupidity.

    Yeah, my desktop w/ 19" monitor works great when I'm on the plane. Sure, I get a few funny looks from the flight crew, but I can't understand why anybody would bother with a laptop when desktops are so much cheaper.

    It's also really cool using a desktop while in the john.

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  12. I'll take the Ferrari by jshift2work · · Score: 3, Funny

    That one at least went vroom vrooom

  13. It's pronounced SCUZZY by vasqzr · · Score: 5, Funny


    It better not be ultra-wide, either

  14. Re:Sorry, dude by f0xb8 · · Score: 3, Funny

    No sound card,speakers,monitor, or keyboard? What kind of gaming can you do on that?

  15. Re:That is a LOT of money! by docbrown42 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Hey, there are plenty of great games for the Mac! Breakout, superbreakout.... photoshop.

    Yeah, the end guy is hard.

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  16. Emachines???? by Saeed+al-Sahaf · · Score: 4, Funny
    "Not to mention, there are many other respectable gaming class laptops available, for much LE$$.

    Emachines? Respectible? Good lord! You must be kidding. Put down the crack pipe!

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  17. Re:Subwoofer batteries by DavidBrown · · Score: 4, Funny

    *Subwoofer integrated into battery*

    Great for playing acid rock.

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  18. Re:Im NOT buying by iotaborg · · Score: 3, Funny

    If you really wanted to get serious, you should take tips from this guy; I'll take this one any day :)

  19. No by rixstep · · Score: 3, Funny

    Are you buying?

    Never. Will not touch an x86 ever again.

    And certainly not from Dell.