That's the debate that has emerged after Chairman Michael Dell attacked Microsoft's Xbox 360 console here at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES). Dell dismissed Microsoft as a "so called high-definition gaming" player, saying that gaming consoles will never keep up with the ever-improving performance of PCs. The consoles initially ship with state-of-the-art technology, but consumers cannot upgrade the systems easily and after a few months the consoles are showing their age. By contrast, PCs always ship with the latest and greatest parts, and customers can upgrade internal components, Dell argued.
In particular, Dell pointed to the company's new limited edition gaming giant – the XPS 600 Renegade. This box boasts a whopping four Nvidia graphics processors and an over-clocked 4.26GHz dual-core Intel chip. The system also has a slick custom paint job done in a fire motif, which we believe is in homage to Intel's chips.
We can't find a price for the Renegade, which ships in the Spring, just yet. The regular XPS 600 starts at close to $1,700, so you can figure that the special edition box will run well over $2,000.