See that Wii or Xbox sitting under your TV? The PSP or DS tucked away in your messenger bag? That copy of Pac-man on your cellphone which cost five bucks and expires next month? Each of them owe a debt of gratitude to the granddaddy of all videogame consoles, the Atari 2600, which ushered in an era of unprecedented television usage, and which turns 30 years old this month. That’s right, the first 2600 units rolled off the assembly line in October of 1977, delighting both children and kids at heart with games like Pitfall and Pole Position, and helping distract the nation after the untimely death of the King, the tragic crash of Lynyrd Skynyrd’s plane, and Pele’s retirement. So here’s to you, dear 2600: Atari may only be a shadow of its former self today, but you’ve lived on in our fond memories, in retro Flashback products, and last but not least, in tricked-out mods from the great Ben Heckendorn.
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It’s here friends, Sony’s Drive teaser is none other than their 3-mm thin, 1,000,000:1 OLED TV, just announced official with a December 1st Japanese retail date. The 11-inch SonyDrive XEL-1 set features a 960 x 540 pixel resolution, terrestrial digital tuner, 2x 1W speaker, and HDMI, USB, and Ethernet jacks in a package measureing 287 x 140 x 253-mm and 2-kg (3.3-pounds). How much? Well, ¥200,000 or about $1,740 — That’s about $160 per inch of OLED. Rich indeed, but so it goes for first generation technology.
Well if there are still any doubts as to who’s winning the portable console war, let them be dispelled here and now: in the less than three years since it’s been on the market, the Nintendo DS (in both its Lite and Phat flavors) has sold a total of 50 million units, according to the unofficial VG Chartz. Sony’s PSP (released less than one month later in Japan)? Less than half that number. While the PSP will surely get a sales boost now that it too has slimmed down, DS still seems to be the clear choice of the majority of gamers. Next challenge for Mario and friends: hitting 100 million faster than the iPod.
I know that you hard-core gamers have waited so long to hear this news. At last this Beast is available for ordering in Dell website. Dell XPS M1730, professional gaming laptop is the flagship of Dell in XPS line up. The basic price starts at $2999. But if you need more professional laptop you have your own options.
In the website Dell offers 3 models: the best option of XPS M1730 costs $4,506 with Core 2 Extreme X7900 (2.8 GHz) and the better option costs $3,599 with Core 2 Duo Processor T7700 (2.4 GHz). These two models can come with one of the Smoke Grey, Crimson Red, a Bone White, and Sapphire Blue color options. The model pricing at $2999 (Core 2 Due T7700) only comes with Sapphire Blue in color.
Dell is explaining the highlight features of this laptop in its official weblog:
-It supports the latest Intel processors, including the Core 2 Extreme X7900 processor overclocked to 3.2GHz. -It supports dual NVIDIA GeForce Go 8700M GT graphics cards in SLI mode. -All models come with a bright 17″ Ultrasharp 1920×1200 display with a 7ms response time. -It’s the first notebook in the world to support AGEIA PhysX 100M mobile physics card. -It supports two hard drives in a RAID 0 or 1 configuration -It’s the first notebook we’ve shipped that integrates Logitech’s GamePanel LCD, which displays stats and in-game details for a growing list of game titles. -It also features a full-sized backlit keyboard that has a 10-key number pad
Dell XPS M1730 is based on Santa Rosa and comes with Intel PM965 chipset and discrete dual NVIDIA GeForce 8700M GT video cards operating in SLI mode, Intel PRO/Wireless 4965a/g/n; 512 MB or 1GB Intel Turbo Memory; and Intel Core 2 Due up to Core 2 Extreme X7900 supporting for overclocking to 3.2GHz.
There is variety of storage for this laptop. You can have option of RAID Protection 250GB (2×250GB) 5400RPM up to RAID Performance: 500GB (2×250GB) 5400RPM; or the option of 64GB Solid State Drive plus 200GB SATA Hard Drive (7200RPM) or RAID Performance: 128GB (2×64GB) Solid State Drive.
Regarding optical drive you can choose Blu-Ray drive or traditional DVD burner.
In the following you can see the full specification for the best model pricing at $4,506:
Processor: Intel Core 2 Extreme X7900 ( 2.8GHz/800Mhz FSB, 4MB Cache) Memory: 2GB3 Shared Dual Channel4 DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz up to 4GB Hard Drive: RAID Protection: 250GB (2×250GB) 5400RPM add $0; RAID Performance: 400GB (2×200GB) 7200RPM [Included in Price]; RAID Performance: 500GB (2×250GB) 5400RPM add $0; Reliability: 64GB Solid State Drive plus 200GB SATA Hard Drive (7200RPM) [add $750 or $22/month]; RAID Performance: 128GB (2×64GB) Solid State Drive [add $1,650 or $49/month]
Optical Drive: Blu-ray / DVD / CD Burner (Blu-ray Disc Drive) [add $550]; CD / DVD Burner (DVD+/-RW Drive) [Included in Price]
Display: 17″ UltraSharp TrueLife Wide-screen (1920 X 1200 pixel resolution) Graphics: NVIDIA SLI Dual GeForce 8700MGT with 512MB3 GDDR3 Memory and with Ageia PhysX processing unit
Audio: 2speakers with 5.1 channel output with for true surround sound experience; Integrated Sound Blaster Audigy HD sound processing software for enhanced gaming, Music and movie experiences
Ports/Slots: 4 USB 2.0; Firewire (IEEE 1394a); Dual-link DVI-I (support for 30-inch displays); HDMI via DVI adapter; VGA via DVI dongle; S-video with component, composite, S/PDIF support through dongle; RJ45 Ethernet port (10/100/1000) Dual headphones, microphone (stereo line-in) and support for 5.1 audio out 8-in-1 card reader; ExpressCard 54 mm slot; Consumer IR
Network: Dell Bluetooth Wireless Keyboard and Mouse Bundle [$60 or $1/month]; or Dell BH200 Bluetooth 2.0 EDR Stereo Headset, VOIP Capable [$79 or $2/month] or other options;
AT&T built-in cellular mobile broadband (HSDPA 3.6) [add $150 or $4/month1]; or Sprint built-in cellular mobile broadband (EVDO Rev A) [add $150 or $4/month1]
OS: Vista Ultimate Weight: Starting at 10.6 lbs (4.81 kg) Other: Integrated 2.0 MP camera
There is no information if this laptop has got strong security implements like fingerprint reader or not.
Any way this powerful and stylish laptop (many users have opposite idea. In Dell web log you can see many comments that they say this laptop is ugly but I think it has got nice design) is available at last and I think its price is reasonable and competitive.
In the following you can see a video about this laptop. IN this video you will see the perfamceof laptop by playing a game and quality of the display. Also in Dell blog there is another video about the hardware of XPS M1730 that you can watch.
What do you think? Do you think this laptop will attract many gamers? I would like to know your opinions and you can share it in comment section.
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