Your m1530 spec and how much you payed

hk3948

hk3948

hk3948

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hey guys. Received my m1530 on the friday just gone. love it as a machine, but am going to send it back as the exact same spec now is £725-ish. Its the t7250 2.0Ghz, only upgrades are a 9 cell and wireless n. i payed £840 for mine including delivery which after reading round doesnt seem that great a deal. so, just so i have some idea of whether i payed the going rate or not, what spec do you guys have and how much did you pay for it
 
Just ordered the following:

M1530 CORE 2 DUO T7250 2.00GHz,800MHz,2M
Display 15.4" WXGA+ Widescreen (1440x900) TFT with Truelife
Memory Dual-Channel 2048MB (2x1024) 667MHz DDR2 SDRAM
Hard Drive 250GB Serial ATA (5400RPM)
Graphics Card 256MB NVIDIA GeForce Go 8600M GT
+ All the usual gumpf

For £720, I'm sure it could be had cheaper if you're prepared to ring up and haggle
 
# 15.4-inch WXGA (1280 x 800) CCFL TrueLife Screen
# 2.2GHz Core 2 Duo T7500 processor, 800Mhz FSB, 4MB Cache
# 2GB DDR2-667 SDRAM
# 250GB 5400 RPM SATA HDD
# Slot-loading dual-layer DVD±RW drive
# NVIDIA GeForce Go 8600M GT with 256MB GDDR3
# Ethernet, 802.11a/g/n (Intel 4965)
# Internal Bluetooth
# Integrated 2.0MP webcam
# HDMI, VGA, S-Video, Firewire/1394, 3x USB 2.0 ports, 8-in-1 integrated media reader
# Biometric Fingerprint reader
# 9 Cell Battery

Usual gubbins. All in £870 ordered smack at the start of Jan. Arrived around 4 days later.
 
Kainz said:
# 15.4-inch WXGA (1280 x 800) CCFL TrueLife Screen
# 2.2GHz Core 2 Duo T7500 processor, 800Mhz FSB, 4MB Cache
# 2GB DDR2-667 SDRAM
# 250GB 5400 RPM SATA HDD
# Slot-loading dual-layer DVD±RW drive
# NVIDIA GeForce Go 8600M GT with 256MB GDDR3
# Ethernet, 802.11a/g/n (Intel 4965)
# Internal Bluetooth
# Integrated 2.0MP webcam
# HDMI, VGA, S-Video, Firewire/1394, 3x USB 2.0 ports, 8-in-1 integrated media reader
# Biometric Fingerprint reader
# 9 Cell Battery

Usual gubbins. All in £870 ordered smack at the start of Jan. Arrived around 4 days later.
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your spec is exactly the same as mine except i only have the 2Ghz processor. dont understand how you managed to pay only £30 extra for it aswell. Also, i ordered mine on 16th jan so bit later than you. think i will have to go for the refund. £120 is a big saving
 
# 15.4-inch WXGA (1680 x 1050) CCFL TrueLife Screen
# 2.0GHz Core 2 Duo T7500 processor, 800Mhz FSB, 4MB Cache
# 2GB DDR2-667 SDRAM
# 250GB 5400 RPM SATA HDD
# Slot-loading dual-layer DVD±RW drive
# NVIDIA GeForce Go 8600M GT with 256MB GDDR3
# Ethernet, 802.11a/g/n (Intel 4965)
# Internal Bluetooth
# Integrated 2.0MP webcam
# HDMI, VGA, S-Video, Firewire/1394, 3x USB 2.0 ports, 8-in-1 integrated media reader
# Biometric Fingerprint reader
# 9 Cell Battery
# Red Cover

ordered last wednesday - £742 inc VAT.
 
ive noticed the different dell sites have different pricing. where exactly are you guys ordering from. email me if you cant say. im struggling to get prices as low as yours even using a 10% of discount code. and regarding the code, are there any criteria for who can use them?
 
hk3948 said:
ive noticed the different dell sites have different pricing. where exactly are you guys ordering from. email me if you cant say. im struggling to get prices as low as yours even using a 10% of discount code. and regarding the code, are there any criteria for who can use them?
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I beleive the codes are only valid untill 30th Jan so be aware of this.
 
Also note that speccing up the base version works out cheaper than some of the higher priced base versions by about 20 quid (eg spec the base version at 629 up to the one specced at 779 and it's 15 quid cheaper)
 
hey guys. my previous dell was picked up this morning. ive been a busy boy and already reordered. really had to haggle though, was a lot harder than i though it would be. in the end got:

# 2.4GHz Core 2 Duo T7700 processor, 800Mhz FSB, 4MB Cache
# 15.4-inch WXGA+ (1440x900) CCFL TrueLife Screen
# 2GB DDR2-667 SDRAM
# 160GB 7200 RPM SATA HDD
# Slot-loading dual-layer DVD±RW drive
# NVIDIA GeForce Go 8600M GT with 256MB GDDR3
# Ethernet, 802.11a/g/n (Intel 4965)
# Internal Bluetooth
# Integrated 2.0MP webcam
# HDMI, VGA, S-Video, Firewire/1394, 3x USB 2.0 ports, 8-in-1 integrated media reader
# Biometric Fingerprint reader
# 9 Cell Battery

All in all, managed to get it for £850 inc VAT and delivery using the 10% voucher and with a little haggling. What do you guys think. certainly a much better deal than my previous spec.
 
Paid £700 for the following

# 1.66GHz Core 2 Duo T5450 processor, 667Mhz FSB, 2MB Cache
# 15.4-inch WXGA+ (1440x900) CCFL TrueLife Screen
# 2GB DDR2-667 SDRAM
# 160GB 5400 RPM SATA HDD
# Slot-loading dual-layer DVD±RW drive
# NVIDIA GeForce Go 8600M GT with 256MB GDDR3
# Ethernet, Intel® Pro Wireless 3945 802.11a/b/g Mini-Card
# Internal Bluetooth
# Integrated 2.0MP webcam
# HDMI, VGA, S-Video, Firewire/1394, 3x USB 2.0 ports, 8-in-1 integrated media reader
# Biometric Fingerprint reader
# 6 Cell Battery

Can I upgrade the cpu later if I want?
 
i think you can but dnt take my word for it. what kind of 3d mark are you guys getting and which drivers are you using. is your card clocked or stock?
 
spb251272 said:
Paid £700 for the following

# 1.66GHz Core 2 Duo T5450 processor, 667Mhz FSB, 2MB Cache
# 15.4-inch WXGA+ (1440x900) CCFL TrueLife Screen
# 2GB DDR2-667 SDRAM
# 160GB 5400 RPM SATA HDD
# Slot-loading dual-layer DVD±RW drive
# NVIDIA GeForce Go 8600M GT with 256MB GDDR3
# Ethernet, Intel® Pro Wireless 3945 802.11a/b/g Mini-Card
# Internal Bluetooth
# Integrated 2.0MP webcam
# HDMI, VGA, S-Video, Firewire/1394, 3x USB 2.0 ports, 8-in-1 integrated media reader
# Biometric Fingerprint reader
# 6 Cell Battery

Can I upgrade the cpu later if I want?
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Yeh, you can, i dont think its particularly easy right enough, id be interested in doing this myself.
 
hk3948 said:
your spec is exactly the same as mine except i only have the 2Ghz processor. dont understand how you managed to pay only £30 extra for it aswell. Also, i ordered mine on 16th jan so bit later than you. think i will have to go for the refund. £120 is a big saving
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I ordered on the 3rd Jan just after new years...er well obviously lol. The prices on the day I ordered were all over the place. At one point the default 2.2ghz 1530 was £749 (Home option), and then an hour later it was £849 (home again). The fluctuating price made me almost delay my purchase, but then I just dove in and bought it on impulse.
 
I was a bit disapointed not to get the 2gb card that you got kainz - my only other complaint is using the headphone sockets gives a bit of a hiss, but my speakers are usb so its not such a big problem.
 
I'm starting to thing the 2GB card was a bit of luck...because no other readers comments on a well known notebook forum, which I read suggests that they received an SD card.
 
to those with 1440x900 res and above, have any of you guys had any issues with graininess or clouding. have read on other forms that there have been a few problems with these panels
 
Shame that you cant have a better graphics card than a 8600M GT tbh.. good for games say 2005 and before, like HL2 probably plays well but no recent stuff.

be much better if you could choose a 8700 or even 8800M GT.
 
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