For the Christmas list: World of Warcraft XPS M1730 Notebook PC
Here’s something for the Christmas list of World of Warcraft fans: in a joint project, Dell and Blizzard brings you the Dell XPS M1730, World of Warcraft Edition, the bigger badder brother of their WoW XPS M1710. The WoW Notebook PC is emblazoned with custom World of Warcraft artwork and comes with a ton of extras. Find out more in the full article.
Here’s something for the Christmas list of World of Warcraft fans: in a joint project, Dell and Blizzard brings you the Dell XPS M1730, World of Warcraft Edition. The WoW Notebook PC is emblazoned with custom World of Warcraft artwork and comes with a ton of extras. Click on the image above to enlarge.
If you registered for the “It Begins” quest then you can pre-register to buy the laptop today. If not, then you’ll have to wait until December 11 when it’ll be available in the US. The set will also include a quest envelope that has extras like a Golden Ticket to Willy Wonka for FigurePrints, which makes figurines for individual World of Warcraft characters.
The M1730 is the bigger, badder brother of Dell’s previous WoW-themed m1710. The M1730 World of Warcraft Edition will be available on December 11 at Dell’s website. The basic unit costs US$ 4,499. Here are the hardware specs:
- 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 LogitechGamePanel LCD
- NVIDIA SLI graphics power and 512MB of dedicated video RAM with DirectX 10 realism
- Optional over-clockable IntelExtreme 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 to ensure quick overall system performance
- Complete wireless connectivity with built-in Optional Mobile Broadband, Wireless-N, Bluetooth, and DellÂ’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
And here are the World of Warcraft extras that come along with it:
- 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:
- Retail box copies of World of Warcraft, World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade, and the Warcraft Battle Chest, which includes 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:
- A Golden Ticket allowing customers to receive a special custom FigurePrint based on the actual World of Warcraft character that they play.
- An Account Upgrade Certificate enabling the upgrade of a World of Warcraft account 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.