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  • Question --> I'm looking into buying the Dell M1730 but I really don't like those constant flashing flights on the front panel as well as the touchpad. Are these really constantly flashing the entire time you're using it?

  • I wish i had one :(

  • XPS M1730 or Macbook?

  • dude can u play minecraft at a smooth framerate on the beast

    and other games such as runes of magic tf2 a.v.a all the free games

    can u?

  • laptops aren't good for gaming,a 10 year old game killed my xps m1710

    (counter strike)

  • @wav5000kb LOOOOOOOOOOL I'm sorry for your loss but DAAAYUUMMNNNNN cmon man Counter strike? for real? that game is classic!!! how can it not take it

  • @ouwetwarrior

    yes,no lies i wouldn't lie with this kind of stuff :D

    my confidence in laptops...long gone

  • thumbs up if you watch Big Bang Theory

  • @DarkAssasin497

    hahaha i just started to watch big bang an im into tech so i was wonder whats the spec on the laptops they have in it

  • does it play on steam well

  • @pudding570 Yea it does

  • Is this computer still a good laptop? And could it compete with the Sony Vaio E-Series?

  • is the keyboard backlit?

    

  • Two 200GB drives in RAID0 is only 200GB. RAID0 doesn't add the capacity of another drive, it combines the two drive's performance to create fast speeds without redundancy.

  • very nice computer

  • Dear Santa...

  • This Laptop is a total piece of sh1t! I bought this 3 years ago and since buying it it has overheated constantly, I have had 3 motherboards , 3 batteries, 2 power adaptors, and so many software issues it's untrue! Dell refuse to replace the unit. It went out of warranty so I bought another 2 years warranty for £90. I now have to call engineers again as after they replaced the 3rd motherboard the optical drive ceased working!

    join this the facebook campaign to recall all xps m1530

  • @podo63 your talking about a different laptop, this is a 1730 not a 1530. this could mean a problem with the 1530 version of this, whether it be the smaller motherboard etc...

  • @butty41 lol you hoed him

  • ok i really need some help here please! I am buying a gaming laptop soon and I cant decide out of the Dell XPS M1730 which has (the one that I am getting) 4GB RAM 500GB hard drive and 2 x 512MB nVidia GeForce 8800M GTX SLI (Total 1GB) graphics cards or the Dell Alienware M17x wich has (again the one I am getting) 4GB RAM 320GB hard drive and Vidia GeForce GTX 260M with 1024MB Dedicated RAM graphics card? if somebody could help that would be great and no the XPS just cuz it has bigger hard drive.

  • @fordfan197 Why would you get the M1730? It is 3 years old. Rather buy a new Alienware M17x for the same price.

  • @macosftw yea thats what I was thinking thanks

  • Good review.

  • I have never laughed so hard wow the flashing is the virus protection so just wondering where did you gather such great intel but good looking LOL!

  • this is the laptop my neighor had

    well bfore he died in a car crash:(

  • @GhillesInTheMist117 thnx for that depressing story???

  • the flashing is actually the virus protection, when it flashes it means you have a virus

  • @ipete6 are you talking about the flashing lights on the xps? Cause if you are then your stupid.

    those lights can be set to flash,breathe motion or just standard stay on.

  • @tag1989 no its a virus

  • lol is this laptop still good?

  • @aznfishie still almost the best laptop

  • @DimasLV83

    would it run COD:Black Ops with Dual 512MB NVIDIA(R) GeForce(R) 8800M GTX? lol

  • @aznfishie yes. i brought this laptop a week ago. i can watch hd footage and its fast as f**k

  • @hanefar11 I have been running W7 Ultimate x64 for 9 months on this XPS with no problems at all. in fact its so much faster and more reliable than on Vista!

  • if 2 200gb hard drives are in raid 0 then you have a total of 200 gbs of storage.... get your facts straight...

  • @Pucker7 get you facts straight, Raid 0 or striped drives combine 2 drives into one. Therefore if you have 2 200gb drives you have one 400 (a bit less than this)gb striped drive.

    I have 2 750gb HDD's in R0 config which = 1 1.16 TB Drive.

  • Hi everyone I was wondering if someone could help me, i have this exact same laptop, but im having issues listening to music it almost sounds as though it skips and laggs. I know its not the speakers because the effect continues while using headphones, I also noticed a lack of gaming performance recently. If anyone could help please mesage or reply me and ill subscribe:) thanks!

  • BLOD blinking lights of death

  • im watching this on the m1710

  • WARNING DONT USE WINDOWS 7 ON IT JUST DONT !! I HAVE W7 AND I JUST DOESTN WORK FOR IT.. USE VISTA !! IM GONNA REFORMATE IT : /

  • If you can afford all these laptops... I highly reccommend getting Norton 360 or Avast antivirus software!

  • 2:50 Thumb up for laptop pyramid! :D

  • what's with those flashing lights on the front of it.

    annoying...

  • 2007 "uurrgghh" What for a low PC

  • put my hp pavilion dv7 on top of it... i will beat u in size, and mine is gaming too ;)

  • What the fuck do you tards care how he pronounces ASUS?

  • I got my alienware mx17. rapes both of these.

  • @agcompton alienware is dell

  • @0987654321284 yes but better than XPS's.

  • @agcompton what is better than the xps

  • @agcompton m17x??

  • its not AY-soos ffs its A-SUS stupid american

  • haha im watching the dell XPS 1730 on a dell XPS 1730 lol

  • @ollit100 Mw too! :D

  • @waarzar65 me*

  • its a sicko of a laptop best graphics you can get for a laptop

  • Stop saying "Ay-Soos"!!

  • @rotosound100 he is saying HEYZEUS!!!! a cheat code in the best flash game ever

  • @rotosound100 actaully it is Ah soos... and its also not Ah big deal.

  • can any one tell me the price of this lapto. Reply must . I will be thankfull to u .

  • @wisewisdom2 5 bucks

  • 1:40 i was waiting for the dell to snap together, crushing the netbook ^^

  • Why would you call me a jew, you racist asshole.

  • bought mine from the dell site. same gpu, and memory, HHD is 350gb, the cpu is garb, I thought it would be better but it sucks, core 2 duo 2.0ghz

  • How come I cannot find this laptop on the dell site?

  • @Bulmer39 try studio xps 16. You may like it

  • I have it lol. I am using it right now.

  • @Bulmer39 wow i got one too.

    my specs are : 4gb ram 500hdd 720p display ATI 3670 512mb graphics.. totally costed about $1000 coz it was a refurbished one. But still works fine and um happy wit it =)

    Wat about yours?

  • lol nub, its fuckin 2 years old thats why, get a studio xps

  • It is a studio xps you random dick, and it's noob, not NUB jackass.

  • woah wtf jew dont talk plz kthnx

  • @cheaniggachea HAHAHHAHAHAHAA YOU CALL HIM A NOOB AND THEN SAY TO GET A STUDIO XPS?!?! HAHAHHAHHAHAAHHA NOOB!

  • wut jew...go spend 3,000$ on your shitty ass macbook so you can be part of your gay as prepy skater faggot scene

  • Idiot hes talking about ram. This PC has 400GB of storage space. Your ipod sucks in comparison.

  • mine hax an x9000 @2.8 and sli 9800gtx's.. runs all games maxed at 1900x1200 bar crysis, but that engines junk.. modern warfare 2 flat out maxed, dark void flat out maxed, mcrae rally 2 maxed out flat out.. its the bomb

  • in Ukraine his price 1400-1500$

  • Esse computador da Dell é muito sem graça... Sou mais o meu Inspiron 1525, é muito mais biito! : )

  • Xbox style power supply

  • this computer is some old ass shit lol

  • Has Dell stoped selling XPS M1730?

  • @Haxed2Death Yes, dell has stopped selling the XPS M1730.

    Buy the Alienware m17x.

  • @ZenithPlacidity I am currently typing this on M15x :p

  • dumbass he is talking about ram not storage

  • Dell stoped production of this model a while ago.. I think so, anyway. It's been replaced by the new Alienware laptops.

  • looks good for someone who travels alot

  • which video card is better the nvidia geforce 9500 for a monitor pc of this geforce 8700?

  • hw much does it cost

  • sehr geil

  • Dell XPS computers are amazing! But i think those lights would really annoy you after a while :P

  • wow those lights are so annoying!

  • i have this pc and i broke the lights bexause they were so anoying lol

  • Errrrm... why is the trackpad alll the way on da left??? also is it pretty gud 4 gaming???

  • @podgeyfinger, it's below the space ba. Yes

  • Cheers, your computer got virus! =D

  • 9 pounds damn

  • ROFL 9 pound germ bag

  • ya right, my firneds brand new one is flashes, he just opened it

  • @ipete6 It's an option retard. It's just a little check-box in the custom lighting setup. now stop being a tool.

  • @meandmyevo no its the virus protection it has a virus

  • @ipete6 I wish I could grab you by the face and have you watch my laptop as I turn the flashing on fast, then slow, then off... with no viruses! And if I DO get a virus, the lights DON'T start flashing! Now STOP being a TOOL!

  • Ok, 3 things. 1. WHATS with the flahing, thatwould annoy me :P Guessing its just charging or something, but its still annoying

    2. That thing needs cooling............simple, whats the cooler etc?

    3. I'm dissapointed with the power supply.... its bigger than the xbox 360's... I may aswell by a desktop, as i wont be able to take the laptop out anywhere.

    Like college etc...

  • ddd

  • what i said in my preview comment failed as the guy changes he's mind however i got a change again this time the cpu is CORE 2 DUO T7700 2.40GHZ

    it has a raid harddrive and 8800 GTX sli 4 gb of ram is it wourth to trade for my core i7 gaming pc as im probably then gonna sell it can i get around 1800 1700 for a dell xps m1730 with the CORE 2 DUO T7700 2.40GHZ cpu and 8800 GTX sli configuration

    quick answer is apreeciated

  • ahhhhh that's my fault, I meant all my anger towards him then not you anyways... I have an asus G51 with an x9100 clocked at 3.54ghz, ram clocked at 980mhz and a gtx 260m clocked at 605/1535/950 making it 7% faster than a stock 280m ... not a shit brick m1730. An so far no one has combined mobile sli with the new mobile i7s.. The fastest 17incher with mobile i7s is the np8690 and its based on calpella obviously with a 280m and gddr3 1333 ram.

  • someone offerd me he's m1730 for my gaming pc he wants to trade he's m1730 with my core i7 920 gtx 285 black edition gaming pc he's m1730 has no warranty left is it wourth to trade? it is the 8800 graphics version

  • Don't do it, without the warranty the m1730 is worth very little, as they're prone to failure, which in the situation where it does fail it will cost a small fortune to repair. I've had mine replaced 3 times, and i'm regretting buying the m1730. Its probably best to keep the much more powerful desktop.

  • should of bought alienware

  • And an 8800m gtx is the same card as 9800m gt. Gts 240m = 9800m gt

    Cpu wise the only upgrade in chipset and architecture is the corei7 series that was just released into notebooks a week ago. They got rid of the front side bus technology , now using hyperthreading the cpus are more power efficient. For example the cpu will control the speed now just all amd cpus have been doing, very similar. For example The 920XM (extreme revision)cpu is set at 2.0 and can fly up to 3.2 .

  • Actually, i7 wasn't released in notebooks a week ago. They've been available in actual 920, 940, and 975 forms in Sager laptops since August 2009. Alienware just got them in their new M15x laptop, so yes, they changed it to a LESS powerful 720XM - 920XM. Plus, It doesnt fly up to 3.2. It has a boost feature, and when set at high performance (in computer properties), can fly up to 3.2 GHz for maximum speeds.

  • LMFAO YOUR AN IDIOT!

    Core i7 mobile cpus were released 2 weeks ago now.

    Sagers clevoe based laptop np8690 uses the desktop core i7. That laptop has been offering the ability to use desktop cpus for years now. So back to the MOBILE Core i7 920qm, it cranks up to 3.2ghz depending on the stress on each core and the amount of cores which the application/game being used can except. This is how all the core i7 cpus work. The 920qm is the only one that can be set through BIOS to always run at 3.2.

  • Sorry, nerd. I'm gonna go cry in the corner now

  • Correct me if i'm wrong, but based on benchmarking results, the "GTX 260m" = 9800m gt = 8800m gtx, because the GTX 260m equipped asus g51 has been show to be outperformed (albeit slightly) by the Gateway P-7808u FX, with the 9800m gts and same q9000 processor.

    The gt 240 is equal to about an 9700m gt according to notebookcheck's laptop graphics benchmark list.

  • I will correct you. The gtx260m in the G51 is underclocked in the bios by Asus to constrict the heat, many laptop manufacturers do this, clevo underclocks the 260m in the np8662 as well.Once it is set to stock Nvidia clocks, it is equal to a desktop 9800 gtx. A 9800gtx is an 8800gt set at higher clocks. The 8800m gtx = 9800m gt. Both have 96 pixel shader, clocked the same and same bus. A 9800m gtx is the same card as a gtx 260,both have 112 shaders, same bus but the 260m is clocked higher.CHEERS

  • How could the GT 240m ( GTS 240m does not exist!) be even remotely compared to the 9800m gt as in your original comment. The gt 240m has only 47 stream processors against the 97 of the 9800m gt, and the 3dmark06 difference (at OEM clock freq's) is around 4000. I'm not debating the validity of the 260m being little more than an further overclocked G92b, but i'm just stating that the GTX260m provides a better comparison to the 9800m gt/8800m gtx than the GT240m.

  • So I shut you down because you don't know shit about mobile processors and you switch the topic to mobile gpus ROFL

  • When was it ever about mobile processors?

  • Dude you obviously write what you can read off of google. You called my x9100 out of date when you were all wrong about cpu architecture.

  • THAT WAS NOT ME COMMENTING ON THE X9100, THAT WAS "STEELCITY1981", I'm referring to something COMPLETELY DIFFERENT. And anyway, how could you have an x9100 in an m1730? Dell states that the M1730 motherboard cannot support Montevina Chips, you imbecile. SO GET YOUR FACTS RIGHT NEXT TIME BEFORE YOU POST. Anyway I have an m1730 with x9000 C2E and SLI 8800m GTX's and I can tell you that the new Clarksfield mobile i7 chips and GTX 280m SLI's would rip the m1730 up, but I don't care to be honest.

  • An a gt 240m is = to a 9700m gt.

    A gts 250m is what I was referring to is equal to a 9800m gs. The 9800m gts is equal to an 8800m gt or a desktop 9600 gt. A 260m is clocked higher and has a whole new architecture meaning the 260m stock clocks would be pushing a 9800m gtx to it's final limit. A 9800m gt is pathetic, it scores high 8k in 3dmark while a stock nvidia clocked 260m can hit high 9k to 10 k and can be pushed to hit 12 plus k like mine is set at.

  • actually the p8 series is the same as the t series and x series. The only difference between them is the heat. P series is all 35nm as the x series cpus are 45nm. Read up buddy. The archistecture is exactly the same so between them it is a battle of clock speeds. ROFL and how do you stick the q series in there. Quad is a completely new story, it wont have a big effect unless the game supports quad, otherwise its back to clock speeds. DDR3 ram is proven not to offer an advantage over ddr2 yet.

  • Damn in just little over two years even that thing is pretty outdated. That's why i wouldn't spend a lot of money on a notebook gaming rig, because you can't upgrade the gpu and you are pretty much stuck with it for the life of that laptop.

  • how is it outdated huh? It can have up to a dual 8800m gtxs and an x9100 core2extreme that can be overclocked easily to a steady 3.51ghz. That setup alone scores a good 13,000 in 3dmark06.

  • The Core 2 Extreme is outdated now All the the P8xxx series will out perform it. The Q9xxx mobile series will beat it hands down and the new Core ix mobile series will simply mop the floor with it.

    The Geforce 8800m's are as good as the Nvida 9600s which are now in the budget gpu range and are 2 generations behind Nvida's latest ofeerings.

    Not to mention it supports DDR2 which isn't bad, but DDR3 1333 and higher that most latops are coming with now will show a nice perfomance boost.

  • i thing dell are bad i just thing it should be aline weare

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  • can you turn the lights off frome the bak if yes how ?

  • I WANT IT!

  • exactly what i have, but its got red and black, not grey and black

  • do you have the same problem when you unplug it you can not game. like I was playing Crysis and geting about 15fps.  when i unpluged it i got .2fps. in other words i cant game on battery any thoght how to help. thanks

  • asshole get off the internet just because u asked that lol XP

  • how much does the work of art cost???

  • wooooot im glad i bought that but costimized it to be better wow sweet.

  • i have that same eee PC by asus i am even watching this using this netbook lol

  • Im not sure. I dont have Empire Total War so I am unable to see if it works. However, I imagine that it would work because the XPS M1730 is designed for gaming.

  • Phew! I finally got my XPS M1730 laptop. I ordered it from the Dell website about a month ago & finally its here.

    Even though I've only had it for a day or so, I can tell already that it is well worth the money.

    5 stars!

  • how did you get the lights to flash and how did they stay on when you shut it.

  • go into dell quikset

  • AHHHAHAHAHA 9lbs (pounds) Ahhaha

  • I love this computer. I have the same one but its blue. I love it! Works fantastic :)

  • its like a alien

  • I got one of these GTA 4 is nor problem on full resolution:) I love this laptop!

  • lights annoying

  • thats a big turn off. but i think you can manage them ...in the "light manager" lol

  • is it just for gaming? i think its really pretty.

  • They could've centered the trackpad, Ummm.. adhd people can't get it cuz of the flashing lights lol. (I'm ADHD And autism!)

    How can you play a game with all those flashing lights!

  • should you pay taxes if you go this thing by mail and you brought it from online store?

  • yes

  • even if you live in canada

  • damn that computer is so good.. i really want to get it but i fucking hate dell as a company...

  • Hmmm Big bich xD

  • where can i buy this computer?

  • in the dell shop! in your country!

  • im not quite sure but whats with... dell?

  • its a good good video i loved it im thinking of getting a laptop of my own so ty and have a nice day

  • Love the number pad, just like the ASUS G50.

  • How is this better than the M1530... Whys it so much BIGGER... like seriously I am using the M1530 right now... I like this things design much better... and I'm stupid and have stupid people questions... What makes a gaming laptop a gaming laptop cause i was looking to buy the Dell Studios XPS 16... Is it the graphics card... What makes a game run smooth and not so glitchy/crappy...?

  • SLI 8700MGT is not better than a single 7950GTX.

  • i hav this nearly a year now great laptop. wondering if there is a way to install the driver for the lcd display panel on the upper right hand side of the keyboard because my is gone just displays the xps letters.....help would be appreciated

  • i'm getting the m1330 with is the same exept its lighter and has a smaller screen

  • FUCK I WANT ONE BUT ITS LIKE 3000$ LOL

  • if you order it from dell, with everything one would really need it only costs $2500, which i guess is like $3000 but your saving $500

  • small + light wait = crappy

    big + heavy = pimpdaddy with awsome graphics

  • and with "big" laptops with blu ray disc drive and good graphic, watching blu ray is better...

  • ahahaha nice way to put it =)

  • That's why i'm getting a laptop that is almost as powerful as the new 17" DTRs, but it's a 15.4" computer. Hopefully this combination will be great for college :D

  • Power brick... twice as large as my M1710 adaptor. Yeah I prefer to use my mine as a 'desktop'... never leaves home. Dell's brought out their Alienware gaming machine now (17x series), no longer the XPS series anymore.... looks just as good, but the outside isn't as stylish without the brushed metallic stipple.