Ive had the Dell xps m1710 ever since christmas and so far there ive liked it but there are disadvantages and are are advantages of the Dell XPS m1710. When i first got my laptop i got it with no Bluetooth and there was only a 2GB ram, Now i bought a Bluetooth moudle from the dell website for ... Read review
Advantages: 17" monitor, 5 in 1 memory card reader, WIFI Disadvantages: Heavy and big
Ive had the Dell xps m1710 ever since christmas and so far there ive liked it but there are disadvantages and are are advantages of the Dell XPS m1710. When i first got my laptop i got it with no Bluetooth and there was only a 2GB ram, Now i bought a Bluetooth moudle from the dell website for around £50 and i bought a 4GB ram of the dell website too. I have on my dell like any other new computers/laptops, Windows Vista mine is Windows Vista Ultimate ... .../>
More Info about the Dell XPS M1710
It comes in two colours Red and Black.
There is a new verson out Dell XPS M1710 Blueray which has a Blueray DVD player built in.
You can get your LED lights to flash different colours when you are playing music in Winamp, Windows Media Player and iTunes. With software calls XPS Lights. (The touch pad doesnt flash)
Ive had the Dell xps m1710 ever since christmas and so far there ive liked it but there are disadvantages and are are advantages of the Dell XPS m1710. When i first got my laptop i got it with no Bluetooth and there was only a 2GB ram, Now i bought a Bluetooth moudle from the dell website for around £50 and i bought a 4GB ram of the dell website too. I have on my dell like any other new computers/laptops, Windows Vista mine is Windows Vista Ultimate which i think is very fast.
The Advantages are...
The screen is a 17" LCD monitor which is very good for watching movies and TV shows
There is 7 music buttons on the front of the laptop which is very handy when you have your computer half closed and you dont want to flip it up and goto your media player to change the song or stop, play and pause or mute or just turn it up or down and it is handy when you are doing something else on your computer
It has an 5 in 1 Memory card reader which supports.... SD memory card, Memory Stick, Memory stick PRO, Multimedia card and XD Picture Card
It as 2 USB slots on the side and 4 on the back of the laptop which means you can use up to 6 USB devices at a time.
It has built in WIFI so you can conect your Laptop to your home network and Wireless LAN.
It has LED lights at various places on the Laptop.... The Touch pad has a XPS sign with a red light The front 2 speakers has LED lights The side 2 Fans has LED Lights The front side has two logos saying XPS which has LED lights in them You can change the colours of these lights at any time, Except of the Touch pad!
The Back of the Laptop has a VGA, a DVI Digital and a S- Video output Ports, For to connect to a TV, or a Computer screen
It has a Built in Subwoofer for Extra sound
it has 1 network and 1 Modem ports, and has a Microphone input, Line out, Headphones ports and has 1 firewire port
The battery is a 9 cell lithium ion, so y our battery life will last longer.
It has a 80GB hard drive so you will have enough space for movies,documents,pictures and music etc.
It is a very strong and hard computer i dropped mine and it works perfectly fine.
The Disadvantages are...
It is quite heavy.
It is a very big size.
The keyboard is quite small
On other booting systems such as Windows Vista home premium the internet is quite slow.
it doesnt come with a bluetooth moudle so you have to buy one seperatly.
My Windows media Player when it comes to the end of the song it starts skipping.
More Info about the Dell XPS M1710
It comes in two colours Red and Black.
There is a new verson out Dell XPS M1710 Blueray which has a Blueray DVD player built in.
You can get your LED lights to flash different colours when you are playing music in Winamp, Windows Media Player and iTunes. With software calls XPS Lights. (The touch pad doesnt flash)
You can change the colour of your LED Lights with Dell Quickset.
The gaming on the Dell XPS M1710 is incredible its one of the best gaming computers on the Dell Market.
I would recommend this computer to anyone that is buying a new computer. If they want a good Gaming and a fast computer and WIFI built in then you should get the Dell XPS M1710
...a bad experience with a dell laptop before, but this machine makes up for it
Bottom line, if you want gaming, style and strong arms and have the money then this is for you!
Hardware
Screen 1920x1200 WUXGA 17.1 widescreen
CPU; core 2 duo 2.0ghz (upto 2.3GHZ which is overclockable)
RAM; 2GB pc5300 DDR2(upto 4GB)
Graphics; nvidia geforce 7900GS 256mb ram (up to 7950 GTX 512mb)
Hard drive; 80gb 5400rpm sata ( up to 160gb 5400/100gb 7200rpm)
Optical; ... ...card
optional bluetooth
Ports
There are loads.
6x USB 2
1x 1394 firewire
1x DVI
1X analogue
5 in 1 card reader
smart card
network
wired interne
headphone
microphone
express card
(no pcmcia which is annoying seeing as most card are this format)
TV out
Design
Firstly the design; the xps m1710 certainly looks the part, its siver shell is made from a magnesium alloy that feels strong and durable (the only part that isnt is just above ...
lemonandlimeuk 14.05.2007 (17.07.2007)
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Advantages: very powerful, huge graphics capability, robust Disadvantages: HEAVY!, keyboard could have been bigger
I got this laptop for work because of its power, graphics capability and looks. The core2duo processor handles most applications very comfortably, and the 512MB graphics card deals with complicated CAD software at work very well.
Heavyweight Champion of the World:
The main critiscism I have of this laptop is the size and weight. It's HUGE, measuring around 290mmx400mmx50mm. This does of course mean that you get a lovely wide screen with high resolution, ... ...a laptop bag that it fits in! The screen quality is very good, and the widescreen makes it easy to watch movies and TV without the need for another monitor.
The keyboard is still a standard laptop-sized one, which is a shame when with a machine of this size there was plenty of room for a separate number pad.
Light and Sound Spectacular:
This laptop has a fantastic set of speakers for a portable machine, and it even has a built-in subwoofer for ...
walkinginperu 27.02.2008
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Advantages: It's a fast and powerful gaming laptop Disadvantages: It is HEAVY and very expensive!
...best bit about buying from Dell is the fact you can customise just about everything. I upgraded the processor speed (2 x 2.16Ghz in a laptop!) and got a gig of RAM. It came as standard with 100Gb hard drive and a nVidia GeForce Go 7900GS video card.
My only gripe was that it comes preloaded with loads of trial software, but that's easily removed. I actually used the McAfee 90 day trial suite. Hey, three months free? Nice.
Onto performance, this ... ...and yes, the pretty side lights do add to the cool factor. The screen resolution is 1920 x 1200, so will play most games at their highest settings. Games that I've heard need high end desktop power play no problem.
The dual core means it multi-tasks well. Playing games while doing a virus scan and downloading all at the same time is not an issue. Also, as it's an XPS, you get dedicated phone support with proper games advice, not that I've ever needed ...
mastershopper 23.03.2007
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Advantages: Most powerful laptop ever Disadvantages: a bit heavy and unmobility, > 4kg
Dell XPS M1710 comes with the lastest gaming processor T7600 2.33Ghz and can be overclocked with T7600G version, running stably at 3.16Ghz. This laptop can satisfy the most strict gamer with the newest Nvidia chipset Geforce Go 7950 GTX, replacing the previous version Geforce Go 7900 GTX. Running at same speed (400Mhz) as the 7900 GTX, however, the 7950GTX has much a wider memory bandwidth : 44.8 Gb/s compared with 38.4 GB/s of the 7900GTX, obvously ... ...5 stars by Alienware.
Dell XPS M1710 has a large 17" wide screen WUXGA with Truelife and 30% brighter than the previous gen.
Comming with 2Gb of DDR2 at 667Ghz (support upto 4Gb), multi tasking is now easiest ever : gaming, movies, office words, musics, ... and much much more at the same time.
Supporting by the new hardrive with 160gb of memory, you can store up to 100 hours of DVD with exellent quality and gaming experience is improved ways more ...
leontata 05.05.2007 (06.05.2007)
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PCI Express x16 - NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GS, PCI Express x16 - NVIDIA GeForce Go 7950 GTX
Video Memory
256 MB, 512 MB
Video Memory / Max Supported Size
256 MB
Audio
Audio Output
Sound card
Compliant Standards
High Definition Audio
Input device(s)
Type
Keyboard, touchpad
Keyboard - Localization and Layout
UK QWERTY
Operating system / software
OS Provided
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium - English, Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition - English
Software
Drivers & Utilities, Microsoft Works 8.0
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Manufacturer's product description
The XPS M1710 is totally packed with the latest technology to help you handle any application, any game or any task with confidence. The NVIDIA graphics cards allow you to play any game with outstanding performance. The unique XPS M1710 design with brushed gunmetal LCD display back, configurable perimeter lighting and customizable personalization panel gives your notebook that individual touch.
It has number pad keyboard 
