DELL XPS M1710

ell released the XPS M1710 as a gaming notebook with amazing Intel Core Duo processor. The notebook design with striking red and metallic black lid, which is will catch anyone eyes. It’s build very sturdy. The case made by magnesium-alloy and covered the notebook from top to bottom. The palm rest made by a thick rugged plastic. The hinges are constructed of steel and the lid is so strong. But the plastic on the bottom of the LCD is easy to bend and flex, Dell should do better on this side.

The Intel Core Duo T2600 2.16 GHz, which is powering the notebook is outstanding. It’s so powerfull. The Nvidia GeForce Go7900GTX graphics card also amazing. You can play any high-end games you want and you’ll found no problem. This absolutely great gaming machine. The hard disk comes with the notebook is 100 GB, 7200 rpm.

The notebook’s screen is 17″ WideScreen with 1920 x 1200 pixels resolution. The screen is WUXGA LCD with the Dell TrueLife treatment, which is provide amazing bolder colors and contrast. It’s a wonderfull screen for playing games or watching movies. It is very sharp with excellent contrast and brightness.

The speakers are decent. The sound is loud enough. There’s also integrated sub-woofer which is provides decent bass. Overall, the speakers is better than other notebook’s speakers, but for more great sound, add some external speakers is highly recommended.

The XPS M1710 is quite cool. The surface of the notebook only gets midly warm after several hours of gaming but still copmfortable. The palm rest never gets warm. Not only cool, this notebook also quiet. The fan is so quiet but doing a great job to cooling down the machine.

The keyboard is silver color, bit different than other Dell’s leyboard. But it’s still nice keyboard. It’s build sturdy with no flex. Type on this keyboard is a nice experience. The touchpad has decent size and works well.

The battery is 9-Cell and located at the front area of the notebook. The battery life is adequate for a powerfull notebook like it. Under normal use, it can get 2 hours. Not bad, but not amazing.

Overall, the Dell XPS M1710 is great gaming and entertainment notebook. The processor is so powerfull and the machine also very cool. The screen will give more pleasure when playing games. It’s absolutely great notebook.

The Dell XPS M1710 specs are :

Processor : Intel Core Duo T2600 2.16 GHz
Display : 17″ WUXGA
Memory : 2 GB 667 MHz
Graphics : 512 MB NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GTX
Hard Drive : 100 GB, 7200 rpm
Optical Drive : DVD+/-RW
Wireless : Intel 3945 802.11b/g
Battery : 9-Cell Li-Ion
Weight : 8.8 pounds
Price : Starting at $2,600