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?Tags: dell, dell-wow-laptop, dell-xps, laptop, world-of-warcraft, world-of-warcraft-laptop, wow
Filed under: Blizzard, News items
Dec 4th 2007 at 9:15AM 
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
Maybe Dec 4th 2007 9:22AM
$2700 and I'd own it. $4500 is laughable. Sure it has video out the whazoo but the rest of the specs are more in line with laptops 1/2 the price. I'm sure that people will enjoy all the "bonus" stuff, but since I already own both CE's and went to BlizzCon (probably a Beta invite there) I think I'll buy a new laptop at 1/2 the price and use the rest to have an artist draw my toon. It's really a shame that they didn't use more common sense.
hpavc Dec 4th 2007 9:23AM
Cute LCD stats thing.
Mad Cow Dec 4th 2007 9:24AM
they lost me @ $4,500.
I'd rather take my $4500 and turn it into an HDTV ($2000), custom built machine ($1500-2000), and still have money left over to buy a few cases of beer and a wireless keyboard/mouse combo.
Gorath Dec 6th 2007 3:18PM
Or you could buy many many kegs of beer and hold a sweet ass party at your pad.
niko Dec 4th 2007 9:24AM
omg omg omg, i SO need one of these...
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Yeah right!
More like, "OMG, I can't believe they make stuff like this sometimes"
Thunderhide Dec 4th 2007 9:31AM
I agree. I got that email this morning and was REALLY interested, but again at $4500 I just laughed. If the laptop was in the 1500-2000 neighborhood they would have sold one. Like Mad Cow said, I could take $4500, build myself a killer rig and a new TV and still have money left over.
I wonder how many of these Dell will actually sell?
Razhlok Dec 4th 2007 9:32AM
Dual GeForce 8600M's? That's a bit of overkill to play WoW, don't you think?
JPN Dec 4th 2007 9:35AM
Wow. Doesn't it say it comes with beta keys for the next 5 betas? And an in-game pet. Wow...how are they justifying this price again?
Gelik Dec 4th 2007 9:39AM
It does, plus a 1:18 scale replica of your character of choice for free from FigurePrints. The site isn't "open" yet, but www.figureprints.com will be offering the custom WoW figurines. About $100 + $15 s/h and a 90 day turn around. It links up with the armory to get your characters exact armor config.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUvqT4M1zNI
Chrysee Dec 4th 2007 9:37AM
They lost me at gaming _laptop_
BillDoor Dec 4th 2007 9:45AM
Wow, just... that price is insane.
dark_inchworm Dec 4th 2007 9:48AM
k, the collector's edition pet upgrade is enticing, but which collector's edition are we talking here? I scored the one for BC, but I completely missed out on the one for WoW Vanilla, and while I still plan on nabbing the sucker on ebay someday, it wouldn't do any good for my existing account.
nativebrown Dec 4th 2007 9:48AM
$4,500
lawl
Thunderhide Dec 4th 2007 9:50AM
Ok the Figureprints thing is pretty cool. But I'll just order one of those when their site is up. The laptop is still not worth $4500.
Tabu Dec 4th 2007 10:01AM
That price is ridiculous. I just bought Sony 52" XBR4 LCD for 3200.00 and I still would have a respectable amount of money left over to build a killa rig. I hope Dell reads these posts.
Besides, I don't have any money left after paying for 3 accounts. QQ
Markymark Dec 5th 2007 2:51PM
Lol they lost me at 4500.... with that i could probably build a rig/and or laptop better then that dell.... if it were in the 1000-2000 range they would have definitely made a sale.
JPN Dec 4th 2007 10:10AM
I'm trying to see what stats are in the LCD panel.
And this Blizzard's Beta Club - this link from Engadget (http://direct2dell.com/one2one/archive/2007/12/04/36984.aspx) says that when you join, you get keys for the next five betas. I'm very interested in that.
h8rain Dec 4th 2007 10:13AM
For $4500 it should come with a lifetime subscription to WoW and all expansions for free. That would begin to justify the price.
JK Dec 4th 2007 10:20AM
I actually just bought one of these (the non-WoW version) - although in the UK it was only £1599 ($3285.15) - far more reasonable :) I got it yesterday and it's... amazing! Highly recommended to WoW players. Mind you, it's a heavy, chunky beast - far more suited to being a desktop replacement than an actual laptop (I'm 6'4" tall - it doesn't fit on *my* lap! :p)
There's the plug and the mini review - I'm loving it :)
JK
Kahja Dec 4th 2007 10:25AM
If I was looking at 4500 bucks for a laptop I'd be shopping at sagernotebooks.com. I didn't look at the specs on this Dell but I image the raid, and SLI that sager is giving me for that money is a bit better lol.