You've probably already read the big news. Dell has the ultimate WoW gaming laptop up for sale next week (earlier for those who signed up through their banner campaign.) Dell has two more surprises up their sleeve. First, they sent us one for review. I received my Dell XPS 1730 World of Warcraft Edition laptop and goodie bundle yesterday. I will be putting it through the paces this week and reporting on it here on WoW Insider.
Second, Dell is providing us with one of these bad boys with all the WoW extras that go with it to give away to you, faithful readers. That's right: Dell and WoW Insider are giving away a $5k+ gaming laptop. Details will be announced soon.
Until then, check out the gallery below and read more details on the special edition laptop after the jump!
The spec sheet for the Dell XPS M1730 World of Warcraft Edition lists the following:
- Intel Core 2 Extreme X7900 (2.8 GHz) processor
- 2GB (2 DIMM (DDR2-667)) of installed memory, upgradable to 4GBs
- Dual 200GB RAID 0 7200 RPM Drives
- 2x256MB Dual NVIDIA GeForce® Go 8700M GT with NVIDIA SLI Tech graphic cards
- 17" WUXGA with TrueLife monitor
- 8x CD/DVD burner (DVD+/-RW/+R) with Dual-Layer
- Windows Vista Ultimate operating system
Packaged with the notebook is a boatload of WoW goodies and extras including:
- World of Warcraft retail box
- The Burning Crusade retail box
- Two Brady strategy guides
- Two official Warcraft novels
- World of Warcraft soundtrack on cd
- The Behind the Scenes "The Making of WoW" DVD
- Two WoW Trading Card Game box sets
In addition to all that, there are three very special items included as well:
- A Blizzard beta key card good for five beta keys of future WoW games
- An upgrade certificate so you can claim the Collector's Edition in-game pets
- A Golden Ticket good for one custom action figure based on your in-game toon
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 3)
12-04-2007 @ 3:28PM
Richard said...
Here's the link, for those so inclined:
http://dhs.r.delivery.net/r?2.1.3JM.2VN.1i9vjV.GYrvbe..N.EXQO.2cpg.az0yNjM4Mw%5f%5fBUNSGDC0
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12-04-2007 @ 3:29PM
Baluki said...
Whoa, what's that about a custom action figure? That alone is worth its own post. Is that something that's only available through Dell (unlikely) or is that something we can get separately, like through DC or something?
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12-04-2007 @ 3:32PM
Eleazar said...
You can get your own Dec. 11th - http://figureprints.com/
12-04-2007 @ 3:35PM
Eleazar said...
Also they will be going for about $100 + $15 shipping (US & Canada).
12-04-2007 @ 3:48PM
ninjasuperspy said...
Oh man! Now to get some armor that makes me look less like a clown and get in that queue.
12-04-2007 @ 4:10PM
Kyrra said...
Here's a video that covers the action figure:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUvqT4M1zNI
As for the laptop, I anxiously await news of this giveaway (I don't have a great need for a new computer, but I would welcome it in my home).
12-04-2007 @ 6:19PM
Koogie said...
more info:
http://figureprints.com/help/FAQ.aspx
http://s.figureprints.com/media/photo001.jpg
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http://s.figureprints.com/media/photo012.jpg
12-04-2007 @ 3:33PM
Agartes said...
This is sweet. Laptop is a little too pricey for me.
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12-04-2007 @ 3:33PM
Eleazar said...
Little too pricey for 99% of its target market IHMO -_-
12-04-2007 @ 3:33PM
Eleazar said...
Buying for $4500 = not so much....Winning one, on the other hand... :^D
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12-04-2007 @ 3:34PM
Mort said...
... wow. That is all I can think of adding to this thread. Does it need anything else? Really?
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12-04-2007 @ 3:36PM
Pratley said...
Will the alliance one automatically make a QQ forum post everytime it suffers an AV loss?
The laptops look really sweet.
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12-04-2007 @ 3:36PM
Barrikade said...
This might be a stupid question here:
But when you are shipping something expensive like the Dell XPS, is it really smart to put the XPS logo on the shipping box thus "alerting" shady employees of UPS/FEDEX/ETC?
Its like last year when a bunch of Wii's mysteriously "dissapeared" or "fell off the truck" in shipping.
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12-04-2007 @ 3:50PM
Lenny said...
Very nice, released the day before my B-Day as well, they are calling my name. If I don't win one, I'm definitely buying one. Might buy one anyway as a give to me from me for surviving yet another year on earth.
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12-04-2007 @ 4:00PM
Charlie Taylor said...
Yeah know, if I, hypothetically, win this laptop I would, hypothetically, hack OS X to run on it.
All you know, hypothetical.
Yeah...
>.>
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12-04-2007 @ 4:05PM
hobgad said...
Dear god, I was wondering who would be offering these as prizes; there's no way I can justify $4500 for a new machine. I thought maybe Blizzard or Dell might do a constest. These are drool-worthy rigs, indeed. Please, please let me win one, WoW Insider.
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12-04-2007 @ 4:11PM
Ironhide said...
Price is way high, I thought it was the one with the dual 64GB Solid State drives, for that price it should be.
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12-04-2007 @ 4:12PM
Michael said...
Do you need a $5k laptop to play WoW even with everything turned up? I bet a simple $1k or $1.5k one will play it just as well. WoW isn't exactly pushing the envelope of gaming graphics.
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12-04-2007 @ 4:23PM
Jack said...
It would, but why buy a $1k laptop when you could get a $5k one for free? :D
12-04-2007 @ 4:21PM
hristo said...
This should come with a copy of Crysis, too... since it's about the only thing out there right now you need that much power for.
But yeah, free is a great price for one, so I'll be getting in line with everyone else.
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