->The official POST ABOUT YOUR NEW DELL NOTEBOOK thread. <-

[Medjumurac]

Wow. All this bad news about shipping time is starting to worry me. I really hope it's better in Australia :/

Anyways, wanted to get an Alpine white 1530, and while normally I don't care about things like that, it really got to me that they just took the option away all of a sudden. Then I discovered that Product Red was available in Australia! Soooo...


Product Red XPS M1530 (Crimson Red. Duh)

Intel Core 2 Duo T7700 (2.4GHz)
4GB 667MHz DDR2
256MB NVIDIA GFORCE 8600M GT
200GB Hard Drive 7200 RPM
Windows Vista 32 bit (so yeah, about 500MB of RAM is mostly useless)
1680 x 1050 WSXGA+ Display

$2,448 (AUD). Which is about $2179.07 (US)

Ordered it today. Hope it gets here before 24th at least... What do you think my chances are of that?

[queensfinest]

Ordered my m1330 on February 2nd, recieved it today. I must say I'm very happy. This is my first Dell purchase and I have no complaints so far.

This is what I ordered:

1 222-9693 XPS M1330, Intel Core 2 Duo Processor T7500 (2.2GHz/800MhzFSB, 4M L2 Cache)
1 310-9240 Matte Black Casing XPS M1330
1 311-7638 3GB, DDR2, 667MHz 2 Dimm
1 320-5583 13.3 Inch Wide Screen WXGA TL WLED Backlit LCD with Camera, XPS M1330
1 320-5603 128MB NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GS, for XPS M1330
1 341-6242 160G 7200RPM SATA Hard Drive Free Fall Sensor

[Racing Snake]

I am one disappointed ex owner of a M1730, from order to delivery 8 days, I was estatic but then the box was damaged. With trembling scales I set it up and to my great dismay found it was not in good working order. Eventually got hold of the correct customer service guy (customer service??) who has just told me they are coming to take it back next week. I am spitting mad

Great to hear some of you guys are happy with your new toys, damn makes me envious....enjoy

[tradams]

I just have to say that I love my new XPS 1530. I play LOTRO in Directx10 on high settings and it runs pretty damn well! I might play in 9 though since the performance drop probably isn't worth it.

WoW looks and plays absolutely perfectly now. Anyone who says WoW has crappy graphics hasn't played it in high settings/resolution, and/or just doesn't like the art style. It's a beautiful and FAST engine.

I downloaded Orange box last night, and was very impressed by TF2. I ran in high settings and it was smooth (and fun as hell I might add). I can't wait to try out Episodes 1 and 2.

I'm pleasantly surprised by Vista. The games are running well and I'm not having any problems alt-tabbing around like I used to have with WoW in XP. Boot time is FAST, but I did reformat upon arrival. I'm already up to a lot of processes, possibly because I re-installed too many useless drivers, but there hasn't been any noticible slowdown since reformatting.

2.4 4mb cache
3 gig ram
8600 GT
200g 7xxx HD
14xx x 900

Yeah yeah I don't remember numbers well.

[esqrkim]

The Vostro 1500 with XP definitely delivered enough power to get the job done for me. I bought the notebook primarily as a portable workstation to run Solidworks. I did not know if the 256MB GeForce 8600M GT would do the job with large assembly files, but it has so far worked quite well. My desktop is an older PC with 3.0 GHz Pentium D processor and Nvidia 1500 FX video card. With 2.4 GHz T7700 processor, the Vostro's processing capability is similar to, if not faster than, my desktop, but the graphics is somewhat slower than the 1500 FX. This was expected. The faster processing power of the Vostro kind of evens out the playing field when comparing the overall performance of the Vostro to my desktop.

The Vostro feels solid in its build. The protrusion of the longer-life battery makes it look ... a little mean. It looks serious. Definitely not on the elegant side.

Details:

DELL Vostro 1500
T7700 2.4 GHz Processor
3GB DDR2 667MHz RAM
256MB Nvidia GeForce 8600M GT
160GB 5400RPM SATA HD
8X DVD+/-RW DL DVD+R
Intel 3945 WLAN (802.11 a/g)
85 WHr 9-cell Extended life battery
Integrated 2.0 mega pixel webcam 1500
WinXP O/S
Price: 1547.78 USD shipped

[forcex]

Hi everyone
I'm new here and I have some question about my Vostro 1500 that received two weeks ago
1-i use modified driver(16904) in this laptop and the question is why I cant use it in battery mode (performance for example decrease from 22 frame to 6 frame )but when using official driver from dell site I can use it in battery mode but I cant overclock it in battery mode or ac power
2-why I can't oc in battery mode?

[rideout]

lol oops mean M1530

ALPINE WHITE XPSM1530
XPS M1530, T5450 (1.66GHZ) CORE 2 DUO
2GB, DDR2, 667 MHZ,2 DIMM, XPS M1530
256MB NVIDIA GEFORCE 8600M GT
160GB HARD DRIVE,5.4K,XPSM1530
MS OFFICE 2007 HOME AND STUDENT ED,INSP
WIN VISTA HOME PREM,ENG,INS XPS

$1,536.15


haha i ordered this like a week ago perfect for what you need, i built mine for gaming.

[jack53]

Well, I'm a happy camper!
Yesterday, FedEX delivered a XPS M1530 to my residence.
I've spent the last 12 hours loading programs and playing with this and it is the finest notebook I've had yet.
Got a PCMark05 score of 5880.

Too many photo's to post, so I made a website:
http://corvettec3.com/dellXPSm1530.htm

Core 2 Duo T7500 2.2GHz
3GB DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz
160GB 7200RPM SATA HD
256MB GeForce 8600M GT (DDR3)
15.4inch LCD LG 1440x900
Slot Load DVD+/-RW
85 WHr 9-cell & 6-cell Battery

[DeNsHo]

Hi.. im currently in the Philippines but I did order one XPS M1530 laptop which was delivered a couple of days ago to my cousin's house in the US.. was there supposed to be an earbud included in the package? I've read somewhere in the forum that there should be at least one pair.. someone even got two... I checked my invoice and there was no mention of any earbuds in the list? Should I ask Dell to send me one? or was this just a promo of some sorts until stocks ran out?

[Yjf]

Hi everyone!

My XPS m1530 arrived today, and it's perfect (so far anyway)! The blue color is nicely darkish, not as bright as in some photos seen here.

Here's some details:

XPS m1530 Midnight Blue:
Core 2 Duo T7700 2.40GHz
WSXGA+ 1680x1050 (LPLF300)
2048MB SDRAM
160GB SATA (7200rpm)
8600M GT 256MB
8xDVD+/-RW Slim Slot-Load Drive
6-cell & 9-cell Li-Ion
Wireless-N + Bluetooth
Finnish - Vista Ultimate

Ordered 2008-01-18, arrived 2008-02-11 (Original ETA 2008-02-12)...

Tonight is the night for the clean install/quad-boot (md/vista/xp/kubuntu) thingy, should be fun!