So I finally decided to get something special for Christmas for myself,DELL XPS M710 (http://www1.us.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/xpsnb_m170?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs&~tab=specstab#) is what Im going to get this Christmas from myslef. I thought I have to share this good news with you huys. :p

More Info On Setup I Would Get:

XPS M170 Intel® Pentium® M Processor 760 (2 GHz/2MB Cache/533MHz FSB)
Operating System Microsoft® Windows® XP Home Edition
LCD Panel 17 inch UltraSharp™ Wide Screen UXGA Display with TrueLife™
Memory 1GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 533MHz 2 Dimm
Video Card 256MB NVIDIA® GeForce™ Go 7800 GTX
Hard Drive 80GB Hard Drive
Power Adapter Spare AC adapter - 130w
Network Card Integrated 1 Gigabit Network Card and Modem
CD ROM/DVD ROM 8xCD/DVD burner(DVD+/-RW) with double-layer DVD+R write capability
Wireless Personal Networking Card Intel® PRO 2915 and Dell 350 Bluetooth Internal Wireless Cards
Primary Battery 9-cell Lithium Ion Primary Battery (80 WHr)
Carrying Cases XPS Notebook Backpack
Hardware Warranty 90 Days Ltd Warranty, 90 Days Mail-In Service, and 90 Days Technical Suppor


Sub-total $3,146.00
Shipping & Handling $49.00
Estimate Shipping & Handling and Tax Estimate Shipping & Handling and Tax
Shipping & Handling Discount -$25.00
Tax $198.13
Total Price $3,368.13


You are most likely to see it during JANLAN... Yes now you can hate me... :D

That sure is a lot of money and yes I do hate you more.

Nice setup dude. If you haven't ordered it already you should talk to RS...our business gets a discount at Dell:D

InYourEye']Nice setup dude. If you haven't ordered it already you should talk to RS...our business gets a discount at Dell:D


Thank You EYE, I will call RS 4 sure. :-)

martin why get dell blah get something from like i buy power or abs.... specs for a kickass ABS ASUS Nforce4 sli mobo, AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+ 2 x 1MB L2 Cache Socket 939 64-bit Dual Core Processor,4 GBS ram kingston,nVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX 256MB GDDR3 256-Bit HTDV/ Dual DVI PCI-Express(EVGA),Creative Labs Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS Platinum 7.1 with 1394, 2x Western Digital Raptor 74GB 10000RPM 8MB Cache Serial ATA (ATA150),SONY Black 16X DVD-ROM Drive Model DDU1615/B2s,Sony Black 52x32x52x16 Combo Drive. and its a very nice price around 3,500 with monitor (LCD)(If you wnat a desktop.) just go here for notebooks and configure. www.ABS.com btw dells blow...

martin why get dell blah get something from like i buy power or abs.... specs for a kickass ABS ASUS Nforce4 sli mobo, AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+ 2 x 1MB L2 Cache Socket 939 64-bit Dual Core Processor,4 GBS ram kingston,nVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX 256MB GDDR3 256-Bit HTDV/ Dual DVI PCI-Express(EVGA),Creative Labs Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS Platinum 7.1 with 1394, 2x Western Digital Raptor 74GB 10000RPM 8MB Cache Serial ATA (ATA150),SONY Black 16X DVD-ROM Drive Model DDU1615/B2s,Sony Black 52x32x52x16 Combo Drive. and its a very nice price around 3,500 with monitor (LCD)(If you wnat a desktop.) just go here for notebooks and configure. www.ABS.com btw dells blow...


I decided to go with dell because I already had owned 3 laptops from dell and I havet got any problems, also ABS is not offering a video card that I want (7800 GTX), also because XPS laptops are stylish and look hot and ABS doesnt, also because I will most likely get 15% discount, I think that answears you some questions. I own a very powerfull desktop but I use Laptop 80% of all my time spent in front of computer so I need to replace my Inspiron 9100 for something faster with more gaming power.

Yeah but if a 7800gtx is bottle necked on a amd fx 55 4200 its gonna be like needle necked on that laptop.

really someone told me that laptops aren't good for gaming at all and i was so close to buying one but then i didn't because of what that guy told me . so i got a desktop from dell it is kickass for me .
p4 3.0 intel
256mb graphic card
1gb of memory
80gb harddrive sata it is saposta be faster then regular hd
and i got a sony LCD 17''
the computer alone cost me money but no as much as 3500. it was only $1500. you get alot from dell for a desktop for 1500. oh did i also say 4 year warr cant beat that

really someone told me that laptops aren't good for gaming at all and i was so close to buying one but then i didn't because of what that guy told me . so i got a desktop from dell it is kickass for me .


Do you think I will carry my Desktop to work 6 days a week?

Nice setup, but maybe a bigger HD? Should be alright if it's not your primary comp.

Please don't even consider ABS. I have one of their laptops and it's been a lot of trouble. Their service department blows. I've beeen waiting over 9 months for a call back because of a faulty power supply lead.

Hard drive failed one week past warranty and other problems where you call their service department, wait on hold for an hour or two only to have them tell you that you will be called in a couple of days. The longest outstanding call is the one above and it's close to almost a year now, still no call back. Why I went away from Dell I don't know. My previous laptop was an Inspiron 4000 that lasted about 4 years and it's still going. My ABS I've had to replace the HD, keyboard, and buy a new power lead. I will never buy from them again.

i will always stick with dell because i love my desktop i got from them and i like their help service. me being dumb forgot that i had to put all the shit back on my comp after formating to get my internet back up and other stuff so they walked me through it and got me set up and told me where to get the updates for all my stuff.

Um I know most would expect this to be said but you could shave off almost a grand if you built it completely from http://www.newegg.com.


Edit: Oh snap, didn't see it was a laptop, sorry. Not a bad price I suppose for a laptop.

I just ordered this puppy,

XPS M170, Pentium M 760 (2GHz/533MHz FSB)
17in True Life Wide Screen UXGA
1GB,DDR2,533MHz 2 Dimm
256MB NVIDIA GeForce Go 7800 Ultra,for XPS M170
and more...

Cant wait to throw CSS or DODS on that...

home edition? blah you suck. 90 day warranty? blah you suck. Please tell me the hd was a 7200rpm

oh and about laptops not being good for games. Ive got a ibm t40 with a 32mb video card and 1gb of ram and cs runs fine. Hell wow runs fine. I cant run bf2 though not enough video ram.

home edition? blah you suck. 90 day warranty? blah you suck. Please tell me the hd was a 7200rpm

Upgrade for 72000rpm was to expensive, I decided to get cheapest drive from Dell and but seperatly on NewEgg TOSHIBA 80GB 54000rpm with 16MB cache. As for OS i piced Media Center 2005 because I watch a lot of movies and have lots of mp3 and pictures, plus I own XP pro, home and now Media Center.