The Asetek liquid cooling system provides for a more even cooling of the processor and makes overclocking a much more versatile possibility for users that really want to get the most out of their systems.

This cooling option also reduces the noise, as there’s no loud fan noise to contend with. Since both of these computers include the Intel Core 2 Extreme and are unlocked, making speed boosts much easier, having a stronger cooling option just makes sense. To add the Asetek liquid cooling option, it will cost you nearly $120 extra on top of the $899 and $1,099 priced XPS 625 and XPS 630 gaming towers. The new option will be available by the end of the month.

Other specs include a slot-load optical drive, integrated webcam and microphone, and a multiformat memory card reader.  A previous leak suggests that the notebook is based on Intel’s Centrino 2 platform, with Hybrid SLI support, Blu-ray drive, edge-to-edge glass display with optional LED backlighting and both WiMAX and UWB support.

Details – though no photos – of another upcoming Dell notebook have leaked, this time the company’s answer to the MacBook Air.  Codenamed Adamo, it was originally expected to launch this month but has been delayed until February 2009, when Dell are hoping to market it as the “world’s thinnest laptop”.  With a similar – though different – color scheme and design to the Studio XPS 13, no word on pricing but expect it to command a premium.

“XPS gaming systems will remain an important part of our gaming product portfolio. We don’t plan an early phase-out of these systems as the WSJ incorrectly stated, and in fact will continue to refresh them to keep them on the front edge of gaming” said Camden.

Dell also plans to invest more resources into Alienware product development to make it premier gaming brand.

[via Dell blog]

Then they added some little features that make a big difference including adopting the touch sensitive LED backlit keys of some of the XPS systems. The notebooks are now noticeable thinner and lighter and have some other features that road warriors are likely to appreciate, but they still maintain the same low price and they come crap-ware free.

The 1310 is a 13.3” notebook that you can get with up to a Core 2 Duo chip or as low as a Celeron processor, base price is $749. The 1510 and 1710 are 15.4 and 17 inch notebooks respectively and cover the same choices in processor as the 1310, the differences being that they are larger laptops with the 17-inch model aimed at users seeking a desktop replacement solution, the 1510 has a base price of $599 with no base price for the 17-inch model given. The 1310 and 1510 are available today throughout Europe, the Middle East, and Africa; North American and South American markets will get these two notebooks come May 1st with Asia getting them on May 5th, later in May the 1710 will launch globally.

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You can get up to 1TB of HDD storage, an optional Blu-Ray Drive and AGEIA PhysX card. There are 6 USB 2.0 ports, a 19-in-one card reader, gigabit Ethernet, FireWire, audio in and out, and a pair of PS/2 ports.

Technically it’s a pre-fab system, but it has the Enthusiast System Architecture built in like non-pre-fab systems. Base price is $1249 and goes up quickly from there.

[via Engadget]

There is also a 2MP camera built in, and the option to upgrade the graphics to an nVidia GeForce 8400M 128MB dedicated graphics card. You can also get 30 days of Ubuntu support for newcomers to the Linux scene, 1 year of basic Ubuntu support, or 1 year of standard support.

The notebook without the optional graphics upgrade is 848 Euros, and the support options, in the order I listed them, are 60, 55, and 90 Euros additional. In case you don’t already know, Ubuntu is the most popular distribution of Linux and is probably also the closest to resembling Windows XP, and version 7.10, also known as Gutsy Gibbon, is the newest release of the OS.

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According to CNET, the problem only exists in Dell’s laptops that use brushed-aluminum finish, which includes XPS M1330 and M1530. The cause of the problem could be its power adapter that isn’t grounded properly due to its two-pin connection.

Dell has not acknowledge the problem, however it is wiling to replace all affected two-pin power adapter with three-pin power adapter.

[via crave]

Inside, they start buy going ahead and installing both versions of WoW, the original World of Warcraft and The Burning Crusade as well as all major client patches, and as time goes on, as long as they are still selling this laptop, they’ll continue to test and pre-install the latest patches. They also load up the system with customized WoW screensavers and backgrounds.

You can get the laptop in your choice of Horde or Alliance, which one you choose determines what the lid of your laptop looks like, as well as what backgrounds and screensavers your system comes pre-loaded with. With your system you also get a Quest Envelope, a WoW backpack full of stuff, and then your computer, obviously.

The Quest Envelope comes separate from the system via certified overnight mail and contains some interesting things including a Golden Ticket, the Blizzard Beta Club Card, and the Collector’s Edition Account Upgrade Certificate. The Golden Ticket nets you a real life figurine of your character with weapons and armor of your choice, this is done by FingerPrints, and they pull your characters data off the server to make your figurine. The Blizzard Beta Club Card gets you into the next 5 betas including the Wrath of the Lich King. The Collector’s Edition Account Upgrade is right now only good for a special pet in the game.

Now for the Backpack, it has the WoW BattleChest which has full, retail versions of WoW and the Burning Crusade as well as WarCraft III and the Frozen Throne expansion for it as well as the strategy guide for both. It also has the WoW soundtrack, a making of WoW behind the scenes DVD, the Heroes of Azeroth and Through the Dark Portal starter decks for the WoW trading card game, the BradyGames WoW strategy guide, the Burning Crusade Strategy guide, the Rise of the Horde book, and the Tides of Darkness book.

Now then for the notebook, you get an XPS M1730 customized for WoW, it has a 17” HD LCD, illuminated speaker grills and faction honor badges, a backlit keyboard, an integrated Logitech GamePanel LCD stats tracker, nVidia SLI with an AGEIA PhysX mobile card setup (that’s better than any pre-configured desktop I’ve ever seen), and the rest is the standard XPS M1730 notebook configuration. If you want it, it will cost you a cool $4500 with the base configuration, which if I do say so myself, is far from basic, me want. And finally, “FOR THE HORDE!!!”

World of Warcraft Notebook: Horde or Alliance-Which One Are You [via Engadget]

It offers up dual core processors from Intel, a card reader, a slim remote that stows away in the ExpressCard slot, HD display choices to get the most out of your media, a 2MP web cam, a fingerprint scanner, and low-pro optical drives featuring either Blu-Ray or a DVD-burner. You get your choice of 3 colors, Crimson Red, Tuxedo Black, or Alpine White too.

Specs wise your processor choices range from a Core 2 Duo T5250 processor at 1.5GHz all the way up to a Core 2 Duo T7800 at 2.6GHz, up to 4 gig of DDR2, your choice of a 5400 RPM 250GB HDD or a speedy 7200RPM 200GB HDD. You can even get WWAN connections from your choice of Sprint or Verizon, and that’s pretty much the bulk of what this notebook has to offer.

XPS M1530 [via Dell]

Not a bad computer all in, its just too bad Dell doesn’t have a brain of their own and they have to not only leech PC designs from other companies (Apple, Gateway), but they also have to go so far as to steal the name too (Gateway ONE). God, I hope to god that Gateway sues their asses off.

What’s next is Dell going to come out with a really high end XPS system and call it the Blackbird? Normally, I have no beef with Dell, they make some very nice PC’s and they made a smart purchase buying Alienware, but this is too damn far, sure, Dell’s iteration of the ONE is more attractive depending on what you like as far as design goes, but they should have given it a different name, they are a big ass corporation and you expect me to believe they couldn’t have come up with another equally catchy name for a PC that has the exact same form-factor as one of their competitors, and now the same name too?

Dell’s XPS ONE Now For Sale [via HardOCP]

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I really can’t say much more than that, I could supposition on the stats, although an optional TV tuner, Core 2 Duo processor and 300GB HDD are all already semi-official. It looks like at least a 20” screen, I am guessing larger though.

Poor Apple, its happening all over again, they are fighting their way back to the top, and then when they get there, someone will come along and do a better job of copying their products, and slowly they’ll be shoved back down to the bottom of the barrel again. The only question is, will is be their iPhone, iPod, iMac, or MacBook lines that everyone is trying to copy that brings them down? It really is quite sad watching everyone else in all the relative industries aiming to be more like a company most people hadn’t even heard of a few short years ago.

Leaked Photos – Dell XPS One A2010 all in one PC [via Gadgettastic]

The XPS M1530 laptop is basically the 15-inch version of the XPS M1330. According to the leaked specs, it will features 15.4-inch display up to 1680 x 1050 resolution (LED based will be up to 1440 x 900), Core 2 Duo processor ranging from 1.5Ghz up to 2.6Ghz.

It will use the Crestline GM/PM 965 chipset that support up to 4GB of 667Mhz DDR2 RAM. As for GPU, the new XPS M1530 will use GeForce 8400M or 8600M GS. Another notable feature including Slot-loading Blu-Ray, HDMI port, and 2megapixel cameras for CCFL based screen (300k for LED). It is rumored to be release on November 7th this year.

Dell XPS M1530: movin’ on up [via engadget]

This laptop can be configured with a 2.8GHz Core 2 Extreme, 2GB of DDR2, up to 400GB of HDD space, a Blu-Ray drive, and a 512MB nVidia GeForce 8700M GT graphics card. There is 802.11 in a, g, and n flavors as well as optional HSDPA and EV-DO rev. A.

It comes automatically configured with Vista Ultimate as well. The price is between three and four and a half thousand dollars. You can get pretty close to the same thing from Apple, it has about half the HDD storage, no optional WWAN, and only an 8600M GT but it also only costs about $3700 maxed out. So you could take the $800 you’d save on what in my opinion is at the very least a far better looking PC and buy an external HDD to make up for the lack of storage, and an ExpressCard WWAN adapter to make up for that, and still have enough left over to buy a next gen consoler, or whatever else your heart desires.

Dell XPS M1730 Appears On Site [CrunchGear]