New Dell XPS M1710 with Blu-ray Optical Drive in Market

By: Sahar Tadayyon

Yesterday, Monday, Dell released very good news for hard-core gamers. Dell has upgraded its XPs line by adding an on-board Blu-ray DVD Burner. Also it has upgraded the graphics processor to nVidia GeForce Go 7950GTX graphics card. But it is an expensive laptop costs $3,700.

This new laptop has been powered by An Intel Core 2 Duo 2.33 GHz of speed, matched by up to 4 GB of dual-channel 667-MHz RAM. Even Dell has added new port, DVI-D port which is a compatible port for TV. It has got 17" screen with 1920 x 1200 pixels resolutions ultrabright UXGA technology. This display is 30% brighter and 10% better contrast than the prior models but with the same price.

Now, this new laptop is really ideal for latest games and even for multimedia like watching video burning up to 50GB of data or up to 50GB of theater-quality video and watching TV and listening to music. It has got ample memory so even you can offer this laptop to professional artists who work with Photoshop or other graphic software.





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I am quoting some lines from NEWSFACTOR.com:

Sony, Toshiba, and Acer have joined Dell in the high-end notebook arena, where
bleeding-edge features attract early adopters willing to pay for the latest and
greatest.
According to Samir Bhavnani, research director and notebook expert
at Current Analysis, the market for notebooks like Dell's new model is growing
-- and it's lucrative, to boot.

"It's very profitable for the computer manufacturers to sell to early adopters," said Bhavnani. "It's hard to get supplies like Blu-ray drives and HD drives, so they're charging a premium for them."
In one corner is Blu-ray, Dell's choice for the M1710. In the other corner is HD DVD, used in competing notebooks from Toshiba and Sony.

Both offer brilliant graphics and playback. Current Blu-ray
drives, unlike their HD DVD competition, let owners not only read but also write
data, storing up to 50 GB on a single disc.
Which standard will win? "It's still too early to tell," said Bhavnani, adding that a neck-and-neck race could harm consumers. "If one of these goes the way of the Betamax," he said, "you won't feel all that good about yourself" if you've spent hard-earned dollars to own it.

So, there is a very tight competition between HD DVD and Blue-ray. The capacity of HD DVD means the discs are more suited to high-definition video than standard DVDs. The Blu-ray Disc system uses a blue-violet laser operating at a wavelength of 405 nm, similar to the one used for HD DVD, to read and write data. But the capacity of HD DVD Disc is less than Blu-ray Disc. The capacity of HD DVD disc is from 15 GB up to 30 GB but for Bue-ray Disc is up to 50 GB. But, according to NEWS FACTOR.com yet nobody knows who will win this competition.Ok, let us see.