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Subject: XPS Notebook-Worth Buying?!?
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I have the chance to buy a Dell XPS M1210 notebook,here are it's specs:

Intel® CoreTM Duo Processor T2600 (2.16GHz/667MHz FSB/2MB Cache)

Genuine Windows® XP Professional Edition

Up to 4GB of Dual Channel DDR2 memory

256MB NVIDIA® GeForceTM Go 7400 with TurboCache Graphics Card.

High definition integrated stereo sound.

Up to 100GB 7200RPM or 120GB 5400RPM SATA hard drive

Combo Drive - 24x/10x/24x CD Burner and 8x DVD-ROM

Windows VistaTM Capable
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So is it worth buying?Oh and should it be able to run the following games:
Far Cry
Counter-Strike:Anthology
Counter-Strike:Source
Half-Life 2:Game of the year edition
Battlefield 2
Doom 3
The Movies
Call of Duty 2
Oblivion
JAWS Unleashed
Halo PC
Doom:Collector's Edition
MotoGP 3

  • 07.14.2006 7:34 AM PDT
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This is not the forum to be discussing this.

  • 07.14.2006 7:35 AM PDT
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nah.....buy this dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/xpsnb_m2010?c=u s&l=en&s=dhs&cs=19
**drools** I reeealy want one!
copy and paste the entire link, it got messed up and I don't know how to do the other kinds of links.

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  • 07.14.2006 7:48 AM PDT
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ok, it looks very good for a notebook, better than i ever had. ok heres a list of the games and the settings you can play them on:
Far Cry- med/high
Counter-Strike:Anthology-high
Counter-Strike:Source-high
Half-Life 2:Game of the year edition-high
Battlefield 2-not sure
Doom 3-med/high
The Movies-not sure
Call of Duty 2-med/high
Oblivion-med
JAWS Unleashed-med
Halo PC-high
Doom:Collector's Edition-absolutely
MotoGP 3-not sure
and if you already have it, go to: srtest.com it scans your computer and tests if u can play that game. good luck. plasma pistool, just chill. its a pc forum, so he can ask.
th3ford, your link dosent work.

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  • 07.14.2006 7:49 AM PDT
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This is not the forum to be discussing this.
Yeah it is. It's for Halo PC and PC related discussions.

  • 07.14.2006 7:54 AM PDT
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Posted by: PlasmaPistool
This is not the forum to be discussing this.


Why not?

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Firstoff...it's a Dell. I know recently they've gotten better, but to me, the company still reeks of cheap and ugly boxes. They're the people who started the whole "all PCs are ugly" stereotype, what with their constant stream of boxes. Their computers from before looked like they had DNA from the freakin UGLY TREE spliced into em.

But enough about that. Onto the real stuff.

The Core Duo looks pretty good, one thing's for sure, you won't get bogged down in multiple processes. Vista supports Dual processors, so it'll be good. But see if you can't get an AMD processor instead...they manage processes more efficiently. And among gamers, AMD is teh processor to have.

Vista capable means nothing, but looking at your specs, you look fine for Ultimate Edition.

Ask someone else about the specifics of your GPU, but...wait a minute...you're getting a notebook. Meaning ten to one that the GPU will be integrated. Make sure you have sufficient RAM, cause that GPU will share with your primary RAM.

And finally, be aware that you're getting a notebook. While it may be good right now, it might become obsolete in a few years, so decide for yourself if you want to drop big money into a non-upgradeable investment that'll become obsolete in a few years.

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nah.....buy this

Your link does not work,but I know that it's the XPS M2010,and that's out of my price range.

ok, it looks very good for a notebook, better than i ever had. ok heres a list of the games and the settings you can play them on:
Far Cry- med/high
Counter-Strike:Anthology-high
Counter-Strike:Source-high
Half-Life 2:Game of the year edition-high
Battlefield 2-not sure
Doom 3-med/high
The Movies-not sure
Call of Duty 2-med/high
Oblivion-med
JAWS Unleashed-med
Halo PC-high
Doom:Collector's Edition-absolutely
MotoGP 3-not sure


Thanks for the list,but about your link,I already know a website like that,and it's the Windows XP game advisor,but I might check it out.

Firstoff...it's a Dell. I know recently they've gotten better, but to me, the company still reeks of cheap and ugly boxes. They're the people who started the whole "all PCs are ugly" stereotype, what with their constant stream of boxes. Their computers from before looked like they had DNA from the freakin UGLY TREE spliced into em.

But enough about that. Onto the real stuff.

The Core Duo looks pretty good, one thing's for sure, you won't get bogged down in multiple processes. Vista supports Dual processors, so it'll be good. But see if you can't get an AMD processor instead...they manage processes more efficiently. And among gamers, AMD is teh processor to have.

Vista capable means nothing, but looking at your specs, you look fine for Ultimate Edition.

Ask someone else about the specifics of your GPU, but...wait a minute...you're getting a notebook. Meaning ten to one that the GPU will be integrated. Make sure you have sufficient RAM, cause that GPU will share with your primary RAM.

And finally, be aware that you're getting a notebook. While it may be good right now, it might become obsolete in a few years, so decide for yourself if you want to drop big money into a non-upgradeable investment that'll become obsolete in a few years


Thanks for the info,and since the notebook is Vista Capable,then it has at least 512 MB RAM,but if it has more than that,I don't know,because it does not specify on dell.com.


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Firstoff...it's a Dell. I know recently they've gotten better, but to me, the company still reeks of cheap and ugly boxes. They're the people who started the whole "all PCs are ugly" stereotype, what with their constant stream of boxes. Their computers from before looked like they had DNA from the freakin UGLY TREE spliced into em.


Well I just proved you wrong, comon guys look at this computer!!! http://tinyurl.com/mg4v5

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I know recently they've gotten better, but to me, the company still reeks of cheap and ugly boxes.
Well I just proved you wrong, comon guys look at this computer!!!
He just stated that he knew Dell doesn't make as horrible looking PCs as they used to. Dell has gotten better though.

  • 07.14.2006 8:03 AM PDT
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nah.....buy this dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/xpsnb_m2010?c=u s&l=en&s=dhs&cs=19
**drools** I reeealy want one!
copy and paste the entire link, it got messed up and I don't know how to do the other kinds of links.


Oh gawd, not THAT overhyped Dell.

I swear, that thing has identity issues. It doesn't know what the fsck it's supposed to be. It LOOKS like a laptop...but it's not. In my opinion, it's just an ultraportable desktop PC disguised and marketed as a laptop. Impractical, in other words. Sure you can drag it around, but at about 20 or so pounds folded together, not counting the PSU...you won't be bringing it to the park, that's for sure.

If you look carefully at the techspecs, they never specify that it's a laptop. Never. However, a close inspection of the PSU specs reveals it relies solely on an external power source, meaning it's just an ultraportable desktop. Sorta like the Mac Mini.

The design itself is nothing too new, either. It's just this design, revamped for the new millenium. Same darn thing.

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  • 07.14.2006 8:04 AM PDT
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Except shinier.

  • 07.14.2006 8:10 AM PDT

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I have the first XPS laptop and hate it. It's killed 6 sticks of ram in less than 2 years. Getting a new one soon, Can't comment on the newer ones though.

  • 07.16.2006 10:43 AM PDT