Dell XPS M1330 First Look Review (Video)

[Rahul]

Why is there only 2 USB ports though?

I wished Dell would have kept the 12.1" form factor, smaller the better for me, but many will like the larger screen.

Anyways, finally a laptop from Dell I'm impressed by!

[Bona Fide]

I've had it for less than 24 hours and had to run benchmarks with it plugged in, so working on it, simply haven't had time to fully charge and drain the battery yet. Just stay tuned to the thread and it'll get posted

Haha, sorry. I thought you'd had it for the past week or something. Yeah I'll keep my eye on this thread.

[ensoll]

First impressions on heat and noise? Warm palmrest means that the system runs hot or am I reading too much into that?

[Andrew Baxter]

nice first look review! That laptop looks absolutely amazing.

Can you please include the following in the whole review:

- Is the hard drive on the left or right palmrest

thanks

It's under the left palmrest

First impressions on heat and noise? Warm palmrest means that the system runs hot or am I reading too much into that?

Yes, the palmrests do get warm even when idle and can be called quite hot when the system is under stress and the fan does get quite loud when running benchmarks.

[Brian]

Klas, no reason to change, but side by side, especially on the higher end, the Dell is less expensive.

[klas]

btw, i would be also interested to find out about battery life. (preferably with 6 cell)

[bravefire]

I know the review is not complete.. but would love to see 3dmark06 in the next update, and hopefully some game testing too in the following updates. would really like to know how the 8400M GS really perform in both benchmark and RL.

[Askarii]

Yes, the palmrests do get warm even when idle and can be called quite hot when the system is under stress and the fan does get quite loud when running benchmarks.

well now, that pretty much solves my personal debate vs D630 and m1330

I was hoping the 1330 would run cool and quiet, but that doesnt seem to be the case with this multimedia notebook.

Thx Andrew!


As for the rest of the m1330, the build, the specs, the looks. I love it! If I had mroe money I would ahve gone with that model of notebook.

Nice to see Dell CAN make some nice looking stuff

[fallen1981]

Why use the 32 gb ssd, it seems a bit too small. Im not too sure about the benefits of the technology but could anyone please tell me if its worth it or not?

When are the 64 gb ssd ready? If not for awhile could you upgrade to the larger at a later date?

I also just wanted to get a general consensus on which color people prefer. I really cant decide.

Thanks.

[Jerry Jackson]

I know the review is not complete.. but would love to see 3dmark06 in the next update, and hopefully some game testing too in the following updates. would really like to know how the 8400M GS really perform in both benchmark and RL.

We will certainly provide 3DMark06 benchmarks in the final review. We couldn't include those benchmarks in the first look because there was a driver problem.

Dell did provide us with 3DMark06 benchmarks of there own, but we don't feel comfortable publishing benchmarks we didn't run ourselves.