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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. Re:I'm not buying... by hobbesmaster · · Score: 4, Informative

    I have a friend that plays exclusively on his Sager 4080. Hes far better at using a touchpad in FPS's than a mouse, and is one of the better gamers I know. Just because you can't beat Half Life on hardest difficulty in the back of your physics class doesn't mean that everyone can't.

    There is a market out there for these notebooks, but I would rather have a clevo of some sort (sagers appear to be the best), but I guess some people would want to pay more for Dell...

    PS. LCDs are pretty good for gaming these days, the LCD gaming problems were with the older ones.

  2. it's under 3 grand by cubyrop · · Score: 5, Informative

    i can't seem to find where poster got the 3,300 price tag. From dell.com:

    New Inspiron XPS Starting at $2599 After $250 Mail-in Rebate
    Pentium(R)4 w/HT Technology 3.4GHz,15.4 WUXGA
    512MB Dual Channel DDR SDRAM at 400MHz
    60GB 7200 rpm Ultra ATA Hard Drive
    4X CD/DVD burner(DVD+RW/+R) including Sonic RecordNow and MyDVD LE
    $2,849

    2600 bucks is actually fairly well inline, and a huge difference from 3,300 in the makes-the-eyeballs-bulge dep't.

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    1. Re:it's under 3 grand by stratjakt · · Score: 5, Informative

      The system tested in the TechTV article was 3350, it had 1 gig of RAM and the optional battery/subwoofer addon, and some other bells and whistles.

      Also, after note the "after $250 mail-in rebate", which I dont think TechTV included - they reported the actual out-of-pocket cost.

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  3. Re:It's the power consumption that'll kill ya... by Dr.+Mojura · · Score: 4, Informative
    From the imdb trivia on Back to the Future:
    In the films script the word "gigawatt" is spelt "jigowatt". Bob Gale and Robert Zemeckis had been to a science seminar and the speaker had pronounced it "jigowatt".
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  4. Re:It's the power consumption that'll kill ya... by Dr.+Mojura · · Score: 4, Informative
    Also from imdb...
    The prefix "giga" was formerly more commonly pronounced as jiga, just as Doc Brown pronounces it.
    and from mirriam-webster:
    Main Entry: gigawatt Pronunciation: 'ji-g&-"wat, 'gi- Function: noun : a unit of power equal to one billion watts
    So, I think either way's ok.
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  5. Re:Alienware by Nazmun · · Score: 4, Informative

    Yeah... I'm a gamer and I laugh when i see people with alienware laptops. Knowing that alienware's best laptops are just rebadged sagers for a higher cost.

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  6. Re:Not for the Price by NotAnotherReboot · · Score: 4, Informative

    ...or you get something that's nearly identical to an Alienware for far less...
    check out Sager notebooks, a good site for them is Pc Torque. This particular company even allows you to order it without an operating system.

    You'll notice that the cases are completely identical (Sager and Alienware). A lot of them seem to buy the base components from one company. If you remember Liebermann Computers (a lot of people thought they might be a hoax with some of their products), even their laptops look the same.

    You'll get the same specs, and probably practically the same system for far cheaper. Bottom line: Alienware is not a good price/performance ratio, especially for notebooks.

  7. Re:No, it's too much by Rude+Turnip · · Score: 5, Informative

    You can upgrade the graphics chipset on Dell laptops.

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