Dell Unveils Ultimate World of Warcraft Laptop
By Jonathan on Tuesday, December 4th, 2007 at 4:54 PM PST In Blizzard, Computer, Game Companies, Game Platforms, Gamer Life, Games, Games Industry, Hardware, World of Warcraft
Dell has announced the XPS M1730 World of Warcraft Edition notebook PC, a special laptop tailored specifically for WoW fans. The computer will come pre-loaded with WoW and the expansion, The Burning Crusade. Gamers can choose artwork for either the Alliance or the Horde to adorn their system, along with original desktop art and screensavers. The package will also come with a special WoW backpack filled with other Warcraft-related goodies. Starting price for the laptop begins at $4,499. You can check out full details for the PC after the break.
Special XPS M1730 World of Warcraft content includes:
- Custom design featuring original art by Blizzard artists on LCD back, and Honor Badges on the wings
- World of Warcraft and World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade™ pre-loaded on system, including the latest content updates
- Original desktop background artwork and screensavers
· A World of Warcraft-themed backpack that includes:
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- Retail box copies of World of Warcraft, World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade, and the Warcraft ® Battle Chest , which includes with Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos™ and Warcraft III: Frozen Throne™
- Latest Brady Games strategy guides for World of Warcraft, The Burning Crusade, Warcraft III and The Frozen Throne
- World of Warcraft DVD with a behind-the-scenes look at “The Making of WoW”
· A special Quest Envelope that ships separately with exclusive rare items:
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- A Golden Ticket allowing customers to receive a special custom FigurePrint based on the actual World of Warcraft character that they play. [i]
- An Account Upgrade Certificate enabling the upgrade of a World of Warcraft account1 to receive the Collector’s Edition pets from both the original World of Warcraft Collector’s Edition and the World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade Collector’s Edition
- A World of Warcraft Beta Club Card to enable customers to take part in upcoming public beta tests.1
Starting at $4,499 (USD), the XPS M1730 World of Warcraft Edition system includes:
- Aggressive styling with backlit Honor Badges, touchpad and keyboard
- LightFX perimeter lighting for added immersion during game play
· Full-size keyboard with 10-key number pad to help navigate games
- AGEIA PhysX mobile processor and built-in Logitech® GamePanel LCD
- NVIDIA SLI graphics power and 512MB of dedicated video RAM with DirectX® 10 realism
- Optional over-clockable [ii] Intel®Extreme Edition Core™ 2 Duo processor, up to 3.4GHz
- Optional dual RAID 7,200 RPM hard drives for fast access or even faster access with an optional 64GB solid state drive
- Full HD 17-inch widescreen and available Blu-ray Disc™ to provide the ultimate mobile viewing experience
· 7ms average display response time [iii] to ensure quick overall system performance
- Complete wireless connectivity with built-in Optional Mobile Broadband, [iv] Wireless-N, Bluetooth, and Dell’s exclusive Wi-Fi Catcher™
- Built-in camera and digital array microphones to clearly see and flame the competition
- Dual headphone jacks, noise-isolating ear buds and a portable ExpressCard media remote
For more information about the XPS M1730 World of Warcraft Edition notebook PC, visit www.youtube.com/dellvlog.
First-Class Service for XPS Customers
All XPS notebook computers feature Dell’s first-class XPS service, which guarantees quick telephone access to Dell’s best home-computer technicians and a 15-month subscription to virus and spyware protection. XPS notebooks purchased from Dell also include one year of LoJack for Laptops [v] theft recovery service and one year of 10GB online storage and backup space with Dell DataSafe Online Backup. More information is at www.dell.com/firstclass.
for 5 grand thats not really worth it…
WHOA too steep price. why dont i just spent 1k on a laptop with better specs and get it sprayed, will look better than having a massive dell sticker on it too!
4499 and the blu-ray is an OPTION. Yeeesh !
You don’t exactly need a 5k laptop to play WoW (lowest I ever played it was on a geforce 2 mx to give you an idea). If this is to target WoW players they got it all wrong. Now if this were crysis it’d make sense, but I doubt these specs could even run that hehe maybe.
Thats one of the lamest things i ever seen.
To much WoW, id say.
What a waste of money.
Spend all that money just to waste your life playing a stupid game? I just don’t get it.
-Diana Moneymaker
It’s not about wasting money. It is a waste to some not all. If you don’t want it stop talking about it. Its about having fun while hanging out with your friends. When you’re with friends you waste money. Think about it and you’ll see I’m right. Wether it be gas money or drinks or whatever. SO STOP DISSING ON THINGS YOU’LL NEVER UNDERSTAND.
Pointless to make a laptop special for WoW, you could, if you search, probablly find a $500 laptop that can play it fine… the graphics on the back are pointless. not to affend anybody but its just displaying that your a WoW geek, not saying its a bad game and all, but its not the kind of thing to show off to your friends.. not to mention the price
it isnt a waste of money its reality and you would see that if you played
THIS IS NOT A WASTE OF MONEY IF YOU PLAYED THE GAME YOU SHOULD KNOW AND IF YOU DIDNT DONT BE TALKING BAD THINGS ABOUT IT
There is nothing wrong with WoW, it’s our choice and if we are “wasting our time” playing wow it is none of your business……
this is an awsome laptop even though it is almost 5k.. i honestly wouldnt pay more than 2.5k for this but it is f()ck!ng amazing… i hope they do something for WotLK
umm…i am a wow player, and i would advise just building your own laptop from dell, or another company. you would end up paying less and getting better specs. they’re basing this inflated price on the special wow “stuff” that comes in the box with the laptop i believe…and it’s not even close to being worth the price they stick on it.
I am a wow geek. seriously, geek. But even i would feel a little weird about having huge wow paraphernalia all over my laptop. you know… i think that although some might like it, that a lot of people would agree with me. there’s just something a little “too much” about it. a little too juvenile. yes i know that seems ‘ironic’ because it is built about a fantasy game. but that’s how it comes across to me.
oh, and Rick is right. you can Build or buy a better one for less money.