Due to my new school (Education: Game Design) I was kinda forced to buy a heavy machine to work on. Not heavy as in weight, but heavy as in specifications and well.. this one pretty much is!

I've been searching for a decent ASUS, Acer, MSI, Toshiba, Fujitsu and even Packard Bell system. Until a friend told me about the fusion (or co-operation) between Dell and Alienware I changed my mind and searched around on the Dell website. The system I decided to buy is the Dell XPS M1730, yes it's a laptop and yes it's 50% Dell and 50% Alienware.. rawr!

These are the specifications:

CPU: Core 2 Duo T8300 (2,40 GHz)

RAM: 4GB (667 MHz, Dual Channel DDR2)

O/S: Windows Vista Home Premium 64bit

Screen: 17,0-inch UltraSharp

HDD: 320GB (2x 160GB RAID-0, 7.200RPM)

VGA: Dual NVIDIA 9800GT (SLI)

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And uhmm the price.. about € 2000,- so it was pricey. But this laptop beats my current game computer in overall, so I'm really satisfied! The only thing that bothers me is the slow memory, 667 MHz isn't that great. The Windows score says 5,9 on everything except for the RAM with a 5,1. Might be replaced in the near future!