http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/27/hands-on-with-dells-m1730-beast/ Engadget Comments for Hands-on with Dell's M1730 "Beast" http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2008 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/27/hands-on-with-dells-m1730-beast/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/27/hands-on-with-dells-m1730-beast/Sep 27th 2007 4:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/27/hands-on-with-dells-m1730-beast/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/27/hands-on-with-dells-m1730-beast/Sep 27th 2007 4:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/27/hands-on-with-dells-m1730-beast/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/27/hands-on-with-dells-m1730-beast/Sep 27th 2007 5:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/27/hands-on-with-dells-m1730-beast/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/27/hands-on-with-dells-m1730-beast/Sep 27th 2007 5:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/27/hands-on-with-dells-m1730-beast/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/27/hands-on-with-dells-m1730-beast/
I can confirm the LCD is indeed a Logitech, as this is in the parts manifest:

1 320-5789 Logitech Gaming LCD $0.00]]>Sep 28th 2007 1:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/27/hands-on-with-dells-m1730-beast/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/27/hands-on-with-dells-m1730-beast/
Go check out Alienware or better yet, Sager. Unless your forced to buy Dell from work.]]>Sep 28th 2007 10:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/27/hands-on-with-dells-m1730-beast/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/27/hands-on-with-dells-m1730-beast/Sep 27th 2007 4:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/27/hands-on-with-dells-m1730-beast/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/27/hands-on-with-dells-m1730-beast/Sep 27th 2007 5:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/27/hands-on-with-dells-m1730-beast/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/27/hands-on-with-dells-m1730-beast/
But seriously though, the PhysX card was a good idea, but it's dead for the most part. That computer looks freaking huge though, almost as big as an Xbox!]]>Sep 27th 2007 5:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/27/hands-on-with-dells-m1730-beast/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/27/hands-on-with-dells-m1730-beast/Sep 27th 2007 5:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/27/hands-on-with-dells-m1730-beast/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/27/hands-on-with-dells-m1730-beast/Sep 27th 2007 5:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/27/hands-on-with-dells-m1730-beast/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/27/hands-on-with-dells-m1730-beast/Sep 28th 2007 1:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/27/hands-on-with-dells-m1730-beast/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/27/hands-on-with-dells-m1730-beast/Sep 27th 2007 5:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/27/hands-on-with-dells-m1730-beast/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/27/hands-on-with-dells-m1730-beast/Sep 27th 2007 6:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/27/hands-on-with-dells-m1730-beast/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/27/hands-on-with-dells-m1730-beast/Sep 27th 2007 6:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/27/hands-on-with-dells-m1730-beast/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/27/hands-on-with-dells-m1730-beast/Sep 27th 2007 6:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/27/hands-on-with-dells-m1730-beast/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/27/hands-on-with-dells-m1730-beast/Sep 27th 2007 6:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/27/hands-on-with-dells-m1730-beast/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/27/hands-on-with-dells-m1730-beast/Sep 27th 2007 6:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/27/hands-on-with-dells-m1730-beast/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/27/hands-on-with-dells-m1730-beast/Sep 27th 2007 7:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/27/hands-on-with-dells-m1730-beast/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/27/hands-on-with-dells-m1730-beast/Sep 27th 2007 8:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/27/hands-on-with-dells-m1730-beast/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/27/hands-on-with-dells-m1730-beast/Sep 28th 2007 1:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/27/hands-on-with-dells-m1730-beast/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/27/hands-on-with-dells-m1730-beast/]]>Sep 27th 2007 7:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/27/hands-on-with-dells-m1730-beast/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/27/hands-on-with-dells-m1730-beast/
LOL! It's a nice laptop, got awesome features, but I'll stick with my 1" thin 17" C2D MBP. May not have an Dual 512mb 8700GT, but it gets the job done and it's actually nice-looking.]]>Sep 27th 2007 7:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/27/hands-on-with-dells-m1730-beast/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/27/hands-on-with-dells-m1730-beast/Sep 27th 2007 8:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/27/hands-on-with-dells-m1730-beast/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/27/hands-on-with-dells-m1730-beast/that "portable" (actually still have, in the closet) Gen2 and after
1st month of use palmprints were developed over the palm rest
surface. BTW it is in closet now because of the infamous "dell
vertical line issue" now counting dozen, which still remains
unresolved. Unless someone considers 750 pounds for a replacement
screen as a resolution. If there is someone considering spending
ridiculous amount of money on that huge pile of
today-latest-tommorow-forgotten technology, purchase extended
warranty, you'll need one.


And please, comparing pears and Apples...]]>Sep 27th 2007 10:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/27/hands-on-with-dells-m1730-beast/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/27/hands-on-with-dells-m1730-beast/If you're paying over 4K for a laptop, you at least want a good quality metal case construction rather than this cheap, shiny plastic stuff.
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Is there anything this thing DOESN'T have?

OK, so no biometric reader, which I like and which they also should've included at that price, but I don't think that's gonna be a deal breaker.

It's got everything else... it's ticked practically all the boxes.


What I'd like to know is the performance of the Dual Link DVI port (that works as HDMI with an adaptor). I'd like to know what the performance output on the HDMI side of things is (and which version it supports - hopefully 1.3a). With dual vids, I'm unsure why they didn't just add a dedicated HDMI port to begin with. But it won't matter if the output is indeed 1.3a.

Also, the S-Vid port apparently (with a dongle of some sort) serves as composite, component, and S-PDIF ports, as well. I'd be curious to know the performance output in these modes as well.

And finally, what happened to that outer carbon-fiber finish? Dell doesn't show that as an option on their site. They only show the hydrographic pattern as the only option (aside from the color accents). Personally, I'd go with the CF.]]>Sep 29th 2007 3:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/27/hands-on-with-dells-m1730-beast/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/27/hands-on-with-dells-m1730-beast/Sep 29th 2007 4:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/27/hands-on-with-dells-m1730-beast/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/27/hands-on-with-dells-m1730-beast/Sep 29th 2007 7:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/27/hands-on-with-dells-m1730-beast/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/27/hands-on-with-dells-m1730-beast/Oct 3rd 2007 8:40PM