Post when XPS M1330 ordered and when/if shipped

[CodeMonkeyX]

BTW With the recent news that Dell is supporting Wireless USB do you think they will have a simple internal USB adapter like the current Bluetooth adapter that we could upgrade after market?

Also does the M1330 have just the one internal USB port or could we do bluetooth and wireless USB at the same time?

It would be so cool to just bring my laptop into my room and have the external hard drive just pop up, and the printer start printing documents I have spooled. I just got a chubby.

[blahdude84]

Maybe... maybe not. I personally don't think that there will be a simple internal USB adapter that we could simply install for our m1330's (Dell engineers will be more focused on other things like newer computer models). It's technically possible tho...

as for your second question.. i'm not sure what you mean by "does the M1330 have just one internal USB port". However, you can do bluetooth and wireless USB at the same time (it looks almost exactly like you are connecting to a Wifi network... with the listing of the devices available and automatically connecting to them if they were "paired" before).

It's like USB + Bluetooth + Wifi hybrid.

[CodeMonkeyX]

Well the Bluetooth adapter just plugs into an internal USB port under the screen. So I am thinking if Dell makes a Wireless USB adapter it will be very similar to the bluetooth adapter.

So we could just replace the bluetooth adapter with a bluetooth+wireless USB adapter.



Just like that?

[blahdude84]

mmmmmm... stuffing those two together. I don't think that will happen ....

... like I said before tho, you never know.

[billybatson]

screw wireless USB anyway, have you guys seen some of the numbers from the various (although few) devices currently available and coming out in the near future? Most end up transfering and recieving at 1mbps! Even a rich document you are printing could take several seconds to transfer so imagine anything else. I don't think wireless USB willt ake off much, by the time they iron out the kinks and reach even BT 2.0 speeds they will be working out wireless e.sata or wwan for the home.

[sesshomaru]

One mini PCIe slot is empty... it could be used, if there's an adapter available...

Anyway, any new deliveries over the night?

[dbam987]

sesshomaru, is your m1330 still stuck in customs?

[blahdude84]

One mini PCIe slot is empty... it could be used, if there's an adapter available...

It could "fit" there... but... I don't think they will make one to fit there for our m1330's. WirelessUSB technology is still far out though. It's still not practical to use it for every-day use. Just wait a few more years and get it on your next laptop! By then, they should have a second gen version that is MUCH better and the technology should be a bit more wide-spread.

[sesshomaru]

Yep.. I am getting a bit frustrated.. The more it's delayed, the greater the chance that I'll return it once it arrives.. :X

[blahdude84]

Yep.. I am getting a bit frustrated.. The more it's delayed, the greater the chance that I'll return it once it arrives.. :X

Why would you return it? It was stuck @ customs... nothing Dell could've done.