The XPS M1710 is Dell’s latest premium gaming and multimedia notebook replacing XPS M170 with added improvements like the Go 7900 graphics. Dell XPS M1710 is available in two colors i.e. ‘formula red’ and ‘metallic black’. The XPS M1710 features a 17 inch widescreen WUXGA LCD, having resolution of 1920 x 1200 pixels, with the Dell TrueLife treatment to provide greater contrast and bolder colors.
The dimensions of Dell XPS M1710 are 15.5 inch wide, 11.3 inch deep, and 1.6 inch thick, and weighed approximately 8.8 pounds without AC adapter and 10.2 pounds with AC adapter. M1710 version include the fastest Intel Core Duo T2600 (2.16GHz) Processor, 2GB of 677 MHz DDR2 memory, 100 GB capacity at a speed of 7200rpm SATA drive, and an Nvidia GeForce Go 7900 GTX graphics processor with 512MB of DDR3 memory, 8x CD/DVD burner (DVD+/-RW/+R) with dual layer etc.
The Operating System provided is Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 and the wireless and Bluetooth technologies offered are Intel Pro/Wireless 3945 802.11a/b/g and Dell Wireless 350 Bluetooth respectively. The XPS M1710 can emit shafts of light in any one of the 16 colors from its lid, side vents, and speaker vents. It also features Dell’s MediaDirect Software to play CDs and DVDs, and it also allows to access photos and other media files stored in hard drive without booting up Windows first.
The ports, jacks, and slots featured with M1710 are headphone-out and microphone-in jacks, VGA and DVI outputs, S-Video-out, four-pin (IEEE) FireWire, and six USB 2.0 ports. The network connections included are 56Kbps modem, and 10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet, ExpressCard slot, and 5-in-1 media card reader etc. The battery used in XPS M1710 is 9-cell lithium ion rechargeable battery with two and half hours of life.
The Dell Inspiron 1000 is a home and home-office laptop delivering the essentials for basic computing such as web-surfing, emailing, watching DVDs etc. at an affordable price. Inspiron 1000 is available in three different variations i.e. Entry Level, Mid-Range, and Higher End. Inspiron 1000 is very easy to use and it has very simple and clean design. The dimensions of Inspiron 1000 are 1.6 inches thick, 13 inches wide and 10.5 inches deep and the weigh is measured around 6.4 pounds without adapter and 7.2 pounds with adapter.
Dell Inspiron 1000 standard features 14.1 inches XGA TFT display having resolution of 1024 x 768 pixels and has up to 64MB of shared graphics memory fulfilling all the basic computing needs. All the three Inspiron 1000 configurations include the Intel Celeron Processor at 2.2 GHZ with on-die 256 KB L2 cache and 400MHZ front side bus, 256/512 MB shared DDR SDRAM, 266MHz bus frequency, and 30/40 GB Ultra ATA hard drive. It is also preloaded with Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition and also features the standard 24x CD-RW/DVD drive.
Dell 1100 offers an external wireless card i.e. Dell 1300 Wireless PC Card, Broadcom 802.11b/g card and an external USB floppy drive. The different ports, jacks, and slots provided are 3 USB 2.0, 15-pin monitor connector, RJ-45 connector, RJ-11 connector, audio jacks-microphone in connector and stereo speakers/headphone connectors, and Type I or Type II card slots etc.
The modem and network interface included are Internal 56K capable v.92 Fax modem and Integrated 10/100 Ethernet respectively. The battery technology used is 8-cell Nickel Metal Hydride battery having capacity of 43WHr and the approximate operating time of 1.5 hours depending upon usage, whereas the Enhanced Performance system uses 8-cell Lithium Ion battery having capacity of 65WHr and the operating time of 2.5 hours approximately.