Dell XPS M170 Confirmed

In a press conference this afternoon in New York City Dell announced several new high-end XPS desktop products with dual processors and the Dell XPS M170 notebook. The Dell XPS M170 will retail for $2,699, features the latest nVidia Go 7800 GTX Ultra graphics cardand is currently available in the U.S. and Europe.

Here's a link to the Dell M170 on Dell.com USA: Dell XPS M170 USA

Notice that if you get the high-end configuration it's $4,260. Ouch. But if you like games, this is the laptop to get.

Dell XPS M170 back view(view larger image)

Dell XPS M170 front view(view larger image)

Dell XPS M170

With a full range of personalization options, the XPS M170 allows customers powerful computing and visual performance in a complete, yet mobile computer. The XPS M170 starts at $2,699 and is available in the United States. Additional features include:

• Powered with new NVIDIA 256MB GeForce Go 7800 GTX Ultra graphics card
• Intel Pentium M780 available at 2.26GHz of speed
• Dell MediaDirect for quick access to multimedia content from a hibernation, standby or powered-off mode
• 17-inch TrueLifeTM widescreen display
• Black and silver chassis with LED perimeter lighting in 16 different colors, customizable via the XPS interface of Dell's power management application, QuickSet
• Transparent personalization cover easily snaps on to the notebook's brushed-metal lid with included imagery from leading gaming titles

 

That 7800GTX is a nice card. But....$$$$$$$$$$$ :budget:

The upgrade from a 6800 Ultra to a 7800 is $349 - ouch. I don't think Dell did anything else to the XPS besides upgrade the gfx card and add a few other opts. But, it's still cool.

 

thats one mean lookin laptop. but the price looks like a used car sale.

 

wow...wonder who's gonna get it at that price

 

used car? yes, you could get a decent condition ford escort for $4K. I guess the only good news is that you don't need to pay for gas to power this thing once you've paid the initial $4K

 

Any words on the M140?

 

So far there aren't any words on the M140. Dell will probably release this notebook later as they are letting the M170 (it is still a XPS Gen. 2 no matter what Dell says, it just has the very expensive option of the Nvidia GeForce Go 7800 GTX Ultra) have the glory in the sun.

Dell will probably announce the M140 soon for a holiday release.

 

I don't see how you can spend 4k on this. I configured what I'd consider a fully speced out laptop and it "only" came out in the low $3000's. And that's without any discounts whatsoever. That's very comparable to the prices before which means what whenever the good coupons come out, you'll be able to pick up that same configuration for $2000 or less.

I have this gut feeling now that Dell is waiting on both of these mobile parts (ATI or NV) to come out before launching the M140. It wouldn't delay if it could just use the 6600/X700. I guess that it'll contain a 7600/X1700.

 

They just had a 20% coupon that Notebookreview themselves said wouldn't work for this notebook. It worked, but it wasn't on purpose since they just disabled the coupon to work with the XPS. So you really don't know if there will be coupons for this notebook.

 

when are they going to annouce the m1900? the 19in inspiron with dual core cpu and SLI nvidia 8800gtx?!! i am waiting for that one...

 

Sometime next year actually...

 

Wow.. nice laptop. Not that I'd buy it, but very nice (drools on keyboard)..

 

One nice thing though. I talked to dell tech support, and they said that I could upgrade my XPS gen 2 with the 7800 gtx. They couldn't tell me how much it would cost...

 

coool...any word if u can do that on the dell 9300??