Designed with Gamers In Mind
The XPS M1710 looks as good as it plays. The cutting-edge design features brushed metal accents with your choice of Special Edition Formula Red or Metallic Black armor. Thinner and lighter than you’d expect, the M1710 also let’s you show your own colors, with three 16-color customizable lighting areas and a red back-lit XPS touchpad.

Powered by Dual-Core Technology
The new Intel® Core 2 Duo processor lets you bring the power of two into the gaming arena. Obliterate the competition with high-performance mobile processors equipped to handle graphics-intensive gaming and multi-threaded applications.

The Most Powerful Dell Notebook Graphics Ever
A true gaming notebook should have one of the most advanced graphics cards on the planet – the NVIDIA® GeForce™ Go 7900 GTX – giving you up to 512MB of dedicated graphics power.

Extreme Viewing
Supporting DirectX® 9 Shader Model 3.0, NVIDIA® PureVideoTM technology and other revolutionary graphics enhancements, the GeForceTM Go 7900 graphics card is designed to give you stunning realism, with crisp 3D graphics and effects, and stutter-free, high-definition video playback.

“With the XPS M1710, the company adds just a few aesthetic curlicues to the same basic form factor found on Dell’s other 17-inch wide-screen models, upgrades to Intel’s Core Duo platform, and drops in Nvidia’s new top-shelf GeForce Go 7900 GTX GPU. The unsurprising result: an extremely pricey system that extends the company’s dominance of our gaming benchmark tests and solidifies Dell’s reputation as the vendor to beat in the gaming laptop market. If you’re a hard-core gamer who’s looking to play the newest games (Oblivion, F.E.A.R.) at the highest settings, this is the best system that (a lot of) money can buy. Otherwise, there are plenty of much less expensive but still powerful alternatives, such as the Toshiba Satellite P105-S921 and the Gateway NX850XL.

Aside from our test unit’s Special Edition Formula Red cover (it’s also available in Metallic Black), the XPS M1710’s design is nearly identical to that of the previous model, the XPS M170, and very similar to the more multimedia-focused Inspiron E1705. (Well, except for all of the glowing lights: the XPS M1710 can emit shafts of light in any one of 16 colors from its lid, side vents, and speaker vents.) Crafted out of sturdy and stylish magnesium alloy, the XPS M1710 measures 15.5 inches wide, 11.3 inches deep, and 1.6 inches thick. Our test unit weighed 8.8 pounds (10.2 pounds with its AC adapter)–a few ounces more than the Gateway NX850XL, but nearly 1.5 pounds more than the compact Toshiba Satellite P105. The XPS M1710 is certainly easier to move than a desktop gaming rig, and it’s portable enough for room-to-room movement, but we don’t recommend it for regular travel.” -Cnet.com reviews.

Specifications

Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor T7200 (2GHz/667MHz/4MB)
Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor T7400 (2.16GHz/667MHz/4MB)
Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor T7600 (2.33GHz/667MHz/4MB)

Operating System
Genuine Windows® XP Professional Edition, Genuine Windows® XP Home Edition, Genuine Windows® XP Media Center Edition 2005, Windows VistaTM Capable

Memory
Up to 4GB of Dual Channel 667MHz DDR2 memory provides blazing performance.
DDR2 667MHz dual channel1 memory offers excellent performance and bandwidth. This memory architecture is designed to help improve overall system performance and reduce power consumption. As demands from processors, graphics and networking increase, DDR2 is the new standard in notebook memory.

Graphics & Display
Standard: 17″ Wide-Aspect UltraSharpTM TFT Active Matrix WUXGA (1920×1200) display with TrueLifeTM. 256MB NVIDIATM GeForceTM Go 7900 GS Graphics Card
Optional: 512MB NVIDIATM GeForceTM Go 7900 GTX Graphics Card

Sound
Standard: High definition integrated stereo sound with Integrated subwoofer. Stereo 2 watt per channel main speakers and 5 watt, class D subwoofer with bass reflex port

Hard Drive
Up to 100GB 7200RPM or 120GB 5400RPM SATA hard drive lets you store and access abundant data on your notebook.

Optical Storage
Standard: Combo Drive: 24x/10x/24x CD-RW and 8x DVD-ROM
Optional: 8X DVD+/-RW with Dual-layer DVD+R write capability2

I/O Ports

* 4-pin IEEE 1394 integrated port (1394 cable and software sold separately)
* 6-USB 2.0 (Universal Serial Bus) compliant 4-pin connectors
* RJ11 Modem port
* Video: Digital Video Interface (DVI)
* Video: 15-pin monitor connector
* S-Video: 7-pin mini-DIN connector
* Component Video and S/PDIF digital audio out
* 5-in-1 removable memory card reader
* Audio jacks: Stereo headphones/speakers miniconnector (same as line-out), microphone miniconnector

This entry was posted on May 18, 2006 and is filed under Dell XPS line, Dell,Inc.