My NEW Dell M1530

i received my m1530 today, after standard shipping, which only took 2 days!
my specs are as follow (with price):
Intel® Core 2 Duo Processor T7500 (2.2GHz/800Mhz FSB, 4MB Cache)
Tuxedo Black
3GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz (2 Dimms)
High Resolution, glossy widescreen 15.4 inch LCD(1440x900) & 2MP Camera
256MB NVIDIA® GeForce® 8600M GT
Size: 160GB 5400rpm SATA Hard Drive
Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium Edition
Adobe® Acrobat® Reader 8.1
Slot Load DVD+/-RW (DVD/CD read/write)
High Definition Audio 2.0
Intel Next-Gen Wireless-N Mini-card
No Microsoft Office
No Security
56 WHr 6-cell Lithium Ion Primary Battery
3Yr In-Home Service, Parts Labor, 24x7 Phone Support
1Yr LoJack for Laptops Theft Protection (CD Shipped Separately)
No ISP requested
Adobe Photoshop + Premiere Elements
Dell Wireless 355 Bluetooth Internal (2.0+Enhanced Data Rate)
Free Recycling Kit
Intel Centrino Core Duo Processor
Windows Vista Premium
Included 10GB DataSafe Online Backup for 1Year

Unit Price: $1,993.00
- $549.00
8% off
Subtotal: $1,328.48
Total: $1,430.75

i took a lot of pictures, matching it against my old, decrepit HP Compaq Presario 2596US (Celeron 2.6mhz, 1gb ram, ati mobility igp 340m/345m).
i got the LG lcd, and its perfect, even if it is grainy, its way better than the screen on my notebook.
also, the build quality is spectacular, its feels very solid, almost like a mac . well i will have the pictures up a little later, im installing some software at the moment. the keyboard feels really nice (typing on it now). the fingerprint reader works fine, just need to be patient with it. i haven't removed the protective take on the media panel, but i dont see any scratches on it, so ill leave it on to that remains the case .

feel free to ask me anything about the comp. and ill try to post the pictures as soon as possible.

*edit*
theres been a lot of discussion on the m1530 not having gigabit, i think i have good news... under 'Task Manager's 'Networking' tab, the link speed for 'Local Area Network' is 1Gbps.
so, i guess it does after all.

uploaded some pictures: find them here
ill have some more pictures soon; sorry about some of them, i accidentally has macro on.

 

You lucky punk!
jk

Glad to hear its working out for you... enjoy your new laptop!

 

Nice. My very similiar machine is on the way.

 

I agree I don't know if some people just don't like Dell but I would say that the M1530's build quality is excellent

 

bemchmark some games please

 

really nice, can u tell me how you got the -$549.00 off? I checked myself and I only saw -$359.00

 

Dell has been changing the discount often it started at $679 and droped to $549 then back up the $619 and now down to $359

 

Thanks for the info, do you think if I called in an order by phone they would give be able to offer a higher discount?

 

It's possible the best way to do it is configure the laptop online and then call and see if they'll give you a better price if they do get their info and then take that to a Dell kiosk and see what they will give you. Just keep going back and forth and you should be able to get a bigger discount or at least some free upgrades.

 

Congrats, mrl0ser! Seems like you and I lucked out! I also took delivery of a new 1530 this week and couldn't be happier. With all of the panic-stricken posts here, I admit I was a little nervous about this machine. It has exceeded my expectations!

I'm coming from a ThinkPad T43. One of the things I always loved about that machine was the keyboard. But the keyboard on this 1530 is amazing - love the feel!

 

mrl0ser could you post some photos of your Tuxedo Black xps? i can't find them anywhere.

 

added pictures to my first post

 

Ahhh cant make up my mind now, 1330 or 1530? lol, hard 1!~