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OK; I know there may be a few, but I thought I’d get round to reviewing my Dell XPS M1710.
Right the Basics:
2.16GHz-1GB RAM-100GB Hard Drive-512mb Graphics card-DVD-RW
Right now I can tell you about it lol
Right got it after 2 days of ordering it, so First Class so far!
Excellent packaging, and I got my XPS bag to!

REVIEW
OK so this is mainly a gaming laptop, but I was stunned to find that it is actually surprisingly portable… I carry it round my house with no worries, though I’m getting a 13” Macbook for college lol. The Graphics are simply stunning, scoring a whopping 18023 on Future Mark 3D Benchmark, though I am told that if I turn certain things and switch stuff up it can gain points but I don’t really care lol. But the game quality!! OMG!!! As you may see from one of my pics, I enjoy the odd recreational game of Halo… lol yes that’s right I use an Xbox controller, I never got over the Xbox really lol.
The Speakers are amazing for a Laptop, though as you may see from my pics, I have the laptop hooked up to me DIY surround Sound.
I use Photoshop a lot for image editing (duhh!!!) and though I find it fast; I may need more RAM, so a 2GB upgrade may be in order. The Lights are awesome! And it’s amazing how you can change the colour and turn some of them off.
I had low expectations for the battery, though I found it surprisingly good! 2:30 Hours, Nice, more than you need for sitting around the house.
I try to keep as much care of my laptop as much as possible. So I run SpyBot Search and Destroy often, and use MacAfee A.V… That’s about all I can think of… not much else to say, an all round good laptop, the 17inch display is awesome! Great for watching films! And really bright!
OHH one thing I really love about it is the 2 USB 2.0 ports on the left hand side, unbelievably useful for life on a desk lol.

A BAD point- OK I tried to keep these to proper bad points and not petty little things…
The card slot is apparently one of those new ones, so all the PCMCIA cards I have, the CF card reader, Vodafone card, and network card don’t fit… though the built in wireless is just as powerful.
The 5-1 card reader is quite good, though I don’t really use it so…
All in all, an excellent laptop, and well worth it, IF you play games, and want a laptop.
Need portability and convenience, and battery life… get a Macbook! lol

Awesome Score ! If you could post the screenshot showing us the details of that score that would be awesome. That score is definitely a breakthrough so please post the screenshot asap. thanks again

holy crap your awesome , rep for you.

yup here is one, lol i didn't realize that was such a good score... cool

How much did you pay for yours?

Hey Ferco, for some reason I was thinking you were running the 3dMark 05 test, can you run the the 3dMark 05 test and post the screenshot thanks again.

yea no worries. i paid like £1800 for it so i was expecting something impressive lol

oh i see, i was running 03, lol just realised. ok i'll download 05

ok ran 05 and got this result... lol

Thats still awesome but Would it been better with more Ram maybe

7900 gs and 7900 gtx are quite clockable i am running mine at 600 by 700 gives a score around 9400 in 05. got about 8400 with no oc.

personally i love my 1710 though its also my first laptop, but its a monster machine kicking most peoples desktop squarely in the bum.

If you buy from dell you must always phone them and haggle mine cost £1500 with years warranty an d accidental care a dvb box specs below.

its an awsome machine and i will never by a pc again, infact selling my pc and gonna get a cheapo laptop as as a general replacement for it. the battery life is fairly decent and i dont go any ware without my laptop and when i sleep it lies on the pillow next to me :P ok maybe not but its never far away.

Lol