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My sort-of review of the XPS 2

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When I went to the Game Developer's Conference, NVIDIA had four laptops running their GeForce 6XXX line of cards. The biggest and fastest was Dell's XPS2, with the GeForce 6800. I didn't do too much with it, but I did notice when typing on the keyboard that it was very crisp with little travel, which I really like, but some people may not. What's great is there was NO keyboard flex! I specifically checked for that. It's odd that the keyboard didn't have a numpad though, because there was plenty of room -- as it is, the keyboard is surrounded by alot of empty space on both sides.

Those red LEDs behind the speakers looked very cool... not overly bright by any means, but cool. It makes the unit very noticeable.

The screen was hard to judge in those circumstances, but it looked pretty vibrant and sharp.

I noticed when using the touchpad that I could feel the vibrations from the external speakers, apparently vibrating through the shelf the laptop was on... I'm not sure if it was due simply to loud speakers or if that is a quirk with the touchpad. It is a pretty thin laptop...

Anyway there's a picture here.
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Those red LEDs behind the speakers looked very cool... not overly bright by any means, but cool. It makes the unit very noticeable.

The screen was hard to judge in those circumstances, but it looked pretty vibrant and sharp.

I noticed when using the touchpad that I could feel the vibrations from the external speakers, apparently vibrating through the shelf the laptop was on... I'm not sure if it was due simply to loud speakers or if that is a quirk with the touchpad. It is a pretty thin laptop...

Anyway there's a picture here.
What color were the other LEDs?
When I got there on thursday the XPS letters were and the others were light blue.
I changed the XPS letters to green, the front speakers to green and the back fans to red because those solid colors were the brightest. After I exited out of the app I realized it looked kind of christmas like. I could not figure out how to launch the app again. I dont think anyone in the nVidia booth knew ether or cared to since they were showing off the graphic card.

I also noticed the sound vibration. I could feel it alot in my left wrist which was runnign the wasd keys. When I was there the external speakers were not on. All the sound was comming from the internal speakers. I think the subwoofer was making the vibration. It was really loud in the building so the speakers were turned up much louder than I would ever use them. But then again I will be using headphones most of the time except when watching a movie in a hotell room or something.
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nice review
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I can't wait the XPS2 ...


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What color were the other LEDs?
When I got there on thursday the XPS letters were and the others were light blue.
I changed the XPS letters to green, the front speakers to green and the back fans to red because those solid colors were the brightest.
I didn't even know there were other LEDs, or that you could change them. I too went there on Thursday... it was probably 1-2pm when I checked out the notebooks. I didn't do a careful examination of the laptop or even Alt+Tabbed out of Republic Commando... I just spend 20 seconds with it. I do regret that though.
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