DELL XPS M1530

DAnDan · 29 Sep 2008 at 22:34

Mr Kingston said:
does it fit in the slip case with the 9 cell battery?

If you put it in battery end first, then it will fit, and you can still close the lid of the case, but its a fairly tight fit.

If you're looking for something to keep it stored in properly when moving about then a bag's probably the best bet.

Mr Kingston · 30 Sep 2008 at 13:39

Ordered mine today :

Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor T8100 (2.10 GHz, 800 MHz FSB, 3 MB L2 cache)
Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium SP1- English
1Yr XPS Premium Warranty Support - Priority Call In and Onsite Support
2.0 mega pixel Camera & Tuxedo Black for CCFL Display
LCD 15.4" Widescreen WXGA+ (1440x900) TFT Display with TrueLife™
4096MB 667MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM [2x2048]
320GB (5.400rpm) SATA Hard Drive
NVIDIA® GeForce™ Go 8600M GT with 256MB dedicated graphic
Fixed 8x DVD+/-RW Slim Slot Load drive, including SW
Primary 6-cell Lithium-Ion Battery (56 WHr)
Dell™ Travel Remote Control edit
Dell™ Wireless 355 Bluetooth + Bluetooth Mouse edit
Dell™ Wireless 1395 802.11b/g Mini-Card - Europe

for £671 delivered ETA is the 15/10/08 :mad:

neologan · 30 Sep 2008 at 16:16

mine comes on the 8th, i ordered it over a week ago :rolleyes:

Mr Kingston · 30 Sep 2008 at 16:32

neologan said:
mine comes on the 8th, i ordered it over a week ago

not looking good for me to get mine before the 15th then

neologan · 30 Sep 2008 at 17:25

sometimes they do deliver earlier than the ETA, it wouldn't surprise me if you get it before. I'll let you know when mine arrives.

Mr Kingston · 30 Sep 2008 at 18:32

neologan said:
sometimes they do deliver earlier than the ETA, it wouldn't surprise me if you get it before. I'll let you know when mine arrives.

Just checked and its in phase 3 already, you going to format it and reinstall? can you post you WEI when you get it to compare please

Cheers

neologan · 30 Sep 2008 at 19:02

well i won't be able to play with it until the 12th as i'm not in the country at the moment (just ordered it online for when i get back).

will do some tests when i'm back though

netboy · 2 Oct 2008 at 20:21

Picked up a XPS M1530 in the dell outlet for £549 inc VAT and delivered.

Red XPS M1530 with 2.1GHz Core 2 Duo processor, 3 GB RAM, 250GB HDD, 8x DVD-RW, 9-cell battery, 1440x990 WGXA+ screen with Truelife, Nvidia 8600 GT 256mb graphics card, Biometric Fingerprint reader, Dell Travel Remote, Wireless-N card, Dell 355 Bluetooth and Vista Home Premium.

I was a bit worried when I rang the outlet I got put through to the Indian call centre, and they had no record of my order. Ive read the outlet is way behind on processing orders so mine should be confirmed soon, hopefully, I would nt want to miss out on this.

neologan · 2 Oct 2008 at 20:42

you should be fine, i didn't get any type of confirmation for almost a week, they do take there time on the outlet...

neologan · 3 Oct 2008 at 16:47

laptop turned up today, which is 5 days earlier than the ETA, so you should get yours way before the 15th Mr Kingston

Mr Kingston · 3 Oct 2008 at 17:08

neologan said:
laptop turned up today, which is 5 days earlier than the ETA, so you should get yours way before the 15th Mr Kingston

Been despatched, eta is now the 7th, still to long i want it now damit

FishPolice · 3 Oct 2008 at 20:38

Bought one last night but not got a confirmation email yet. How long does that usually take?

Russinating · 3 Oct 2008 at 20:47

FishPolice said:
Bought one last night but not got a confirmation email yet. How long does that usually take?

Day or so depending on the weekend. Probably Monday now.

FishPolice · 3 Oct 2008 at 20:48

cool thanks

nicksource · 3 Oct 2008 at 21:36

Is it worth ringing them to buy? Easy to haggle?

Sycho · 4 Oct 2008 at 03:06

My friend is thinking of ordering the £749 gaming version, how well would it run games such as gears of war, call of duty 4 and crysis?

Anyone know?

Dandle · 4 Oct 2008 at 10:30

T9300/8600GT plays crysis and stalker fine. I havent tried on the highest settings but it looks pretty good and runs fine on the ones the games default to.

steveo · 4 Oct 2008 at 10:33

are there any new xps laptops planned for the future not so much new designs just new gpu tech really wish the 1530 had a 9800 chip in it :confused:

Dandle · 4 Oct 2008 at 11:45

steveo said:
are there any new xps laptops planned for the future not so much new designs just new gpu tech really wish the 1530 had a 9800 chip in it

I'm not 100% but I think they are dropping the XP1530 and replacing it with the studio 16.

steveo · 4 Oct 2008 at 11:54

Dandle said:
I'm not 100% but I think they are dropping the XP1530 and replacing it with the studio 16.

any word on the gpu if this is true ?????