Just in case the original $5k was too much for you on that Dell Warcraft laptop deal, Dell has apparently dropped the price to a still pretty high $4k, or $3999. That's still more than our questionable pricing out of the laptop and all of the goodies that come with it, but then again, it is a sweet gaming-spec, Warcraft branded laptop -- can you really put a price on a paradise like that?
And yes, it still does come with all the old stuff, including Alliance or Horde branding, all the Warcraft software, and a bunch of other goodies including those beta keys that we still have no idea are for. Where Dell found $1000 to cut out of that deal we can't figure either, unless... you don't think they were just topping more than a cool grand of straight profit on this deal, were they? Sneaky moneymaking bastards!
Update: Apparently we now know where they got $1000 out of the deal -- it doesn't come with all the extras any more. According to reader DevilStick, who chatted with a Dell sales rep, all it comes with is the mousepad and possibly a laptop bag. So the novels, the beta keys, and all of the books and other goodies were limited time only.
Update II: Dell themselves have contacted us with the news that the sales rep DevilStick chatted with was wrong: even at the lower price, it still does come with all the goodies. So if $5k was too much, but $4k is worth it to you to have "the ultimate Warcraft laptop," order away.
After a mountain of legal paperwork and a background check that went back to the War of 1812, we have verified the eligibility of our randomly chosen winner of the WoW Insider Dell XPS giveaway. Everyone congratulate reader Alkalye. He has chosen the Horde edition of the M1730 World of Warcraft gaming laptop.
Thanks everyone for participating with your 37,000+ entries!
We have successfully contacted the winner of the WoW Insider Dell XPS M1730 World of Warcraft Edition giveaway. So no need to keep checking your e-mail this weekend. With 37,000+ entries this has been one of our most successful contests to date and we thank you all for participating.
For those who didn't win, we have a new contest starting today: the Ideazon 12 Days of Winter Veil daily giveaway. Every day you can enter to win Ideazon swag: WoW-themed keyboards, FragMats (like a mousepad, but much better looking), Reaper mice plus WoW 60 day gamecards and more.
Keeping checking back every day for the next 12 days (including today's contest) for your chance to enter to win!
Today is your last chance to enter to win in our Dell XPS M1730 World of Warcraft laptop giveaway. Just leave a comment on the contest post with your preference of Horde or Alliance edition. And you need to do it this morning before 11:59am ET because at noon today the contest is officially over. We're locking the post and randomly picking the winner.
Here's the other important part: we will be contacting the winner by e-mail. If they do not respond in 72 hours, we will pick another winner. So make sure you check your e-mail this weekend or you may lose out on this gaming beast of a laptop. No one wants to come back from Christmas vacation to find an e-mail declaring them the winner if only they had responded in time!
And just so you don't spend the weekend staring at your Inbox, we will be announcing here on the site when we have successfully contacted the potential winner. Thanks to everyone for participating!
We're closing our giveaway to entries at 11:59am ET tomorrow. That leaves you two more chances, today and tomorrow morning, to enter. All you need to do is go to the contest post and leave a comment with your preference of Horde or Alliance Edition.
With 30,000+ entries so far, you can increase you chance of winning by making sure you get in your last two comments. In the meantime, check out the gallery below for the hot sleekness that is the Dell XPS M1730 World of Warcraft Edition laptop.
I know you regular readers of the site have been entering every day for a chance to win a Dell XPS M1730 World of Warcraft Edition laptop. But word is getting out and new readers have been coming to the site this week for their chance as well.
Veteran or newbie, if you haven't entered today, head over to the contest post and leave a comment with your preference of either Horde or Alliance edition. You'll have two more chances to enter (Thursday, and Friday before noon ET) after today, then we close the contest, randomly pick a lucky reader and send them an e-mail.
Today, tomorrow, Thursday and Friday before noon are your last four chances to enter to win a $5k Dell XPS M1730 WoW edition laptop. Not to mention the Figure Print that comes with it as well as 5 WoW beta keys tied to your account and a host of other goodies.
To enter, click over to the contest post and leave a comment with your preference of Alliance or Horde edition. After the contest ends on Friday at noon, we'll randomly choose one lucky winner. With over 20,000 entries so far, don't forget to enter every day to increase your odds of winning!
When asked how many entries we would get for the Dell XPS M1730 WoW Edition laptop giveaway, I predicted about 8,000. So much for my theorycrafting. Today is day 4 and we are already at 15,000+ entries. And we still have four more days to go!
But don't get discouraged by those numbers. You still have five more chances to enter to win this $5k tricked out gaming beast if you haven't done so today. So head on over to the contest post and let us know if you prefer the Alliance or Horde edition. And come back every day until Friday at noon to enter again!
Someone is going to win this bad boy. Why not you?
That's right. You can enter to win once a day in our Dell XPS M1730 WoW Edition give away. So head on over to the contest post and leave a comment with your preference of Horde or Alliance edition. Not sure if you want a totally free laptop? Take a look at our hands on experience with a tricked out M1730 Dell WoW edition laptop and see if it's really worth the price.
And remember to check back on WoW Insider every day for another chance to enter! You could be the lucky player taking home this $5k gaming beast.
EDIT: The contest is officially closed. Thank you everyone who participated. Check your e-mail this weekend to see if you have been randomly selected as the winner!
As promised, WoW Insider is giving away one Dell XPS M1730 World of Warcraft Edition and all the WoW goodies that come with it (estimated retail value $4,999). Under the hood of this bad boy is an Intel Core 2 Duo Processor T7500, 2GB Memory 667MHz, 17inch UltraSharp TrueLife WUXGA, 512MB Dual NVIDIA GeForce 8700M GT w/ NVIDIA SLI, a 200GB HDD and a Blu-ray DVD player. And of course, the winner will be able to choose between the Alliance or Horde editions.
In addition to the laptop, you'll get an XPS backpack to carry it around in stuffed with WoW novels, game guides, retail boxes and more. And if you think it can't get any better, check out the full list of goodies included with your XPS notebook after the jump (including the World of Warcraft Beta Club card that contains 5 beta keys for upcoming WoW games!)
Gallery: Dell XPS M1730
To enter for a chance to win, leave a comment on this post listing your preference of Horde or Alliance Edition before Friday, December 21 @ 11:59am EST. You can enter once per day for all eight days of the sweepstakes. One winner will be chosen and notified by e-mail within 24 hours of the end of the giveway. You must be at least 18 years of age and a resident of the United States. Check out the official rules for complete details.
So as you've probably already heard, Dell is releasing an ultraswank gaming laptop computer, bedecked in WoW paraphernalia like no computer ever has been before. If you're a WoW fan, this is the clearly the ultimate bling in laptops to own-- the kind of computer that Mr. T plays his Night Elf mohawk on. But it retails at a whopping $4500, which makes it too rich for my blood, and probably too rich for yours.
Still, it does come with a lot of stuff-- not just a sweet 17" laptop, but also lots of Blizzard swag, and even that FigurePrints coupon. But the burning question is: when you add it all up, is the WoW laptop really worth it? I could probably think of better ways to spend $4500, and I'm sure you could, too. But if we really did want all of this stuff, and had the money to buy it with, would the Dell deal really be a bargain?
That's what I'm planning to find out. After the jump, we'll break down what you get with the set, what it costs, and whether or not this Dell deal really is the WoW fan's biggest dream, or whether or not you could save some cash just by buying it all separately.
This morning Dell has announced their new XPS M1730 World of Warcraft edition laptop. Details are a bit sketchy, but the hardware configuration seems to match the rest of the XPS M1730 line-up, with a few extra touches for the WoW player on the go:
custom World of Warcraft cases design for Alliance and Horde
a built-in Logitech GamePanel LCD (perhaps akin to that on the G15 keyboard?)
pre-loaded with World of Warcraft, The Burning Crusade, and all content patches
the package comes with all sorts of WoW-related swag, including a key to upgrade your account to the collector's edition and a beta key for a future Blizzard game
If you happen to be in the market for a $4500+ gaming laptop (yes, you read that right), the installed content patches alone may make this one worth a look. (To those of you who haven't had the pleasure of installing World of Warcraft from its original game disks: trust me, you never want to.) Our friends over at GameDaily are already asking: is it worth the price tag?
Apparently there was more than one keynote today (who knew?). Michael Dell at CES this morning decided to strike while the BC iron is hot and come up with a very limited edition (read: 2 made) M1710 laptop with some custom airbrushed WoW art on it. I can't find a better picture than this one; it looks like your standard Blood Elf vs. Draenei shot.
Kotaku writes that these are to be auctioned off on eBay, though Dell's own site appears to claim that only one of them ever existed, and it was given away at the keynote at CES. Being a Mac person, I didn't really want one anyway. And that art is giving me flashbacks to the Janitor's epic mural in the latest Scrubs episode: "usually you have to go to a van convention" indeed.
I'd link to Dell's page on this device, but it's buried in a horrendous Flash layout, and therefore seems to be unlinkable. If you really feel the need to subject yourself to it, click here and then click "M1710 Burning Crusade" when the Flash loads.
Apparently there was more than one keynote today (who knew?). Michael Dell at CES this morning decided to strike while the BC iron is hot and come up with a very limited edition (read: 2 made) M1710 laptop with some custom airbrushed WoW art on it. I can't find a better picture than this one; it looks like your standard Blood Elf vs. Draenei shot.
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