I put in the order today.

My parents decided i could use the weekend deals going on right now and buy the m1530. It says the esd is 8/6/08 and i cant wait until it arrives. I went with mostly the base deal config and just upgraded the cpu. Do you think i should reformat or leave it because i saw forte did a test and the reformat slowed down startup?

 

My start-up speed to the desktop is 30 seconds 99% of the time since the reformatting of my m1530, oh YEAH, and you should look at the vista tweak guide by Les, which also helped the start-up speed

 

wow... ur kidding, ordered 2day and esd on the 6th? lucky.
yea look at the tweak guide, im jealous

 

There is no point in telling you my experience again since you already read it. Though I can tell you that the Tweak Guide will definitely do more good than reformatting simply because Dell XPS M1530 is not really considered a "bloated" laptop to begin with. Hopefully you didn't choose to take advantage of the free trial antivirus when you placed your order because that might affect the speed of your computer if you choose to keep it. If you forgot, uninstall it as soon as you get it without activating it or it might leave unwanted junk on your computer.

 

Congrat's on your order! You'll really enjoy the 1530....and maybe your ESD will be even sooner

I did the reformat, tweaks, etc. when I received mine, and it helped.

Cin

 

That's crap ... I ordered mine on 7/21 and the esd isn't until 8/11

 

Which one did you end up buying?

 

He bought the XPS M1530 and so did I.

 

hey congrats...

 

probably parts delay... what screens did u guys order, and what battery?..... its usually delay on these two parts

 

I talked to Dell and they claimed nothing was on delay. I got the standard 1200 x 800 screen and the standard 6 cell battery.

 

I got the 1440x900 (or whatever) LED screen and my order was shipped within 2 business days.

 

When did you do this?

 

order placed last thursday afternoon, shipped on sunday (yesterday).. fastest ever?

 

Your one of the lucky ones thats for sure

 

That m1530 looks like a sweet computer but aren't you folks who just ordered one not concerned about the GPU issues with this laptop? It seems like a lot of people are just ignoring this problem and hoping it won't affect them. Is getting the extended warrenty the answer for piece of mind? They are still shipping out the questionable gpu's with the m1530 right?

 

Nobody know really....I was told they arent but......idk mines fine

 

Wow... im a little suprised that there could be so much fluctuation among the time between ordering and shipment, from 3 days to like a month (probably gonna be me) damned 9 cell battery.

 

they are potentially questionable- but the new dell fix (yes it is a band-aid) but after I have tested- my temp went down (and I WASN'T having heating problems even when gaming) So woohoo. I also tested my battery life and it only lost a few min so I don't care.
*I think if you like the laptop, and at least get the year warranty, you will be good- just watch and see how cpu issue develops and if you have a problem take care of it with your warranty.

 

Wow some of you guys have crazy fast ESD here. I placed my order 7/16 and ESD is 8/14. I did opt for the 9 cell battery, and LED Screen but still. I gotta wait a whole month.

 

Wow, I ordered mine on 6/24 and it doesn't ship til 8/7

 

I Placed my order on the 7/10 , it arrived on 7/22, 12 days.

ordered the largest screen, the 9 cell batt, and midnight blue...

But its sitting there on an apartment gathering dust on its box, because im away, its so frustrating!

 

WOW call dell and get some free stuff geez......

 

Sorry i haven't been posting, my internet was not hooked up because we just moved but i am typing this on the m1530 that i got 3 days ago(crazy fast), the screen is pretty amazing no bump in the keyboard and all around it is pretty awesome. I don't think i will reformat but i will follow the tweaks guide, and what program would you guys recommend for checking temps?

 

HWMonitor or Everest.... both reliable and accurate

 

WB! Glad things are working out for you with the laptop!

Definitely follow the Tweaks guide..it really does help

Yeppers ^^^

 

On hwmonitor it said 104c for gpu 90c for cpu while playing morrowind.

 

just updated bios and only went up to 73 but that was after not much time.

 

holy crap those are high ... but it looks like the BIOS update fixed that for you ... 73 isn't bad at all ... but 104 is crazy high.