There's nothing wrong with the hardware, the motherboard upgrade is to fulfill a promise of an upgrade path for XPS 700 users, and the 710 users get to take advantage relatively cheaply if they choose to.
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There's nothing wrong with the hardware, the motherboard upgrade is to fulfill a promise of an upgrade path for XPS 700 users, and the 710 users get to take advantage relatively cheaply if they choose to.