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For the Christmas list: World of Warcraft XPS M1730 Notebook PC

Posted Dec 04, 2007 at 01:12PM by Isaac C. Listed in: Laptops & Notebooks, Laptop News Tags: Blizzard, broadband, Dell XPS, headphone, nVidia, PhysX

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 Dell’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.

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