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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Dell adds dual NVIDIA 8800M GTX graphics to M1730: the be(a)st, now better]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/30/dell-adds-dual-nvidia-8800m-gtx-graphics-to-m1730-the-be-a-st/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/30/dell-adds-dual-nvidia-8800m-gtx-graphics-to-m1730-the-be-a-st/</guid><description><![CDATA[i'm guessing this thing runs HOT. Not one for your lap, me thinks!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[superted]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 30th 2008 6:01AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Dell adds dual NVIDIA 8800M GTX graphics to M1730: the be(a)st, now better]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/30/dell-adds-dual-nvidia-8800m-gtx-graphics-to-m1730-the-be-a-st/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/30/dell-adds-dual-nvidia-8800m-gtx-graphics-to-m1730-the-be-a-st/</guid><description><![CDATA[ARGH! My burnt testicles!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jack]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 30th 2008 6:14AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Dell adds dual NVIDIA 8800M GTX graphics to M1730: the be(a)st, now better]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/30/dell-adds-dual-nvidia-8800m-gtx-graphics-to-m1730-the-be-a-st/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/30/dell-adds-dual-nvidia-8800m-gtx-graphics-to-m1730-the-be-a-st/</guid><description><![CDATA[huevos cocidos]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[webon]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 30th 2008 6:42AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Dell adds dual NVIDIA 8800M GTX graphics to M1730: the be(a)st, now better]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/30/dell-adds-dual-nvidia-8800m-gtx-graphics-to-m1730-the-be-a-st/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/30/dell-adds-dual-nvidia-8800m-gtx-graphics-to-m1730-the-be-a-st/</guid><description><![CDATA[ As long as this is designed by Clevo, you're good. (D87P)]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[SteveMB]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 30th 2008 1:55PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Dell adds dual NVIDIA 8800M GTX graphics to M1730: the be(a)st, now better]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/30/dell-adds-dual-nvidia-8800m-gtx-graphics-to-m1730-the-be-a-st/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/30/dell-adds-dual-nvidia-8800m-gtx-graphics-to-m1730-the-be-a-st/</guid><description><![CDATA[I wouldn't be surprised if they built an asbestos heat shield in it or something, just to keep the price down..<br><br>André]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[André]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 30th 2008 6:19AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Dell adds dual NVIDIA 8800M GTX graphics to M1730: the be(a)st, now better]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/30/dell-adds-dual-nvidia-8800m-gtx-graphics-to-m1730-the-be-a-st/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/30/dell-adds-dual-nvidia-8800m-gtx-graphics-to-m1730-the-be-a-st/</guid><description><![CDATA[And yet it will still suck, because its a DELL!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[SimonRichards]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 30th 2008 6:23AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Dell adds dual NVIDIA 8800M GTX graphics to M1730: the be(a)st, now better]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/30/dell-adds-dual-nvidia-8800m-gtx-graphics-to-m1730-the-be-a-st/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/30/dell-adds-dual-nvidia-8800m-gtx-graphics-to-m1730-the-be-a-st/</guid><description><![CDATA[I hope you are joking, I mean, come on, their quality has improved according to various reports, and heck, my 4 yr old Dell is working pretty damn smoothly (though somewhat slowly)]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mobius_1]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 30th 2008 6:27AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Dell adds dual NVIDIA 8800M GTX graphics to M1730: the be(a)st, now better]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/30/dell-adds-dual-nvidia-8800m-gtx-graphics-to-m1730-the-be-a-st/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/30/dell-adds-dual-nvidia-8800m-gtx-graphics-to-m1730-the-be-a-st/</guid><description><![CDATA[Well I guess there are always exceptions :P<br><br>I personally know 6 people with dell laptops that all perform badly in day-to-day use...]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[SimonRichards]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 30th 2008 6:42AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Dell adds dual NVIDIA 8800M GTX graphics to M1730: the be(a)st, now better]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/30/dell-adds-dual-nvidia-8800m-gtx-graphics-to-m1730-the-be-a-st/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/30/dell-adds-dual-nvidia-8800m-gtx-graphics-to-m1730-the-be-a-st/</guid><description><![CDATA[The Dell XPS series of computers are in a class of their own.  You may be right about their standard products, but you get real quality with XPS.  I love my M1210.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Don]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 30th 2008 8:02AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Dell adds dual NVIDIA 8800M GTX graphics to M1730: the be(a)st, now better]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/30/dell-adds-dual-nvidia-8800m-gtx-graphics-to-m1730-the-be-a-st/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/30/dell-adds-dual-nvidia-8800m-gtx-graphics-to-m1730-the-be-a-st/</guid><description><![CDATA[Dell's don't suck.....I've had two.  Inspiron 5100, then 2 years ago<br>I bought an E1505.  About a month ago, it developed a problem where it <br>the cpu would peg 100% ONLY with the AC adapter connected.  Called Dell,<br>and within a week, they sent someone to my office, swapped out the motherboard, no questions asked. UNDER WARRANTY.  <br>Say what you want, but I was impressed.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Rusty]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 30th 2008 8:55AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Dell adds dual NVIDIA 8800M GTX graphics to M1730: the be(a)st, now better]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/30/dell-adds-dual-nvidia-8800m-gtx-graphics-to-m1730-the-be-a-st/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/30/dell-adds-dual-nvidia-8800m-gtx-graphics-to-m1730-the-be-a-st/</guid><description><![CDATA[...still so ugly.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Neebs]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 30th 2008 6:36AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Dell adds dual NVIDIA 8800M GTX graphics to M1730: the be(a)st, now better]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/30/dell-adds-dual-nvidia-8800m-gtx-graphics-to-m1730-the-be-a-st/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/30/dell-adds-dual-nvidia-8800m-gtx-graphics-to-m1730-the-be-a-st/</guid><description><![CDATA[But Compared to the old IBM and some of the Lenovo ThinkPads,<br>its pretty damn sexy,<br><br>and with this Beast,<br>i think its about its inner beauty ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[BubbaGump]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 30th 2008 12:23PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Dell adds dual NVIDIA 8800M GTX graphics to M1730: the be(a)st, now better]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/30/dell-adds-dual-nvidia-8800m-gtx-graphics-to-m1730-the-be-a-st/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/30/dell-adds-dual-nvidia-8800m-gtx-graphics-to-m1730-the-be-a-st/</guid><description><![CDATA[So, what will this be priced at. The gateway p-170 FX is $1600 for 512mb 8800GTS, 250 gigs hd, 3gb ram and 3.6 ghz c2d. <br>Btw, how much of a difference is there between 8800GTX and 880GTS, and does it really make a lot of difference?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Akshay]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 30th 2008 7:55AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Dell adds dual NVIDIA 8800M GTX graphics to M1730: the be(a)st, now better]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/30/dell-adds-dual-nvidia-8800m-gtx-graphics-to-m1730-the-be-a-st/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/30/dell-adds-dual-nvidia-8800m-gtx-graphics-to-m1730-the-be-a-st/</guid><description><![CDATA[There will be a noticable increase in performance between a 8800GTX and a 8800GTS, however instead of having one video card, the XPS has two GTX's.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[illicit]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 30th 2008 8:56AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Dell adds dual NVIDIA 8800M GTX graphics to M1730: the be(a)st, now better]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/30/dell-adds-dual-nvidia-8800m-gtx-graphics-to-m1730-the-be-a-st/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/30/dell-adds-dual-nvidia-8800m-gtx-graphics-to-m1730-the-be-a-st/</guid><description><![CDATA[Aye I'd venture to say that the performance boost you see would be roughly the same as the performance boost you see in GTX v. GTS desktop implementations.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ty]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 30th 2008 11:55AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Dell adds dual NVIDIA 8800M GTX graphics to M1730: the be(a)st, now better]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/30/dell-adds-dual-nvidia-8800m-gtx-graphics-to-m1730-the-be-a-st/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/30/dell-adds-dual-nvidia-8800m-gtx-graphics-to-m1730-the-be-a-st/</guid><description><![CDATA[ I have one of those Gateways, but this Dell is nicer.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[SteveMB]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 30th 2008 1:57PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Dell adds dual NVIDIA 8800M GTX graphics to M1730: the be(a)st, now better]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/30/dell-adds-dual-nvidia-8800m-gtx-graphics-to-m1730-the-be-a-st/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/30/dell-adds-dual-nvidia-8800m-gtx-graphics-to-m1730-the-be-a-st/</guid><description><![CDATA[this thing must get a full 4 minutes of battery life!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Danny Griffin]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 30th 2008 8:53AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Dell adds dual NVIDIA 8800M GTX graphics to M1730: the be(a)st, now better]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/30/dell-adds-dual-nvidia-8800m-gtx-graphics-to-m1730-the-be-a-st/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/30/dell-adds-dual-nvidia-8800m-gtx-graphics-to-m1730-the-be-a-st/</guid><description><![CDATA[I wonder if this can run vista faster than a mbp.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[BradVT]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 30th 2008 9:15AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Dell adds dual NVIDIA 8800M GTX graphics to M1730: the be(a)st, now better]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/30/dell-adds-dual-nvidia-8800m-gtx-graphics-to-m1730-the-be-a-st/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/30/dell-adds-dual-nvidia-8800m-gtx-graphics-to-m1730-the-be-a-st/</guid><description><![CDATA[Of course it will- its a MUCH more powerful setup.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Zeus.:God]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 30th 2008 9:58AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Dell adds dual NVIDIA 8800M GTX graphics to M1730: the be(a)st, now better]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/30/dell-adds-dual-nvidia-8800m-gtx-graphics-to-m1730-the-be-a-st/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/30/dell-adds-dual-nvidia-8800m-gtx-graphics-to-m1730-the-be-a-st/</guid><description><![CDATA[The MBP isn't in this thing's class. Of course you are going to pay a black market kidney to get this as opposed to half a kidney for the MBP.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Chris]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 30th 2008 11:23AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Dell adds dual NVIDIA 8800M GTX graphics to M1730: the be(a)st, now better]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/30/dell-adds-dual-nvidia-8800m-gtx-graphics-to-m1730-the-be-a-st/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/30/dell-adds-dual-nvidia-8800m-gtx-graphics-to-m1730-the-be-a-st/</guid><description><![CDATA[Sorry, I guess I didn't make it appearent, that was sarcasm.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[BradVT]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 30th 2008 12:22PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Dell adds dual NVIDIA 8800M GTX graphics to M1730: the be(a)st, now better]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/30/dell-adds-dual-nvidia-8800m-gtx-graphics-to-m1730-the-be-a-st/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/30/dell-adds-dual-nvidia-8800m-gtx-graphics-to-m1730-the-be-a-st/</guid><description><![CDATA[ Actually, the MBP will also cost you a kidney, considering the specs of them.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[SteveMB]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 30th 2008 1:58PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Dell adds dual NVIDIA 8800M GTX graphics to M1730: the be(a)st, now better]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/30/dell-adds-dual-nvidia-8800m-gtx-graphics-to-m1730-the-be-a-st/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/30/dell-adds-dual-nvidia-8800m-gtx-graphics-to-m1730-the-be-a-st/</guid><description><![CDATA[Be(a)st?<br><br>I'm sorry, you're insinuating that this laptop now is "the best" because it now has SLI 8800GTX.  This is not even "catch-up" to Clevo's D901C which adds quad-core and RAID for a better price.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ken]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 30th 2008 9:38AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Dell adds dual NVIDIA 8800M GTX graphics to M1730: the be(a)st, now better]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/30/dell-adds-dual-nvidia-8800m-gtx-graphics-to-m1730-the-be-a-st/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/30/dell-adds-dual-nvidia-8800m-gtx-graphics-to-m1730-the-be-a-st/</guid><description><![CDATA[@Ken<br><br>I find your comment even more amusing, since Dell's sister brand, Alienware, sells rebadged, reworked Clevo machines.<br><br><br>IIRC, at one point, Clevo was also the ODM for the XPS series of "Notebooks".]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[builder1]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 30th 2008 2:38PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Dell adds dual NVIDIA 8800M GTX graphics to M1730: the be(a)st, now better]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/30/dell-adds-dual-nvidia-8800m-gtx-graphics-to-m1730-the-be-a-st/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/30/dell-adds-dual-nvidia-8800m-gtx-graphics-to-m1730-the-be-a-st/</guid><description><![CDATA[I'm not sure people would want to carry a laptop with three hard drives in it just so they can run RAID 5 when SAN / USB2.0 arrays at your destination(s) achieve the same goal.  I would never ever run RAID in a laptop unless it were with SSD drives.  As for SLI, the laptop you mention has an SLI implementation for the 8700GT, not the 8800M GTX.  The quad-core is nice though.<br><br>Personally, I'm looking forward to when Sony starts throwing the 8800GTX chipset in to the performance VAIO's.  Now THAT is a product I'd buy.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ty]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 30th 2008 12:07PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Dell adds dual NVIDIA 8800M GTX graphics to M1730: the be(a)st, now better]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/30/dell-adds-dual-nvidia-8800m-gtx-graphics-to-m1730-the-be-a-st/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/30/dell-adds-dual-nvidia-8800m-gtx-graphics-to-m1730-the-be-a-st/</guid><description><![CDATA[ Dude, have you ever owned a Clevo? And a quad core in a laptop? That thing will get extremely hot. Clevo makes some of the best spec'ed laptops, but the quality is very low. Just look at the D87P, I had one of those. Te ATI 9700 would always fry, even if you bought a new motherboard. They never recalled those pieces of crap. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[SteveMB]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 30th 2008 2:01PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Dell adds dual NVIDIA 8800M GTX graphics to M1730: the be(a)st, now better]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/30/dell-adds-dual-nvidia-8800m-gtx-graphics-to-m1730-the-be-a-st/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/30/dell-adds-dual-nvidia-8800m-gtx-graphics-to-m1730-the-be-a-st/</guid><description><![CDATA[nope, Clevo's D900C has proved to be the most powerful Laptops now like 3 years in the running<br>The current model runs a desktop Quad-Core and was first with the dual 8800GTXs]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[JohnTitor]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 30th 2008 12:52PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Dell adds dual NVIDIA 8800M GTX graphics to M1730: the be(a)st, now better]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/30/dell-adds-dual-nvidia-8800m-gtx-graphics-to-m1730-the-be-a-st/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/30/dell-adds-dual-nvidia-8800m-gtx-graphics-to-m1730-the-be-a-st/</guid><description><![CDATA[They should give it an external, flat heatsink and market it as a portable egg frier.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[RokkaMan]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 30th 2008 2:45PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Dell adds dual NVIDIA 8800M GTX graphics to M1730: the be(a)st, now better]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/30/dell-adds-dual-nvidia-8800m-gtx-graphics-to-m1730-the-be-a-st/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/30/dell-adds-dual-nvidia-8800m-gtx-graphics-to-m1730-the-be-a-st/</guid><description><![CDATA[As a consultant always on the road it's impossible to lug my gaming rig from hotel to hotel.  So this is a little dream come true.  i looked (drooled) at the Clevo, but all that desktop hardware just generates too much heat to not crash.<br><br>Now i just need to give my IT dept a good reason why i need this laptop upgrade ... any suggestions?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[OnTheRoadAgain]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 11th 2008 4:37PM</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
