===> The Official Studio XPS 1640 Owner's Thread<===

Here, I thought....The other thread is getting rather large, and now that peep's have factually started receiving their 1340/1640's is a thread dedicated for all the owner's:

So, have at it on your Official 1340/1640 Owner's Lounge/Thread! :yes: :laugh:


Cin

 

Thank you

 

As always, Cin is one of the best on NBR! Hopefully I will be one of the many people here who are an official owner. Why cant they hurry up and get more colors?

 

The wait's driving me mad, I wish I had more things to do than stare at my order status page or call the auto line.

Also, thanks for the thread Cin.

 

And I'm sure the lucky ones who already received their orders are probably too busy installing Windows 3.11 and trying to get their wireless drivers working so they can post at NBR!!

 

Once I get mine I'm going to install Windows 7 on it right away because Vista would be a waste of power and speed!

 

I don't know if you know this yet or not, but if you install Windows 7 beta, then you have until August 2009 to either upgrade to genuine for whatever price, or uninstall it. If the deadline passes then you lose access to your PC and lose all saved programs and documents on your hard drive. When I tried to install windows 7 this is the warning that they gave me, i don't know about the upgrade with purchase part but they should allow that when the time comes (thats assuming that the full version of windows 7 is out by august, if not then you have to back up everything into an external hard drive and go back to vista)

 

I am now part of the 1640 Owner's Club!!! This lappy is a beauty!

 

Let's see so pictures, including nude shots with the bottom off. And I want to know what new owners think of the ATI M86XT (aka 3670) compared to the more common nvidia mobile GPUs. And if it happens to be socketed ...

 

I would be wary of that....W7 is still a beta. There's a reason why it's called a Beta. I'm dual booting with WinXP/W7 on my main HTPC and I'm already having issues trying to get 5.1 out of HDMI thru my receiver. There are some minor issues with media center that I'm trying to iron out (maybe a bug or maybe not).

Feel free to install it if u want....I work in IT and I do a lot of UATing for my company so I have a paranoid mentality

 

The packaging of the laptop was sweet, kind of like a mac... Also, Dell did cheap out on the software as all I got was MS Works CD and a card saying to download all drivers and reinstallation cds at some Dell Downloads site.

 

Here is another one of the lid.

 

Yeah, that's true. I have windows 7 on my tablet though and it has behaved so much better than Vista so far. I've had it since the first day the beta came out. I plan on upgrading to windows 7 right away so the August deadline isn't that stressful. I'm sure they'll have other betas too that have end dates that are closer to the release date of the actual product--at least that's how Vista was.

 

I am uploading Pics here.

http://cid-f906c771a602e87d.skydrive.live.com/browse.aspx/Public/Studio XPS 16

 

finally!!!!

 

Awesome.

Yes.

Could you put various, common items by it (eg. CD, book, soda, mouse, another laptop, etc).. i just want to get a sense of its size. Thanks.

 

I'm kind of upset at the size of the power adapter so far. It looks like the ones they used to package with all their laptops a few years ago. I thought they moved on to greener pastures and started using smaller ones. I just hope the 1340 has a small one like the 1330.

 

Ya, I can do that. However, I am still uploading the pictures that I have taken and after that, I can take more pictures and then upload them as well.

 

Good pictures. How does the keyboard keys feel?

EDIT: NVM, I see what you said on the other thread

 

They feel alright to me. It will prolly take some time to get to it though. So far, it is a "palm" magnet from my palms at the palmrest.

 

I keep watching you add more pictures lol

 

Ya, I still got another 11MB of pictures left. I got a slow upload speed. Gotta bear with me

 

glad you are uploading some pictures. I was trying to work on some, but ran out of time.

 

Does the RGB screen look "off" after using a ccfl or wled screen for a long time?
I bet it's beautiful [especially if you get a desktop with a lot of deep reds and oranges ]

 

I've used a ccfl, wled, and now a rgb screen. And yep, this screen blows the others out of the water. I just changed the background to some widescreen "red" flower picture that came with Vista, and it looks like you said, beautiful.

 

Im thinking about installing Windows 7 just now. Is it okay if I upload the pictures you wanted later tonight or if anything tomorrow?

 

Doesn't bother me. The pictures you already uploaded are more than I was expecting

EDIT: Did you have a chance to see how well the facial recognition system works?

 

Whenever you can get the pics is fine... Just *own* that lappy!


Cin

 

I am uploading a couple of pics with a CD, water bottle, and a bottle of AXE as a comparison.

The facial recognition system was disabled when I got the system and I have not enabled it yet.

EDIT: I am installing Windows 7 now.

 

Thanks for posting the pics keep it up with comments!!!!

 

Hi all... First timer on NBR! Been following you guys on the other 13/16 Studio thread.

My 1340 is still in production, (after they discarded a previous order for who knows why, delaying my inevitable shipment date) but I'm really looking forward to it! (I've even blogged about it in a recent post at http://netchick.net hehe)

I howled at the AXE photo Thanks for posting these!

I have to wonder why Dell didn't consider creating a nicer power adaptor (like the new adamo?) for this premium machine. That's a crazy brick!

Looking forward to trading more messages!

Cheers,
Tanya (aka Netchick)
http://netchick.net

 

Welcome to NBR!

I hope you like your 1340 and you'll have to add a review here when you get it :wink:

 

I just wanted to let people know that I think that the order status is inaccurate, because I just got a email saying that my order has been shipped, and the order status say that it's still in production lol.

Bwt, I'm from Canada and ordered it on the 15th, next time I'll just wait for that email, not very reliable lol

 

The Order Status will always say *in production* until it changes to shipped..You will probs see that info in the am.

And, you will also prob's see a tracking number! If not, you can always call Dell and they can verbally give it to you.


Cin.

 

But isn't it strange that it didn't even go into the kitting or boxing stage?

I have heard people saying that I'm in boxing stage

Mine was just in the assembly

 

Oh no, now I'm scared It doesn't have a Vista reinstall CD? I won't be able to use it until I get one (which would wreck my 21 day return period if I have to somehow call and wait for one to ship).

Do you meant that they actually somehow have Vista as a DOWNLOAD on Dell's site? If so, is it an image you burn to DVD somehow, and otherwise it functions just like how Dell used to always include pretty much a clean OS CD?

 

I actually do not know. I went to the site and registered, however it did not recognize my system tag. So I could not continue.

 

Ok we seen lots of pics now, now lets see some videos guys lol?

 

I think Dell stopped showing those stages a few years back. Mine stayed in production until ship. When i said mine was in boxing was when i would use the call in line to check the status there it said boxing and then shipping then the web site was updated.

Also i found my tracking number by going to the invoice link on the status page once it shipped. I still dont have it on the status page but it was right there on the invoice and now it is sitting in the Fed Ex building in Reno.

 

I talked to Tech Support tonight about that. They are suppose to get back to me in 2 business days.

Mine came with the OS and Driver CDs.....

 

Oh crud I don't know what I'm supposed to do now. Refuse the system? This isn't good

 

Really? No way! Urs a 1640 or 1340?

 

It is a 1640. Tried getting them to give me a link to download PowerDVD as it did not come with a CD for that.....but told me they had to talk to the right department and get back to me.

Did you get a blu ray drive? I had issues getting Blu Rays to run earlier before I wiped it.

 

No I do not. Did yours come with a remote as well?

 

yea...stupid question...just read your sig haha.

No remote with mine. Got the sleeve thing, those 2 CD's, charger, and some papers in the box with CD's.

 

I'm definitely calling Dell tomorrow and asking them to send Cds or something. As well, I am going to get them to send me a remote, as the representative told me straight up that it was going to come with it.

 

No wonder lol, I thought that was a little strange that It was at that stage for soooo long, thanks for the info.

 

Oh ya, Windows 7 runs smooth on this machine The only problem so far is that I don't know why but the hard drive only got a 2.9 rating using the WEI.

 

If you get a remote, let me know.

 

just a quick question, does the system really includes a remote control? also, how's your experience with it so far? would you mind running a 3Dmark06 test? thanks