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Last Thursday Dell unleashed the XPS^TM M1730 notebook, aka “the beast”, for gamers who want to experience the peak of mobile gaming performance.

I have just received the email update with from Dell which means it ready for UK customers. However after visiting the dell site I am faced with notice of “Due to unprecedented demand for this system, we regret to inform you of a prolonged delivery time on your order“.

I am happy to see that more and more laptop are appearing with a full qwerty keyboard with full 10-digit number pad. Back in the 1990s only a handful of company used to do laptop with full 10-digit number pad on the main keyboard.

Without delay lets look inside “the beast”:

In the standard package we have:

Processor: Intel® Core^TM 2 Duo Processor T7500 (2.20 GHz, 4 MB L2 cache, 800 MHz FSB)

Operating System: Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium - English

Monitors/Displays: 7.0″ UltraSharp^TM WUXGA (1920×1200) TFT with TrueLife^TM with Integrated 2.0MP web cam

Video Cards: Dual NVIDIA® GeForce® Go 8700M GT graphics with NVIDIA SLI Technology

Memory: 2048MB 667MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM [2x1024]

Hard Drives: 250GB (5400RPM) SATA Hard Drive

Optical: Fixed 8x DVD+/-RW Slim Slot Load drive, including SW

Wireless Communication: Intel® Pro Wireless 3945 802.11a/b/g Mini-Card - Europe

Services: Base Warranty - 1 Year XPS Premium Hardware Support (incl. Gaming and On-Site Support)

The system also boast other features as optional:

Blu-ray Disc DVD+/-RW Optical Drive including software [at a cost of £387.75]

Complete wireless connectivity options - Mobile Broadband3, Bluetooth® , Wireless-N support and Dell’s exclusive Wi-Fi catcherTM

and may be more…

As with all new systems these days there is no resource CD.

Things that got me really interested about this model of XPS are:

The world’s first built-in notebook Logitech GamePanel LCD, and eye-to-eye and loud and clear with the built in 2MP CCD camera and the built-in, dual digital array microphones.

Illuminated, keyboard to play even when the lights are off with the 10-key number pad.

A lot of room for turning it into a mighty beast!

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