Dell showing off 16-inch XPS concept laptop
By Joshua Topolsky 
posted Jan 6th 2008 8:27PM
posted Jan 6th 2008 8:27PM
posted Jan 6th 2008 8:27PM
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So I wonder why Dell thinks they should make a premium XPS notebook with a screen that's only 0.6" bigger than the M1530's? Is there really that much desktop real estate to be gained? Or cost savings coming down from a 17" panel?
Good for Dell, finally making laptops that don't look like they came from 1995 - I wonder if Dell will overprice this thing just because of the 'design' like they did with that glass face 22" LCD
They aren't (at least with the m1530, my m1330 was overpriced).
Dell XPS M1630. The "almost" 17 inch MBP without the 17 inch MBP price hopefully A price like $1299 USD starting would be excellent.
Good luck with $1299, considering the M1530 with a 1690x1050 panel is $1099 and the cheapest 17" XPS is $2299.
I think it'll be closer to the M1530 (no SLI graphics, RAID hard drives, PhysX card, etc...).
Dell's slim and stylish laptops are priced nicely compared to Sony and Apple where as their high performance laptops are priced poorly compared to Sager
An M1710 has no SLI, RAID or PhysX card options, yet it's only $100 cheaper than the M1730. And while the PhysX is standard equipment in the M1730, adding the other two is a minimum $600 additional investment.
That is a very tiny trackpad for a laptop that size.
I like small trackpads, because on big trackpads (think macbook) i get lots of accidental input.
Someone is going to say it, so I'll take the plunge.
Following up their all-in-one desktop with an aluminum encased laptop doesn't show Dell innovation. But it does show who they're trying to imitate...
If it's a good idea, use it. Goodness knows a horrible implementation of a great idea does the average consumer little good. As long as Apple locks their OS to their hardware with that TPM, screw them, I'm not giving them a cent. Meanwhile, Dell is doing a full Ubuntu rollout... My Dell is coming soon... and the XPS laptop is now available in europe with Ubuntu, with availability in America to come soon. Take the screen of the XT, bring the SSD size down to 8 or 16GB and optimize for bandwidth, let me choose between XP/Vista and Ubuntu when customizing the rig... and you've got a /winner/.
I don't care what Apple starts. They're not suitable to finish it; not for me at least.
From the photo: the brushed aluminum looks a bit too grainy, keyboard looks very plasticy and doesn't seem to match casing around it, and why the ugly black plastic up the back?
Also strange how this "M1630" appears to be about two inches wider than the M1530 -- look at all that aluminum to either side of the keyboard!! Why is everyone so sure this isn't an M17xx?
the ugliest part is this is running Vista !
@tonyC - this is 16" 16:9, the 1530 and 1730 are 16:10. i'm guessing this thing is a similar width to a 17" and similar height to a 15".
and i'm very happy to see tv and computer screen ratios coming together. i hope this is a trend, and not just some crazy thing that dell is doing.
Yeah. Uhm the 8600GT is pretty weak. Lets hope for a stronger GPU. :( I'm all for a 65nm 8800GT, or a 55nm 3800 series radeon card.
The desktop 8800GT IS 65nm
I know that. I figure the smaller die size producing less heat should allow it to be shoehorned into a laptop. Just can't understand why everyone loves this 8600GT
8600 is a good compromise. cramming in a powerful graphics card really saps the battery life, even when not being stressed. an 8600m still gives decent battery, but can perform in games.
They need better power management for those cards I guess; and what all can we use it for? GeForce 8xxx cards can do CUDA, right? Or BrookGPU? Can we get a xine backend compiled for the gpu? I'd do it.
nvidia released the 8800m 'ages' ago, why do they use a 8600m when it's only a concept anyway?
Also is that kind of resolution on such a relatively small display not pretty useless?
My mother has a Dell XPS m1710, and 1920x1200 on that screen is bad enough, I have issues reading text on the internet. I shudder imagining it scaled one more inch down.
150 PPI - much more than your average display, and much less than a mobile internet device like the iphone/archos 605
I have a 20" 1680 pixel monitor (about 99ppi) and I think it's getting pretty close to how small you can make the dots before it becomes overkill.
As for the archos/iphone, I think a device that's just meant for video and/or used closer to the face has more leeway in that regard.
"The screen sports a stunning 1920 x 1080 resolution, which is powered by an NVIDIA 8600M graphics chipset"
You mean 1920x1200 resolution
no they do mean 1920*1080 that's why this laptop is wider as the screen is 16:9 instead of most computer resolutions which are 16:10
Seriously,
Look at the link before posting. The display settings read "1920x1080"
16:9 needs to take over the computer market. Unify the standards, down with 16:10! :)
"16:9 needs to take over the computer market. Unify the standards, down with 16:10! :)"
Was that typed in qwerty on an x86 machine running windows? There are some things I can tolerate, and some I cannot. Varying aspect ratios happen to be something that I can.
~typed in colemak on Ubuntu Gutsy; x86 unfortunately.