After fanatic gamers proved their fealty by dropping an extra Benjamin for a Halo-branded xBox 360, Dell has upped the ante with the official World of Warcraft laptop, news so tremendous in the nerdiverse it caused Digg.com's server farms to overheat, melt and revert to graphing calculators.

Where you'd likely encounter this: Magic: The Gathering conferences

What do you get -- besides War-- on your laptop? (After the Jump)


Your new laptop is loaded with features, not the least of which is its awesome Azerothic design. The most important, as follows:
  • 17-inch HD widescreen notebook, complete with "World of Warcraft" backpack
  • Back-lit keyboard stays awake as long as you can
  • Pre-loaded with "World of Warcraft," "World of Warcraft: Burning Crusade" and all major game patches
  • Golden Ticket for a FigurePrints custom statue of your actual in-game "World of Warcraft"character with your actual armor and weapons
  • "World of Warcraft" Beta Club Key Card with a key to future "World of Warcraft" beta tests
  • Illuminated speaker grills and faction-specific Honor Badges
Hey, what's your faction? You can choose either "Horde" or "Alliance" -- the faction's brand will be included on the laptop cover, and is included in the price -- starting at $4,500. All the cool kids are going with "Horde" (the logo that doesn't look like Simba the Lion.

Look for: Future editions of the "World of Warcraft" pocket protectors and phone-sex lines.