Dell - XPS M1710

Great gaming notebook!

By: Anonymous November 6, 2007

Review:

he M1710 has a 17" widescreen and comes in a choice of two colors, "formula red" or "metallic black". The Dell XPS M1710 is the gaming notebook from Dell. The Dell XPS M1710 design is, in a word, brazen.  In daylight the striking red or metallic black lid will catch the eyes of just about anyone nearby.  In the dark, if you stand far enough away this thing looks more like a UFO as the lights glow in a somewhat eery yet cool manner. The XPS M1710 has a 17" widescreen WUXGA (1920 x 1200 resolution) LCD with the Dell TrueLife (glossy screen) treatment. The Dell XPS M1710 has a very efficient and quiet cooling system. Not only is it quiet, but it also is has a very smart design. The keyboard on the XPS M1710 actually looks and feels quite a bit different to all other Dell notebooks. The keyboard keys are not black, as they so typically are, but rather a silver color that blends with the rest of the case color. The touchpad is very cool with the XPS lighting, but more importantly it's actually a decent size and works well with scroll zones on the right side for vertical scroll and on the bottom for horizontal scroll. If this were the state fair and the contest were for best performance notebook, then the blue ribbon would go to the XPS M1710.  The coolest thing being, you could even adjust the lights on the M1710 to blue to match that ribbon!