If You Own A XPS M1330 Please Check This Out

Hi everyone, im planning on buying the xps m1330 and i need your help
first of all, id like to know:

- whats the diffrence between the "standard" screen and the Led backlit screen dell offers,
- if i choose the 4 gb memory upgrade will dell put a 64 bit os to support it?
- does the led backlit screen really comes with a backlit keyboard?
- how long ( from your personal experience ) does the battery last (6 cell)


is their a big difference between the 5400 rpm and the 7200rpm hard drive?
will i notice a big difference between the 2.5 and the 2.0 ghz cpu?
have any of you ever used the "Complete care" warranty and did it go well?
did they change the whole laptop or just the necessary parts?

does the led screen affect the battery life?
is it worth it paying 150 more for it?
what bag you guys use to carry the laptop
is the slot-loading rom really that loud? is it when its loading the disk or even when its reading it?
would you recommend this laptop as a cegep/general use laptop?

thank you very much for reading and helping me

 

1) It's Brighter
2) HELL no
3) same as 2)
4) 4-5 hours(word)

Short and sweet

 

LED screen is slightly thinner, makes the notebook slightly lighter and is much brighter. Instead of 2mp webcam, you get a .3 megapixel camera.

No, it's up to yourself to get a 64-bit version of Vista to use.

No, the only notebook Dell offers with a backlit keyboard is the XPS M1730.

 

thanks to both of you for your answers =)
i got some more questions if you guys dont mind,
does the led screen affect the battery life?
is it worth it paying 150 more for it?
what bag you guys use to carry the laptop
is the slot-loading rom really that loud? is it when its loading the disk or even when its reading it?
would you recommend this laptop as a cegep/general use laptop?

 

The LED screen is theoretically supposed to reduce power consumption, thereby increasing battery life. I recommend the upgrade to the LED as it is what really makes the notebook look cutting edge. The difference in thickness is considerable. And the slot-load DVD drives are really not that loud on my m1330. Some people feel that it is loud on their's, but I have never complained about it. I hardly even notice it. The sound occurs only when loading a disc, and also when waking the computer up from sleep mode.

 

LED makes a difference of maybe 10 minutes. I have the led, its nice, I guess. I got it as a free upgrade with the 599 off deal. Bag any bag will do, It comes with a case from dell(free) so just put it there I guess. Slot-loading is a hit and miss, mine is quiet, but I dont use it often(once a month).

 

once again, thanks for the reply's, id also like to know if :
is their a big difference between the 5400 rpm and the 7200rpm hard drive?
will i notice a big difference between the 2.5 and the 2.0 ghz cpu?
have any of you ever used the "Complete care" warranty and did it go well?
did they change the whole laptop or just the necessary parts?

thanks alot of the reply's everyone, i really appriciate it and its helping me alot to choose what to get =)

 

The loudness of the slot loading DVD drive depends on the provider. If it's Hitachi-LG then it's louder than Panasonic. The noise is only present when loading and unloading.

 

A true Matroska post - but guess that's what the forum is for

You'll not note a big difference between 2.5 and the 2.0 if you are onlly using word, but you'll feel a big difference if you are video encoding.

 

1 the LED is brighter and last longer.

2 no , I got Vista ultimate with it but 32 bit one.

3 battery lasted about 3 hours and 20 munites on a charge but it was very light use so if you are a gamer or like that it won't last that long.


PS. the XPS is very well built laptop, it does not feel cheap.

 

bump, if anyone knows something i should know about this laptop before buying or can answer one of the questions please do so =) thanks alot

 

In my experience, the 6-cell doesn't last more than 3 hours...now this is with no special power-saving schemes (I just use the standard built-in Vista schemes for lower power consumption).

 

I've got around 4 hours on the 6-cell battery. I do have the LED screen which saves battery, the integrated graphics which saves a lot of battery, a 5400 RPM HDD which probably saves a little battery power (and less heat/noise). That is with wifi and bluetooth on, full or close to full screen brightness.

 

bump, thanks for the posts

 

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OMG! people dont know much here do they. in short, get the led if at all possible. it prighter, has larger viewing angles and saves more than just 10mins. think more like 20-30mins.

as for your hard drive speed question wich everyone seems to have neglected, the difference between 5400rpm and 7200rpm is huge! It should not make it louder. if it does, the there is something wrong. Remember, the hard drive is the slowest thing in a computer, so the faster, the better. Also, the 7200rpm drives tend to usually have twice as much cache memory than their 5400rpm counterparts.

mhz in a processor should be the last thing hat you look for in a cpu. the cache is the most important thing first. the best atm is 6mb. As someone said before me, the jump from 2-2.5mhz will probably not do you any good, unless you do moderately intensive gaming,rendering or video editing.

 

This is a good post! The hard drive is a huge deal and the CPU comments are good. I had an xps m1330 with LED for a while but it was terrible. I've seen a good LED display and the viewing angles are excellent but it depends on which manufacturer makes your screen. I definitely did not get an extra 30 minutes of battery life with my LED screen. I think I got 10-12 minutes more if anything.

 

thank you very much for your post! really explains well what i wanted to know =) thanks

if anyone else has something to add please do so

 

7200 rpm isn't necessarily faster than 5400 rpm!

If the capacity is the same, then yes 7200 rpm > 5400 rpm.

However, if the 5400 rpm drive is significantly larger than the 7200 rpm drive, it WILL be as fast or faster due to higher data density.

e.g. 250GB 5400 rpm HDD is as fast as a 200 GB 7200 RPM drive.

I've read that the LED screen on the m1330 doesn't necessarily increase battery time significantly since it uses 32 LEDs. The fact that it is LED BACKLIT doesn't give you better viewing angles--this is affected by the LCD panel itself. Yes, it is brighter, but how bright do you need it? My LG CCFL is 20-25% brighter than my HP DV2000 which had a great screen to begin with.
If you want to shave mm on the depth of your notebook and/or want 'snob appeal' by being able to say you have LED BACKLIT screen, then by all means spend the extra $150 for it!
Or you could use the $150 you save towards the purchase of a replacement CCFL screen when it becomes too dim for you 2 - 3 years down the road, or towards the purchase of a new notebook.

 

I think the fact that it is a 7200rpm drive over a 5400 explainst itself being faster. Going past that, he wanted to know if it is better. well it is. Beyond that, most 7200rpm drives have a 16mb cache(or is it 12mb...) wich is twice as much as an ordinary 5400rpm that usually has 6mb only.

so in conclusion to the HDD. a faster revolution possibility means its able to transfer data faster, and a bigger cache, means it can store directories much better and access them faster. This is especially usefull when loading OS programs, or programs in general.

Im sorry if i was a bit agressive before. me and my mood swings.

as for the led screen, how were you able to tell the time extension? did you buy one of same specs with normal lcd lighting just to compare?

One other majour advantage of the LEDs is that the bulbs should never burn out in our lifetime. It is not a widely known fact, but sometimes, lcd screens bulbs burn out and have to be replaced. this doesnt happen often as most laptops have a limited lifespan as people move on to their next big toy. In short. LEDs have barely zero chance of blowing. normal lcd happen to blow sometimes. these bulbs can cost up to 50euro to replace.

Another thing is that LEDs let off a cool light. this means they dont radiate heat (well not much anyways). therefore an led laptop will let off lower heat, prlonging the lifespan of the laptop in general and release less emmisions. (im a bad speller)

thats abot it i think.

 

If you read my post, data transfer speed is more than just rpm and buffer size. Data Density is a HUGE factor in data transfer speed: the more densely the data is packed, the more data that gets transferred within the same movement/time.

Example:

7200 rpm vs. 5400 rpm: 33.33% difference (all over factors being equal)

320GB vs. 200 GB: most 2.5" hard drives have max 2 platters, so:

160gb platter vs. 100gb platter: 60% difference in favour of larger size ** 60% more data transferred in the same revolution as the 100gb platter **

so a 320GB hard drive 5400 rpm is faster than a 200GB hard drive 7200 rpm other things being equal (even if buffer size is higher on the 7200 rpm, it also depends on the efficiency of the controller in what it puts in the cache)

In regards, to the LED battery savings, this is not based on my own personal experience, but on what I've read elsewhere.

 

thanks again for the replys, cleared out lots of stuff in my mind.
i think im gona forget the led screen,
for the hard drive, will i see a significant diffrence?
eg : 1 min to turn on the comp compared to 2 mins
eg : 20 mins to transfer lets say 1 gb instead of 5?

i exagerated the examples so you guys could see what i mean
thanks again for reading

 

Haha - now If you want to see that big of a performance improvement you would need to switch to an SSD.

As others have said, if you want more space go with the 320gb; it will also be faster. Good Luck!

 

im not looking for a significant diffrence, i just wanted to know if it would do a diffrence like that? will it?

 

5400rpm SATA300 is faster than 7200rpm SATA150 in most of the cases. Go for 7200rpm SATA300 HDD for performance. CPU consumes most of the power, then display is second, HDD is the third, memory, chipsets, bluetooth, wireless card are Fourth.