Yumcha

Oooo...ouch! Burn!

:ibthe360zealotstoripthisthreadtoshreds:

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Dell ridicules Microsoft as a 'so called' high-end gamer

Fire-breathing Renegade burns Xbox 360
By Ashlee Vance in Las Vegas

CES Dismissing Microsoft's Xbox 360 as "so called high-definition gaming," Michael Dell today unveiled a stunning new limited edition Dell gaming PC packed with four Nvidia graphics processors and a "factory over-clocked" 4.26GHz chip.

Chairman Dell did the unveiling here at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) and managed to wow his keynote crowd with the flashy XPS 600 Renegade. The limited edition system boasts a custom red paint job with flame graphics along the side. Dell also believes the box, shipping in the first quarter, will be the first to hold two of Nvidia's GeForce 7800 SLI graphics cards, which would allow four graphics processors to be linked together. Add all that to the 4.26GHz Intel Extreme Edition dual-core chip, and you've got a serious gaming machine.

"Our product line is hotter than ever," Dell said.

We think he was referring to the impressive performance of the system and the flame graphics instead of Dell's dependence on Intel's scorching chips.

Time and again, Dell emphasized that Microsoft's Xbox may seem impressive at release, but the locked-down system will soon fail to compete against the ever-improving performance of PCs. This makes a Dell PC "much faster than any gaming console you can buy," Dell said.

Along with the new PC, Dell revealed a whopping 30-inch LCD monitor called the Widescreen UltraSharp 3007WFP flat-panel, which will start at $2,199. "The 3007WFP also offers comfort and convenience features such as a height-adjustable stand with tilt and swivel capabilities and an integrated 9-in-2 media card reader and four USB 2.0 ports for connecting devices such as digital cameras and printers," Dell corporate said.

Sticking with the big screen theme, Dell also showed a 17-inch notebook that runs on Intel's new Core Duo processors. The Inspiron E1705 starts at $2,299.

For some reason, Dell kept insisting that his is the "only" company with the size, scale and innovative inclinations to produce such impressive gear. And here we thought that was meant to be HP or IBM.

Yumcha

More info on this nifty Dell machine here: http://www.dell.com/html/us/products/ces/index.htm

ShavedH22CL

Dell's suck. at my old office we all had dell's and they were horriable. now at the new company we use HP its like going from a 92 cx civic hatch to a new TL or something

teg_to_bike

Too bad all of the lights in your house will dim when you turn it on.

Yumcha

Billiam

Said it multiple times before, I'll say it again. ALL of the large scale PC vendors make lousy products. Their model lineups are so big that they all produce products that range from quite good to total crap. Saying BRAND X sucks is simply flawed logic.

As to the actual topic of this thread, anyone else think this is just an exreme marketing version of
?

doopstr

Xbox is cheaper plus used games for $5 >*.

Billiam

Cheaper by a huge margin. However, if you don't already have an HDTV and were considering purchasing one primarily for gaming, well.... now you've got a decision to make.

Yumcha

Personally, I've always preferred consoles to PC for gaming (except when it comes to FPS stuff)...

But, it's still interesting to see Dell try to compare itself to the 360...

F-C

Dell and HP both sux. I'm going with Lenovo next time.

TLover

Fuck Dell, HP, Alienware. Fuck 'em all. Building your own rig is the way to go.

srika

I find this to be very foolish of Michael Dell, given Microsoft's integral involvement with Dell computers, on the software side... I mean really, this was not necessary.

vybzkartel

WEEEEEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRRD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Billiam

Except that a vast majority of desktops are not sold to individuals like us that build our stuff. Companies simply can not afford scratch built systems.

Moog-Type-S

TLover

Except the XPS 600 is geared toward gamers, not businesses.

cusdaddy

when this is $299, we will talk. This computer would easily cost over $5,000.

Secondly, it runs a crappy Intel Pentium 4 processor. All that GPU horsepower going to waste. Having 2 7800GTX GPU's would be CPU bound.

Yumcha

I was waiting for someone to find that line amusing!

Sarlacc

I'll stick with my Apples, and go for consoles for gaming.

Billiam

I was actually commenting on the this brand sucks/that brand sucks/build your own thing and not PC vs. console.

caball88

399 xbox360 vs at least 3K worth or computer i take the xbox, easy decision.

SRK85

Depends what games the are. Games like world of warcraft, battlefield 2, and such are good on the computer other games are good on console. But DELL sucks overrated and expensive as hell.

bigman

Ummmm. Let dell deliver that system for under a grand and maybe, just maybe wil it compete with the 360. There is no doubt about the power this machine is putting out. But the price and ease of use is why video game companies and systems do much better than the pc gaming market.

moeronn

This is an apples to oranges comparison and is complete

srika

JoganJani

X 1000000

Xbox 360 can be had for $400 even with HD TV I think it will be way way cheaper than this XPS + widescreen monitor.

alex2364

What can you buy with $10,000? That's right...a Dell.

http://www.dell.com/html/us/products.../renegade.html