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M1530 Orders

post #1 of 18
12/9/07 at 11:31pm
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Who ordered and what specs? I'm close behind! Debating SSD or not...
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post #2 of 18
12/10/07 at 11:57am
I ordered mine

C2D 2.2Ghz
3GB Ram
200GB 7200RPM HD
256MB 8600GT
Fingerprint Reader
Wireless N
Bluetooth
Alpine White
2 Years XPS Premium Warranty
2 years McAfee
Windows Vista Home Premium

$1800 Australian. I work for Dell Australia so got a good price
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post #3 of 18
12/10/07 at 9:37pm
Mine looks like this

C2D 2.2Ghz
3GB Ram
120GB 7200RPM HD
256MB 8600GT
Blu-ray
Windows Vista Home
Black!

Mine was about 1800$ CAD
The SSD is way too expensive... but i splurged on the blu-ray lol
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post #4 of 18
12/11/07 at 12:25am
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Is the bluray worth it on a 1200 x 800 res?

so much debate!

Looks good to me
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post #5 of 18
12/12/07 at 2:14am
I'd wait till after christmas to order one...

In a youtube video the marketing guy for XPS said to expect new panel options and new colors. Yay colors!
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post #6 of 18
12/12/07 at 10:59am
It's hard to say whether SSD and Blu-Ray are worth it, because what you are really asking is whether those are worth it to YOU. We cannot answer that, because we do not know how much you value SSD, Blu-Ray, and what your financial situation is.

I will say that SSD and Blu-Ray are luxury features. If you have money to burn, then yes, get them. If you want the FASTEST hard drive you can buy, then get SSD. If you want the newest in high-def disc formats (with the possibility that Blu-Ray will become obsolete), then get Blu-Ray. Otherwise, save your cash.
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post #7 of 18
12/12/07 at 8:48pm
Ordering one tonight. Military Pricing will get me close to $1,500 for a C2D 2.2Ghz, 250GB HD, Nvidia 8600m GT, 2GB RAM,etc. Will update further after I place the order...
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post #8 of 18
12/13/07 at 12:27pm
Mine is due to arrive in only a week or so. Could not do the SSD.
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post #9 of 18
12/15/07 at 3:44pm
I finally got around to placing the order last night. Here are the specs:

XPS M1530;Intel® CoreTM 2 Duo Processor T7500 (2.2GHz/800Mhz FSB, 4MB Cache)
Operating System: Genuine Windows® Vista Home Premium Edition
Memory: 3GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz (2 Dimms)
LCD, Color and camera: Glossy, widescreen 15.4 inch LCD (1280x800) & 2.0 MP Camera
System Color: Crimson Red
Video Card: 256MB NVIDIA® GeForce® 8600M GT
Hard Drives: Size: 250GB 5400rpm SATA Hard Drive
Sound Card: High Definition Audio 2.0
Combo or DVD+RW Drive: Slot Load DVD+/-RW (DVD/CD read/write)
SECURITY: Finger Print Reader XPS M1530
Primary Battery: 56 WHr 6-cell Lithium Ion Primary Battery
Software - Antivirus: Trend Micro Internet Security 15-months
Bluetooth Options: Dell Wireless 355 Bluetooth Internal (2.0+Enhanced Data Rate)
Wireless Networking Cards: Intel Next-Gen Wireless-N Mini-card
Installation Services: 1Yr LoJack for Laptops Theft Protection (CD Shipped Separately)
Datasafe: DataSafe Online Backup 10GB for 1 year
Also included is the USAF logo backpack.

Total price with military discount: $1520. There's no time line for shipping at this point, but that will come in due time.
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post #10 of 18
12/15/07 at 7:07pm
Very nice. I'm sure you will be very happy with it. The 8600M will absolutely rock on that 1280x800 res.
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post #11 of 18
12/16/07 at 12:45am
Good one MB,hope to hear your opinion on it when it comes in.
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post #12 of 18
12/16/07 at 12:51am
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Originally Posted by kent1146 View Post
Very nice. I'm sure you will be very happy with it. The 8600M will absolutely rock on that 1280x800 res.
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Originally Posted by gerryjoson View Post
Good one MB,hope to hear your opinion on it when it comes in.
Thanks.

I'm exited about it as this is my first notebook test with the new Core 2 Duo processors. On my last job, I had a Lenovo z61m with the earlier Core Duo, and it was very nice so this should be fun to play with.
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post #13 of 18
12/19/07 at 2:54am
Vostro 1500 arrived today from TN to MA ordered on 12/06 delivered 12/18. Not bad considering my E1705 never got here after 45 days, and I had to ebay one =)

And sorry I have seen some pretty bad posts about how poor the 8600m GT is compared to the 7900GS, I am sorry I dont see it, all three of my favorite games play just fine with it I cannot tell the diff at all good fps and everything in TF2, WOW, and World in Conflict so I am not sure what the beef appears to be. WIC actually plays better (maybe the dx10 support??)
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post #14 of 18
12/19/07 at 3:10am
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Originally Posted by eclypse3demons View Post
Vostro 1500 arrived today from TN to MA ordered on 12/06 delivered 12/18. Not bad considering my E1705 never got here after 45 days, and I had to ebay one =)

And sorry I have seen some pretty bad posts about how poor the 8600m GT is compared to the 7900GS, I am sorry I dont see it, all three of my favorite games play just fine with it I cannot tell the diff at all good fps and everything in TF2, WOW, and World in Conflict so I am not sure what the beef appears to be. WIC actually plays better (maybe the dx10 support??)
I'm not worried about it personally. The 8600 will be more than enough for MbWife's liking.
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post #15 of 18
12/19/07 at 10:26am
Even though my thread got cr^pped on, my 1530 arrived yesterday and all works perfectly. What a relief that nothing was wrong.

This laptop loaded my software and did the updates faster than my dekstop!
The 2.6GHz processor and 7200rpm drive do make some difference!

Overall the 1530 remonds me alot of the 1330 and has great build quality and keyboard, just bigger and faster. I prefer the lower res screen so this is near perfect for me.

Merry Christmas to all and thanks for the help here!
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post #16 of 18
12/20/07 at 2:57am
Your thread got crapped on??

Congradulations,sounds like your very happy soo far

Very interested in your opinion on the heat emission of your system,especially as you have the 2.6ghz cpu,does the fan spend most of its time on etc....at your leisure of course.

Good to hear the build quality is good.
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post #17 of 18
12/21/07 at 4:43pm
XPS m1530 is on the delivery truck today!
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post #18 of 18
12/22/07 at 4:34pm
Windows Vista Home Premium
Core 2 Duo 2.4 4mb 800mhz
PQI 4GB 800mhz Power series ram(Newegg)
Nvidia 8600M GT 256mb
120GB 5400rpm HD
Slot drive CD/DVDRW 8x
Triband AGN 802.11
Bluetooth
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