Dell XPS M1730 World of Warcraft Edition

The Dell XPS M1730 World of Warcraft Edition was announced at BlizzCon 2007 by Blizzard that they were working with to bring out a new World of Warcraft-themed laptop. Since December 11, 2007, gamers were able to purchase a premium edition of the that is emblazoned with a custom World of Warcraft artwork and a variety of extras.

Customers who bought this special-edition laptop received a special "Quest Envelope" that contains access to items such as a "Golden Ticket" from FigurePrints, a company that creates custom figurines of players' individual World of Warcraft players.

Other unique features include original art by Blizzard artists on the back of the LCD display, World of Warcraft itself and The Burning Crusade expansion pack pre-loaded on the system, original desktop background artwork and screensavers and a World of Warcraft-themed backpack that includes a strategy guide and other expansion packs.

The XPS M1730 was one of Dell's premier gaming notebooks of the year. It's a 17-inch HD system with dual NVIDIA SLI graphics (that is, 2 graphics cards running in tandem) and a special AEGEIA PhsyX accelerator chip. The WoW-themed edition will retail for $4,500, about an $1,800 premium over the base M1730.

Specs

 * Intel Core 2 Duo Processor T7500
 * 2GB Memory 667MHz
 * 17inch UltraSharp TrueLife WUXGA
 * 512MB Dual NVIDIA GeForce 8700M GT w/ NVIDIA SLI
 * 200GB HDD
 * Blu-ray
 * Intel Pro Wireless 3945 a/g Mini Card
 * Vista Ultimate
 * Logitech Game Panel
 * Ageia PhyX Accelerator
 * 1 year warranty

Prize package

 * World of Warcraft game retail box
 * The Burning Crusade expansion retail box
 * Warcraft III: Battle Chest
 * World of Warcraft: Tides of Darkness novel
 * World of Warcraft: Rise of the Horde novel
 * World of Warcraft TCG: Heroes of Azeroth starter deck box
 * World of Warcraft TCG: Through the Dark Portal starter deck box
 * World of Warcraft: Behind-the-Scenes DVD "The Making of WoW"
 * World of Warcraft Soundtrack on audio CD
 * World of Warcraft Master Guide, Second Edition
 * World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade Official Strategy Guide
 * 1x World of Warcraft Beta Club card that can be used to access 5 future, unannounced WoW expansions
 * 1x upgrade Certificate to flag your account as Collector's Edition (both WoW and TBC) and allows you to claim the in-game pets from each game
 * 1x Golden Ticket redeemable with FigurePrints to have a 3D action figure of your in-game character created
 * 1x XPS backpack