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M1530: LED, Penryn, 8800. Waiting and Waiting and Waiting...

post #1 of 19
2/10/08 at 4:15am
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Anyone else frustrated with the wait or is it just me?!

In the US, the M1330 already has the LED backlit and the penryn for some time now. Yet the 1530 is just sitting there...

What is up with that?!

Other manufacturers have began offering newer GPUs than the 8600, but still nothing from dell on their 15.4".

They teased us with the addition of the 1530 under the "XPS Gaming Laptop" header, but its exactly the same as the regular one.

Man what is up with that?


Anyone else waiting or is just me being weird?!
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post #2 of 19
2/12/08 at 4:26am
I've got to admit I had a bit of a laugh at the "gaming edition" of the 1530.

I suppose when the 1530 sales slow down they will do something about it,but at the moment it seems customers can't get enough.

Can't see them being able to do much GPU wise without a redesign,or waiting for 9 series.......maybe they should do what they are probably eventually going to do anyway and sell Alienware through their distribution system,that way I could buy a M15X and have dells "anything to keep you happy" support as well.

I know I'm a minority,but the XPS design doesn't do it for me,plus it doesn't have enough extra performance over the Vostro to warrant buying one for me IMO......if it had all the features you list [LED,8800],I could easily overlook my not liking wedge designs and slot load drives,but I reckon from looking at the internal pics of the 1530 and the M15X,that the chance of a 8800 in the 1530 is a long shot at best.
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post #3 of 19
2/12/08 at 9:55am
I'm liking the battery life on my 1530. That's one of the main reasons I bought it--for true usable portability (I have a 9300 "desktop").
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post #4 of 19
2/15/08 at 7:32pm
Dell haven't put the high-end GPU in their 15" models for years now. Ever since 17" models have been released, these have the premium GPU's because they can sell the overall laptop for more.... you want the high-end GPU, you are made to upgrade to the bigger screen as well. As such, unless something changes that is probably the way it will remain... the 15" models will not get the bleeding edge of graphics options.

Stu
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post #5 of 19
2/15/08 at 11:40pm
Good point. I figure Dell won't change...unless one of their major competitors start upgrading their 15" lineup.
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post #6 of 19
2/16/08 at 9:27pm
Well,maybe if the AW M15X is a roaring success,they might re think things.

As Dell owns Alienware,presumably they [AW]still have to get the ok on their future plans or roadmap of what the company releases or plans to release at the boardroom level,so you could be excused for thinking that maybe dell isn't that against the idea.

@stu,dell made the M70 when we were in the second generation 17" notebooks and incidently,mine cost twice what a 9300 did at the same time,so I guess they made good money out of the 15" M70 compared to the 9300 considering they used the same graphics barring bios enabled openGL performance and slightly different clocks.

I hope the M15X starts a trend for a few manufacturers to offer 15" performance notebooks.They cant use the excuse that you can't fit the high end GPU's in the 15" size and retain a decent form anymore.
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post #7 of 19
2/17/08 at 9:23pm
Overall, I really wonder what the meaning of "XPS" is anymore in the Dell laptop arena? Anything but the most expensive 17" laptops is really nothing more than an overpriced Inspiron.

What is really bleeding edge in the M1330 or M1530? Mediocre video, standard LCD's, lots of reports of shabby construction. It seems the cheaper Inspiron line shares a lot (if not all) of the same components, except for the "XPS" badge.

I think Dell needs to reconsider what they call an "XPS" laptop, and start giving ALL the XPS models high-end, bleeding edge components.
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post #8 of 19
2/17/08 at 9:48pm
Couldn't agree more lancorp..

[XPS] means to me,performance without compromise.......the 1530 is full of compromises IMHO,especially compared to what alienware has just released for not that much more money [in the US] and a pound more.
Mind you the M15X could do with a LED screen as well,but its a country mile closer to the "XPS" tag than the 1530 is.
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post #9 of 19
2/20/08 at 12:00am
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So I was going through the EPP dell website and I found what may be a hint for the LED for M1530 under the LCD customization tab:

"All XPS M1530 displays are 13.3 inch widescreen HD displays with TrueLife 1280x800. The LED display starts at 3.97lbs and is 0.87 inches thick compared to the standard display which starts at 4.28lbs. and is 0.97 inches thick."

It is under the base 1530 customization. So I got excited that my wait was over untill I noticed that it said 13.3 inch...

Should I get my hopes up or is this a typo/mistake?!
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post #10 of 19
2/20/08 at 12:57am
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Originally Posted by disciplined View Post
So I was going through the EPP dell website and I found what may be a hint for the LED for M1530 under the LCD customization tab:

"All XPS M1530 displays are 13.3 inch widescreen HD displays with TrueLife 1280x800. The LED display starts at 3.97lbs and is 0.87 inches thick compared to the standard display which starts at 4.28lbs. and is 0.97 inches thick."

It is under the base 1530 customization. So I got excited that my wait was over untill I noticed that it said 13.3 inch...

Should I get my hopes up or is this a typo/mistake?!
looks like just a copy of the 1330 information, the two are so similar they probly copied a lot of description and stuff for the places it didnt need to be specific 1530-only features, and so accidentally getting information like that wrong isnt completely unexpected
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post #11 of 19
2/21/08 at 9:44pm
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Originally Posted by gerryjoson View Post
@stu,dell made the M70 when we were in the second generation 17" notebooks and incidently,mine cost twice what a 9300 did at the same time,so I guess they made good money out of the 15" M70 compared to the 9300 considering they used the same graphics barring bios enabled openGL performance and slightly different clocks.
However, at the time, Dell didn't have a 17" system ready for the Precision line, when the M90 came out that saw the end of 15" Precisions with top of the line graphics as well... it just took a little longer which is the norm in business class laptops.
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post #12 of 19
2/22/08 at 3:23am
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Originally Posted by MrEvil View Post
However, at the time, Dell didn't have a 17" system ready for the Precision line, when the M90 came out that saw the end of 15" Precisions with top of the line graphics as well... it just took a little longer which is the norm in business class laptops.
For sure.......my main point was though,that dell can make good money from 15" high end notebooks as well.

I just ordered another XPS1730 with dual 8800's [hopefully its more stable than the last one I had] and it cost 961.00 NZD less than an AW M15X that has one less graphics card,slower non penryn cpu,one less hard drive,and the sh1tty "AW mail in and lose for an unspecified amount of time"warranty in this part of the world.

If it wasn't for dells superb support,I would buy the 15" anyday,anytime,because to me,its a way more desirable size and still has spectacular performance.

BTW Mr E,what you been up to,haven't seen you around much lately,hopefully your not busy fixing heaps of problematic 1730's
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post #13 of 19
2/23/08 at 7:36am
Dell just released the Penryn processors for the Inspiron 1420 and 1720 notebooks the other day. The XPS line is supposed to be the flagship performance of the consumer line. But Dell certainly isn't treating it's XPS customers that way. The fact that the XPS M1530 still does not have the Penryn processors or the WLED screen yet is really a slap in the face to Dell customers.
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post #14 of 19
2/28/08 at 3:35pm
I agree Id like to see a nv9600m in it along w/ a penryn and bluray burner w/ 1080p lcd sceen option.

I think there are prolly many reasons for the delay, Loads of backstock to clear through OR loads of orders not needing to update it AND trying to keep competition low for the AW m15x as AW is struggling w/ their laptop line right now, they havnt released most of the models and options for their new line yet and the configure neutered current model is the only thing even close to a current gen model they are offering.

I agree though, the 1530 is supposed to be a flagship model and there is no excuse for no penryn yet.
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post #15 of 19
2/28/08 at 3:36pm
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Wooooo

Penryn in other countries for the 1530 (Germany, Australia, etc)

Word is it will be in US by tomorrow
CMOOOON USA!!

But realistically the LED is way more important... Still no word on that?!?!
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post #16 of 19
3/30/08 at 11:54pm
My Australia region sales rep has told me WLED is coming to the xps1530, and the US will be first.
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post #17 of 19
3/31/08 at 9:10pm
my rep is now telling me 19th April (that's a Saturday which is weird..) for WLED.
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post #18 of 19
4/3/08 at 1:31am
WLED and the new 9600M GT (512MB) would make a couple of great additions. Unless it's more likely that Dell will add the 9500M GT (512MB) to the 1530.
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post #19 of 19
4/16/08 at 6:01pm
LED is now available for M1530, as are the T8XXX/T9XXX Penryns
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