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"Dell XPS Gen 2 is one of the fastest and slimmest gaming machines we've ever seen."

post #1 of 24
3/19/05 at 2:57am
Thread Starter 
CNET editor's take - Reviewed March 18, 2005

"Powered by a top-shelf processor and graphics engine, the Dell XPS Gen 2 is one of the fastest and slimmest gaming machines we've ever seen."

http://reviews.cnet.com/Dell_Inspiro...2.html?tag=tab
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post #2 of 24
3/19/05 at 2:58am


Now thats what I like to hear!


I have to add this review is sweeeet!
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post #3 of 24
3/19/05 at 3:01am
HAHA! Show that to the Alienware forum =P. j/k
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post #4 of 24
3/19/05 at 3:41am
Thread Starter 
XPS2 just keeps sounding better...

"Dell has packed a monster gaming powerhouse into a relatively slim and lightweight laptop. Apparently, gamers need suffer the indignities of humongous, hot, and heavy Pentium 4 laptops no more."

"We found the screen bright and crisp"

"XPS Gen 2 is, first and foremost, a gaming machine--it simply destroyed the competition in our suite of game tests."
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post #5 of 24
3/19/05 at 3:48am
Since when does an XPS 2 have a digital card reader? Anyway I liked this part about the article:

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In our battery drain test, the XPS Gen 2 lasted for 142 minutes--not at all bad for a desktop replacement and long enough to watch one standard-length DVD.
Anyway I gave the laptop a perfect rating simply because there really isn't anything I dislike about it.
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post #6 of 24
3/19/05 at 4:01am
of course
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post #7 of 24
3/19/05 at 4:23am
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Originally Posted by 5150 Joker
Since when does an XPS 2 have a digital card reader?
Yeah, I only noticed this after looking really close at some of the pictures...it's on the right side above the firewire and audio ports...I mentioned something about it in another thread and another forum-goer confirmed it, but i don't recall seeing ANYTHING about this on Dell's site or in any advertisements/reviews...BONUS!!!
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post #8 of 24
3/19/05 at 4:31am
why cant they put the screen model on the reviews??
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post #9 of 24
3/19/05 at 4:39am
There was always the card reader there.

From Dell's Site:

"SDI/O Memory Reader
Use industry standard SD cards to store or transfer data. SD cards are used in many consumer electronics devices such as some cameras, some MP3 players, etc."
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post #10 of 24
3/19/05 at 4:59am
i knew about the card reader, but i didnt know that u could play cd's and dvd's without booting the comp. thats pretty cool.
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post #11 of 24
3/19/05 at 5:35am
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Originally Posted by chemicalali
i knew about the card reader, but i didnt know that u could play cd's and dvd's without booting the comp. thats pretty cool.
Can a 9300 do this aswell?
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post #12 of 24
3/19/05 at 6:38am
If it can, I need to know how. As far as I know, it's a definitive no.
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post #13 of 24
3/19/05 at 7:27am
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For one, it can play DVDs and CDs without booting the operating system (see other systems with this feature here).
I asked about this a little while ago and I am now as confused as ever as to the answer.

My understanding, from 9300 owners, was that there was some sort of media control gimmick that still booted you up into XP, and just launched a media app.

This is very different from laptops like the HP dv1000 (mentioned in the XPS 2 review), which work just like the CD player on the Sager laptops do - you can listen to music, etc from a built in player without booting the machine into windows. The HP and a couple others take this one step further - it does the same for DVD's. The advantage to this, other than it would boot faster, is it conserves battery life.

From what the CNET review says, it seems the XPS 2 has this feature as well, although it doesn't really say much about it. I have no idea if this is another little detail that has been left off the 9300 series or not - I'd love for 9300 owners to test it out.
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post #14 of 24
3/19/05 at 8:43am
They say 142 minutes of battery life in their battery drain test. What the hell is that? We can all speculate on what they were doing but is there a link anywhere where they explain what their "battery drain" test is??
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post #15 of 24
3/19/05 at 10:35am
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Originally Posted by Med62987
HAHA! Show that to the Alienware forum =P. j/k

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post #16 of 24
3/19/05 at 2:54pm
What do they mean by "Essential extras: Doom3 and Half life 2" does this mean they give you those games when you buy a XPS2
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post #17 of 24
3/19/05 at 3:02pm
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Originally Posted by IGo
What do they mean by "Essential extras: Doom3 and Half life 2" does this mean they give you those games when you buy a XPS2
lol, no, they just mean those are essential to show off your XPS2
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post #18 of 24
3/19/05 at 3:04pm
My favorite part of the review

"the Gen 2 turned in twice as many frames per second as the nearest competitor in our new Half-Life 2 test and surged well ahead of the Voodoo in our new Doom 3 test"
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post #19 of 24
3/20/05 at 11:06am
http://notebookforums.com/showthread.php?t=70060
New drivers in the 9860!
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post #20 of 24
3/20/05 at 11:14am
Sweet. So. They are pretty much exactly the same machine. Performance-wise.
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