Hey Guys,
Thought I'd post in here because the 10"-15" forum seems to be virtually dead.
I just took delivery of a new M1330 with a 64GB SSD. I've not seen any discussion from anyone else about this drive in the M1330 so I thought I'd start one.
Boot up times are impressive but the best thing is that this machine runs so cool! It really is a laptop because you can use it on your lap without needing skin grafts after
. There is a little heat in the area of the touch pad and either side of it but it's not uncomfortable.
SSD is definitely the way forward for ultraportables, and indeed other sizes of laptop and desktops too, but it really comes into its own with a small machine like the M1330 or the Toshiba R500 which was my other potential choice.
I went with the M1330 because: the availability of the Toshiba is virtually non-existent; I didn't like the keyboard and track pad texture on the Toshiba; the M1330 has a serious CPU in it a 2.2GHz T7500, not a ULV, so it's a real performer; the screen is glossy which I actually prefer and I got the internal HSDPA modem on the M1330 which wasn't available yet for the Toshiba even if I could find one.
Word, Excel, etc. start up almost instantaneously on this thing. No waiting around forever like on my last machine which was a XPS Gen2. Bang, it's there. Very cool and a flavour of great things to come with this technology.
This machine is just incredible and I'm delighted with it so much kudos to Dell. My only complaint is that the DVD drive sounds like a 1970s video player, and churns and bangs away for ages, but I guess I can live with that. Otherwise, it's damn near perfect.
Any questions or tests you guys would like me to try out I'll do my best although there are already benchmarks out there.
I'm planning on putting Ubuntu on it and the 64-bit version of Vista Business or maybe Ultimate(should've gone for that in the first place, my only boo-boo with this machine). Anyone know what the best avenue is for getting an upgrade from Business to Ultimate cheap?
Cheers,
jahboo
Thought I'd post in here because the 10"-15" forum seems to be virtually dead.
I just took delivery of a new M1330 with a 64GB SSD. I've not seen any discussion from anyone else about this drive in the M1330 so I thought I'd start one.
Boot up times are impressive but the best thing is that this machine runs so cool! It really is a laptop because you can use it on your lap without needing skin grafts after
. There is a little heat in the area of the touch pad and either side of it but it's not uncomfortable.SSD is definitely the way forward for ultraportables, and indeed other sizes of laptop and desktops too, but it really comes into its own with a small machine like the M1330 or the Toshiba R500 which was my other potential choice.
I went with the M1330 because: the availability of the Toshiba is virtually non-existent; I didn't like the keyboard and track pad texture on the Toshiba; the M1330 has a serious CPU in it a 2.2GHz T7500, not a ULV, so it's a real performer; the screen is glossy which I actually prefer and I got the internal HSDPA modem on the M1330 which wasn't available yet for the Toshiba even if I could find one.
Word, Excel, etc. start up almost instantaneously on this thing. No waiting around forever like on my last machine which was a XPS Gen2. Bang, it's there. Very cool and a flavour of great things to come with this technology.
This machine is just incredible and I'm delighted with it so much kudos to Dell. My only complaint is that the DVD drive sounds like a 1970s video player, and churns and bangs away for ages, but I guess I can live with that. Otherwise, it's damn near perfect.
Any questions or tests you guys would like me to try out I'll do my best although there are already benchmarks out there.
I'm planning on putting Ubuntu on it and the 64-bit version of Vista Business or maybe Ultimate(should've gone for that in the first place, my only boo-boo with this machine). Anyone know what the best avenue is for getting an upgrade from Business to Ultimate cheap?
Cheers,
jahboo
I saw one of those at a Dell kiosk today at the local mall. First time that I have seen one in person. Very nice.
You have a great little machine there.
