Dell brings the ugly with the XPS M2010 laptop
Have you ever seen something so hideously unattractive that it makes you want to lose your lunch? If not, take a gander at the Dell XPS M2010 "notebook" computer. This beast is, quite honestly, one the least attractive computers we’ve ever seen. To be fair, it’s got quite a feature set, sporting an Intel Core 2 Duo processor, up to 4GB of on board RAM, up to a 500GB hard drive, 8 speakers plus a sub woofer, 20.1" widescreen display, a 256MB ATI® MobilityTM RADEONTM X1800 Graphics Card, a 1.3 megapixel webcam, and much more. Unfortunately, specs are not everything in this game, with visual appeal accounting for a significant portion of consumer decision making. If Dell hopes to compete in the "uber-laptop" game, then they need to run, not walk, to the drawing board and re-hash their design strategy. Brace yourself for more hands-on shots after the jump.
My original still works like a champ since 2006.
I loved this thing so much I built two of them with new parts off ebay for about $1100 each.
with 2.3 ghz cpu 4gb ram and raid 0 2×320gb 7200rpm drives.
The only thing not easy to find is the LCD brackets and some screws. One seller called microdomino has the majority of the screws.
Parts that cannot be found on ebay can be easily purchased from dell.
This system kicks MacAss. To bad Dell did not provide upgrades for this system or a New Model.
Someone mentioned graphics upgrade. Are you talking out of your ass or did I miss that somewhere between a few hundred searches I’ve done regarding the issue.
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A few weeks ago my system did the same thing that it did back in May. The video card overheated and totally died. This time a Dell technician showed up at my door with a new motherboard, fans, heatsinks, new charger, and another ATI graphics card. I tried to see if I can get the nVidia option but they didn’t have any left…
Must have been my motherboard, as now *everything* works!
I too really think it is too bad that Dell doesn’t offer anymore except refurbished systems for about a grand.
I use I8KfanGUI to keep an eye on all my chips’ temps and I can set the fans to run at high to keep everything running cool. Right now as I am writting this my CPU is running at 37 – 38 degrees C. and my GPU is at a cool 38 degrees which is COLD compared to other cards that use the same graphics chip.
To help out the technician, I complete dismantled my system before he arrived and helped the guy where I could to save him some time.
But it is working like a charm now and now my motherboard CAN control my fans’ where before it let the system overheat.
I love mine, but also have had the same problems with the gfxcard/mobo.
Calling it hideous is laughable though. I invariably get the same reaction when anybody see’s it for the first time.
“wow…awesome/badass/amazing looking ‘computer’ you got there. What is that?”