Blizzard Whoring Out World of Warcraft Laptops to Dell

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World of Warcraft Dell XPS Laptops in both Horde and Alliance flavors.


I saw these at BlizzCon back in August, but I thought they were one-offs, customized laptops that Dell did just for fun. I don't think it ever occurred to me that anyone would want to sell a laptop that advertised their online vice. However, it does appear that these are actual computers, but you'll be paying $4499 for these gaming laptops, which include a 2.2Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo, equipped with 2GB of RAM, 17 inch screen, a 512 MB GeForce 8700, a DVD-R drive, Wireless and 160 GB Hard drive. Now, last I checked, you could get a Apple MacBook Pro with almost identical specs for $2799. The MacBook Pro is a little bit faster -- 2.4Ghz instead of 2.2Ghz, and the MacBook Pro includes built in Bluetooth (a $20 option at Dell), and has a slightly different graphics card with less RAM -- A GeForce 8600M GT with 256 MB for the MacBook Pro, and a GeForce 8700 with 512MB for the Dell (about 25% faster). So, the question that you should be asking yourself as a buyer is whether or not having the backlit Horde/Alliance and a faster graphics card is worth a $1700 price difference. That's like over a 100 months of World of Warcraft!


My advice, if you really want to buy a gaming laptop, get the MacBook Pro, and enjoy the next 8 or 9 years of playing WoW on it with the money you save. Of course, if you're really hardcore into WoW, you've already figured out the best way to do it is to go with a multiboxing setup.


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