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Dell announced affordable $799 gaming laptop

Today at CES Dell announced the new affordable gaming laptops, updates to the Dell Inspiron 7000 series (7467 and 7567).

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Simon_the_sorcerer2697d ago

In other words, you get quite a lot for your money.

XanderZane2696d ago

I'll stick with my PS4 and XB1 for now.

kevnb2696d ago

That's pretty good for the price.

The 10th Rider2696d ago

Man, if these end up available from Dell Outlet a year or two down the line, they'll be available at crazy good prices.

Vegamyster2696d ago (Edited 2696d ago )

For a laptop designed for gaming it's considered cheap, they usually average $1000 on the lower end (Gtx 1060 & i5/i7)

ZeekQuattro2696d ago (Edited 2696d ago )

For people used to shelling out $1300+ for a gaming rig I suppose it is. lol

TheColbertinator2696d ago

Gaming desktops are budget friendly when custom purchased.

Laptops for gaming typically run past 1000 USD

nitus102696d ago

Actually it would be more appropriate to say "Starting from $799 USD" since there are quite a few options which can easily add hundreds of dollars to the price.

CPU: Intel’s i5-7300HQ or i7-7700HQ
RAM: 8GB/ 16GB/ 32GB
GPU: GTX 1050/ 1050 Ti
Display: Full HD/ 4K
Both Inspiron 7467 (14″) and Inspiron 7567 (15″) models will be available from January 5, 2017.

I am not sure why you would want 4K for a laptop sized (14" or 15") screen since the average person will find it hard to distinguish between HD and 4K unless you do a side by side comparison with the appropriate content. Still, if you want to pay for that then fine.

MasterCornholio2696d ago (Edited 2696d ago )

Just a slight correction, the 1050Ti won't be available in the 14 inch model.

15 Inch
1050Ti
I7 7700
16GB of RAM
1080P

That would be my configuration.

Nathan_Hale532696d ago

I agree, 4k on a small laptop screen seems really pointless and just obliterates your framerate. 1080p and 2k would be suffice and hard to tell from 4k at that size, like really hard to tell.

kevnb2696d ago

For a laptop that can game it sure is.

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xwabbit2696d ago

I paid $1,700 for mine so yeah its pretty freaking cheap lol

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81BX2696d ago

Get a job hippie..... also can I borrow $799? Thanks ill pay you back in kool aid points

SoulMikeY2696d ago

MOST people cannot just shell out $800... don't be an idiot. Maybe if you live in mom's basement. After rent, insurance, car insurance, cell phone bill, Internet bill, food, and gas. Plus shit like toilet paper, cleaners, and other basic necessities. Not counting most people have kids. What tiny percentage do you think can just drop that kind of money?

81BX2696d ago

Soulmikey
Reads my comment and thinks its serious? You sir are an "idiot". What kind of rock thinks that comment is meant to be anything other than humor? Jesus christ what the in the f#$k is wrong with you?

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Nathan_Hale532696d ago

With those specs, they are insanely affordable. A lot of college students seem to get a macbook vs a laptop and those go well over a grand for just a shitty i5. Get one of these for your college gift.

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The MSI Claw Gaming Handheld Sees Another Game Performance Boost Through New BIOS and MSI Center M

MSI is proud to announce that its gaming handheld, Claw, has achieved a significant performance increase of up to 30% through a new BIOS and MSI Center M update. Furthermore, the new BIOS and MSI Center M enable Claw to smoothly play all of the top 100 po

purple1016h ago(Edited 6h ago)

is this the one with the switch2 chip inside.?

this is Intels first try at the format

probs not though, as it's $799. so not good for switch actually

Huey_My_D_Long27m ago

Well thats nice considering Ive heard it consistently performs worse when it really shouldn't.

Now if only Lenovo would do the same for the legion go

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The Epic Games Store's Free Weekly Game is Ready to Harvest

The weekly freebie from The Epic Games Store is ready and waiting for you to redeem.

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Sony CEO says although AI "has been used for creation," it's "not a substitute for human creativity"

"AI is not a substitute for human creativity. We position it as a technology that supports creativity. Creativity resides in people. We will continue to contribute to people's creativity through technology," the CEO said.

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1nsomniac1d 4h ago (Edited 1d 4h ago )

...not yet but 100% within the next 10 years!

..Then Sony will use it like the drop of a hat. They're no different to the others.

isarai1d 2h ago (Edited 1d 2h ago )

They used to be 😞 sure it was always a business, and money's always the priority, but they used to have a very strong stance on supporting artists and creativity. "Dont f#@k with the artist" was a phrase they touted a few times back in the ps1-ps3 era, a philosophy carried over from their music branch PlayStation was created from. It's not COMPLETELY gone, but it's barely there compared to what it was back then, i just want them to return to that.

Eonjay6h ago(Edited 6h ago)

I am highly encouraged by their statement about human creativity. "Dont f#@k with the artist" is exactly what they are saying. But at the same time, I don't think people understand that Sony is a corporation. If they don't realize growth, they don't get to exist. When you say 'Sony', you are talking about a bunch of investors. To speak about them any other way is a illogical and incorrect. They haven't changed. They have been a group of investors since they became a public business.

isarai18h ago

Ugh, i really wish people would stop gambling people's livelihoods by turning a project/game into their political soapbox. Im all for statements and having your own opinion, but there's more people working on this than just druckman, ham fisting your political beliefs onto just seems inconsiderate for everyone elses job security when it can result in a failure due to people avoiding it for that reason.

I play games for escape, im so tired of nearly every AAA game blatantly dragging real world issues to shove in my face when I'm trying to take a break from it all. They don't even bother to be subtle about it, quite the opposite, it's blasted and force fed to you and it's just getting exhausting

Einhander19729h ago

People are taking a whole interview and cutting it down to clips that make him look bad and take what he actually was saying out of context. For example he also said things like this AI has "ethical issues we need to address"

-Foxtrot8h ago

@Einhander

Why defend him at this point?

It’s not taking things out of context, he said what he said.

Old ND would never talk about soulless AI taking over so many creative things they are well known for. The whole “ethical issues” is just a good PR spin people who push this crap fall back on to make their statements not seem as bad. So many AI lovers do this.

AI has no place is so many creative based things.

Einhander19729h ago

Well yeah, because everyone else is using it so they need to stay competitive. It's the same as paid online, they didn't want to go that route but their competition was making so much money they needed to add paid online just to keep up.

RaiderNation6h ago(Edited 6h ago)

AI will never replace humans in game development in terms of conceptualizing new games. Humans still need to come up with the ideas and what they want to implement. However much of the day to day menial coding could be AI driven to reduce production time and team size. I could also see AI being used for bug testing/optimization that could lead to better quality games at launch. I'm actually very optimistic about how AI can positively impact game development.

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XiNatsuDragnel1d 2h ago

Good statement but hopefully this holds up

NotoriousWhiz7h ago

People that aren't software developers just don't understand the benefits of AI. People who's only exposure to A.I is the Terminator movie and other related sci fi films won't understand the benefits it provides.

It's not about replacing human labor. It's about making human labor easier.

Many years ago, I had laser eye surgery done. It was performed by a robot. The doctor took my measurements and calibrated the machine to make sure it would do what needed be done. And then the robot corrected my vision in 10 seconds.

15 years later and I still have 20/20 vision.

Eonjay7h ago

AI in and of itself is not a 'bad'. Money is bad. Money is evil, and corporations will do whatever they can to get more of it. They will find ways to implement AI to replace as may jobs as possible. This isn't even up for debate. It is the charge of the corporation to maximize returns for the investors. They have no choice. I'm a developer and I know that my job will absolutely be replaced. Therefore, I have decided to become an AI dev. AI has a lot of potential to help us solve problem on a scale most can't even imagine. The issue, as ever is that our monetary system only ever allows us to focus on greed and fiscal growth.

But I am a pragmatist. Perhaps an AI model can be built to help protect us from our most dangerous instincts and habits. And perhaps Congress can pass laws to protect us from people who would use AI to manipulate and control us (spoiler: they wont).