Dell XPS M1330 First Look Review (Video)

[jokerman]

Anyone has any idea what the battery life is with the X3100 instead of the nvidia 8400? If i remember correctly a previous post mentioned 4h45m idle with the 8400 which i dont consider terribly impressive.

I am very interested in that subject too. Anyway, could 8400 underclock save battery life and heat considerably?

[Topspin14m]

That is exactly my thinking. One should pony up the money for a LED screen now as that can't be retrofitted but it makes sense to hold off on the SSD.
(I am also wondering how reliable they are - I thought they had a limited number of writes and I am not sure how they handle the page file... as it is written so often and doesn't need to be preserved across reboots I would have thought maybe the SSD should include some conventional RAM for the pagefile)

The SSD presumably is a lot easier on the battery - and faster? - I guess that is what Topspin14m means by "Based on video reviews of other laptops it seems like it loads windows in twice the time that a regular 7200 drive does. "??

I also wonder whether any special BIOS support is needed for the SSD - anyway I guess the M1330 has it.

Yeah I mean that I saw a video review of two computers with the same/similar specs although one had the SSD drive and the other didn't. The guy booted both at the same time. The computer with the SSD drive started up and he restarted it fully in the amount of time it took the non-SSD drive machine to start up once. It was pretty amazing, however I am fairly certain the non-SSD drive was a 5400 rpm or slower.

Both machines had low voltage core solo processors.

For speed info, windows booted to XP after two swooshes of the startup green status bar thing.

I found it extremely impressive. However, having 17 gigs available after Vista and office are loaded on is less than stellar.

EDIT:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mej7sf4uonI

It's the SONY UX review. Granted it is a mini ultra ultra portable and it is a 16 gig SSD drive, but it's at least interesting to see the speed difference of the SSD.
Look at the video starting at 9:10.

[Artie Lange]

I think I am gonna go with the 200 gig drive...That SSD would sure be nice, but I just think I need at least 64 gigs.

Thats what I did, 32GB is not enough and like others have said the HD can always be upgraded.

XPS M1330, Intel Core 2 Duo T7500 (2.2GHz/800MhzFSB, 4M L2 Cache)
2GB, DDR2, 667MHz 2 Dimm
13.3 Inch Wide Screen WXGA LED Backlit LCD with Camera
128MB NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GS
200GB 7200RPM SATA Hard Drive
Integrated Sound Blaster Audigy
Intel 4965AGN Wireless-N Mini Card
9-cell Lithium Ion Primary Battery
3 Year Premium Care Warranty CompleteCare Accidental Damage Protection Fingerprint Reader
Dell Slim Auto/Air/AC Adapter
Total: $2,391.50

[Topspin14m]

Thats what I did, 32GB is not enough and like others have said the HD can always be upgraded.

XPS M1330, Intel Core 2 Duo T7500 (2.2GHz/800MhzFSB, 4M L2 Cache)
2GB, DDR2, 667MHz 2 Dimm
13.3 Inch Wide Screen WXGA LED Backlit LCD with Camera
128MB NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GS
200GB 7200RPM SATA Hard Drive
Integrated Sound Blaster Audigy
Intel 4965AGN Wireless-N Mini Card
9-cell Lithium Ion Primary Battery
3 Year Premium Care Warranty CompleteCare Accidental Damage Protection Fingerprint Reader
Dell Slim Auto/Air/AC Adapter
Total: $2,391.50

How are you getting that price? I'm getting a quote of 2500 for the same specs as far as I can tell...

[Artie Lange]

How are you getting that price? I'm getting a quote of 2500 for the same specs as far as I can tell...

+ Bluetooth, with the Premium Care its $2934 - 10% Dell discount = $2641

Then I used a $250 Amex Rewards coupon

[Topspin14m]

+ Bluetooth, with the Premium Care its $2934 - 10% Dell discount = $2641

Then I used a $250 Amex Rewards coupon

Ahh. I should go see if I can get an AMEX coupon...I have a good number of points

[ejl]

if you have a fatwallet account, you can get a percent or two as cash back.

[Jokkon]

very nice review
does the m1330 have the cpu whine like the old m1210?
thankyou

[Bruin1996]

Can anyone who has a M1330 with the GEForce 8400GS please post some benchmarks playing World of Warcraft at different settings (1280x800 on the M1330 screen)? That is the only game that I play with regularity. WoW plays fine on my Dell XPS M1710 with GEForce Go 7900GTX but this laptop is quite heavy to lug around. Thanks in advance.

[jokerman]

I think that 8400gs while be more than enough to play wow. Clearly.