Early last year PC peripheral maker Razer introduced the world to the Razer Blade, a device CEO Min-Liang Tan boldly described as “the world’s first gaming laptop”. Well now the world’s first gaming laptop is in my dining room. Let’s open this baby up, shall we?
Yes, there are Mac gamers. And some of them play World of Warcraft. This individual here laser-etched MacBook Pro. Took about twenty minutes to do on a laser-etching machine. Well, whaddaya think? MacBook WoW [Flickr via Geekcrafting and Uberdork via Alice]
Japanese electronics company NEC has a deal for you! For only ¥76,258 ($US 737), you can order a laptop engraved with dating sim KimiKiss from publisher Enterbrain. Check out these specs. Yep, seems like a novel way of NEC to clear out old older merchandise. Bravo, NEC. We’re impressed. Kimikiss [NEC Direct Thanks, muu!]
We broke the news early this morning (really early if you happen to be in Australia right now) that Dell was introducing a new line-up of World of Warcraft themed XPS M1730 laptops.
Dell just shot us their official press release for the laptop. Hit the jump for the full press release.
Blizzard seems to be getting into bed with everyone these days. First comes news that they have mind-melded with Activision to be come Blizzivision or Actizard, and now comes news of this pretty spanky new World of Warcraft-themed Dell laptop.
And this isn’t just any laptop with WoW images slapped on it, this is a hulking XPS M1730 Dell Laptop with WoW images on it. Hit the jump for all the details on the $US 4,500 laptop released just seconds ago. The laptop officially launches on Dec. 11.
Let’s forgo, for now, the argument about whether PC gaming is limping along on its last leg. While a worthy topic, It’s not what’s tickling my grey matter right now. Right now I’m trying to decide if it makes sense for me to buy a gaming laptop.
I’ve actually never owned one of these beasts, but have often looked on with not a small amount of envy at people who do. The thing is, right now I have a pretty powerful, dare I say Crysis powerful, desktop. But my laptop is a petite ultralight. A decide that I hold near and dear to my heart both because of the abuse it has withstood and because of it’s obnoxiously long battery life and ability to help me file stories from anywhere, anytime.
But the more I travel the more I wish I had a laptop that allowed me to play and review games on the road. But even if I were to buy a laptop for gaming, I frankly have no idea which makes the most sense. I do know I’d like to have something that is robust and not really damn big. If such a thing exists, I’d also like a laptop that would allow me to upgrade the graphics cards. Oh, and I’d rather it not cost more than my house.
Any suggestions?
