**Official Dell XPS M1530 Owner's Lounge**

Crimson Red?

 

I prefer Black, Silver or Blue and here I don't have a choice!

 

1 223-3529 XPS M1530, Intel Core 2 Duo T7250 (2.0GHz/800Mhz FSB 2M L2 Cache) $761.71
1 313-5813 Crimson Red Casing With Microsatin Finish XPS M1530 $0.00
1 311-7820 1GB, DDR2, 667MHz 2 Dimm for XPS M1530 $0.00
1 320-6077 15.4 inch Wide Screen WXGA TrueLife LCD with 2.0 MP Camera for XPS M1530 $0.00
1 420-7715 Camera Software XPS M1530 2.0MP $0.00
1 320-6082 256MB NVIDIA GeForce 8600M G $0.00
1 341-5630 120GB 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive for XPS M1530 $0.00
1 420-6813 Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium Edition, English $0.00
1 420-7590 Media Direct 3.3 $0.00
1 420-6995 DELL SUPPORT 3.4,DIM/INSP $0.00
1 420-5769 Internet Search and Portal $0.00
1 420-5924 Icon Consolidation Application $0.00
1 420-6436 Vista, PC-Restore, Dim/Insp $0.00
1 463-2282 Dell Owners Manual installed on your system,click on icon after system set-up to access $0.00
1 310-9764 DELL RESOURCE DVD,BACK-UP, XPSM1530 $0.00
1 412-0946 Dell Travel ExpressCard Remote Control, IR $0.00
1 310-9246 Creative Earbud EP630 $0.00
1 412-0917 Adobe Acrobat Reader 7.0, for Inspiron $0.00
1 313-5820 8X DVD+/-RW Slot Load Drive for XPSM1530 $0.00
1 420-6464 Roxio Creator Basic $0.00
1 313-5014 Integrated Sound Blaster Audigy $0.00
1 430-2590 Dell Wireless 1490 802.11a/g Mini Card $0.00
1 410-1174 Trend Micro PC-cillin InternetSecurity, English, 15-Month Subscription $0.00
1 312-0638 56 WHr 6-cell Lithium Ion P Primary Battery, for XPS M1530 $0.00
1 312-0637 85 WHr 9-cell Lithium Ion Additional Battery, for XPS M1530 $0.00
1 412-0148 No Internet Service Provider Requested $0.00
1 412-1397 No Productivity Software requested $0.00
1 412-0360 Soft Contracts - Banctec $0.00
1 950-3337 1 Year Limited Warranty $0.00
1 950-9797 No Warranty, Year 2 and 3 $0.00
1 960-8710 Warranty Support,Initial Year $0.00
1 986-5859 Thank you for choosing a Limited Warranty and Service Contract $0.01
1 988-5607 Dell Hardware Warranty PlusOnsite Service, Extended Year $189
1 984-2350 Type 3- Third Party At HomeService, 24x7 TechnicalSupport, Initial Year $50
1 986-3557 LoJack Theft Recovery Service - 1 Year $49.99
1 430-2674 Auto/Air Combination Power Adapter, for XPS 1330 $48.40
1 430-2566 Dell Wirless 355 Bluetooth Module (2.0+EDR) $14.89
1 310-8319 Intel Core 2 Duo Processor $0.00
1 310-8628 You have chosen a Windows Vista Premium System $0.00
1 420-7091 DataSafe Online Dim/Ins/XPS $0.00
1 420-7285 Datasafe Online 10GB,1 Year Free $0.00
1 987-7449 XPS,Datasafe 10GB,1YR(Incl w/price) $0.00
1 988-0099 To activate your online backupaccount, go to Start, Programs, DataSafe Online $0.00

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ordered today

 

Pretty darn good price!

I would have upgraded a couple of things but if that's your budget you did good

 

Congratulations! Keep us posted!

 

Texzin,

How were you able to get such a good price? I'm also looking to buy an m1530 myself.

 

Is this by using the Inspiron coupns that were working with the M1530? They no longer work.

 

this how I done it........hope it still works

Just as a heads up, if you want a screaming deal, the Inspiron dell coupons are working on the XPS M1530 right now. There's a $200 off $899+ and $300 off $1199+. from Andrew
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I used inspiron $300 off $1199+

 

Hmm, the Canadian coupons don't seem to work.
Anyways, congrats for getting such a sweet deal!! I'll be waiting for a Dell deal for a better price.

 

There were strong rumors that M1330 would lose LED display once M1530 is released to shift the focus to M1530. Hmm! How things have changed. Dell Canada offers LED display for M1330 if you call and order!

According to Dell, M1530 will have LED displays as early as Christmas but not later than January 2008!

 

You heard this direct from someone at Dell or is this more of a guess? If it's accurate I'll wait till either the LED is available or until there's a higher resolution CCFL display on a proven quality screen. I think it's ridiculous to introduce a new 15" XPS laptop with WXGA being the only choice.

 

I am not guessing. I got the information when I called to enquire about it.

These are the display options for Dell XPS M1530:

CCFL Backlit LCD Display:
15.4-inch WXGA TrueLife (1280x800)
15.4-inch WXGA+ TrueLife (1440x900)
15.4-inch WSXGA+ TrueLife (1680x1050)

LED Backlit LCD Display:
15.4-inch WXGA+ TrueLife (1440x900)

 

why would they not offer the LED backlit display on the 1680x1050? that pretty much makes the backlighting worthless. I would rather have resolution anyday over a backlit kb.

 

Dell XPS M1530 Drivers for Microsoft Windows Vista (32-Bit) OS:

Mobile Broadband Card Drivers
Description: Dell Wireless 5700/5720 Sprint
Release: 11/30/2007, 2.06.02.44 Build 062, A04
Size: 23MB
Download: http://ftp.us.dell.com/comm/R162315.EXE

Description: Dell Wireless 5700/5720 Verizon
Release: 11/30/2007, 2.06.02 Build 060, A03
Size: 23MB
Download: http://ftp.us.dell.com/comm/R162194.EXE

Description: Dell Wireless 5700/5720 TELUS
Release: 11/30/2007, 2.06.02.45 Build 060, A03
Size: 23MB
Download: http://ftp.us.dell.com/comm/R162322.EXE

Bluetooth Driver
Description: Dell Wireless 355
Release: 1/26/2007, 6.0.1.3100, A00
Size: 44MB
Download: http://ftp.us.dell.com/network/R140135.exe

Video Card Driver
Description: nVidia GeForce 8600M/8400M
Release: 11/28/2007, 7.15.11.5663, A00
Size: 49MB
Download: http://ftp.us.dell.com/video/R167849.EXE

 

does the 1530 9 cell battery stick out?

 

I don't think so because the system should be large enough to fit the extra size of the battery.

 

Do you know of any LED displays with such a high resolution? AFAIK this is a technological issue.

 

according to the dell rep, it will stick out a "quarter-inch".

 

Yes. It sticks out similar to M1330s 9 Cell Battery!

 

Anyone make M1530 orders? estimated delivery dates?

 

There are no delays, you will get in 7 days.

 

And you know this how?

 

Good question, since this guy has not been out for 7 days yet.

 

Our office ordered for the same and the EDD is 7 days from the date of order. You guys are a bunch of skeptics!

 

Hmmmmmm I ordered 11/27 my est ship date is 12/19...........ok ,will see

 

You tend to talk a lot, thus the skepticism.

 

Got your back sinstoic:

Just ordered mine today and the EDD is 12/7 (with overnight shipping)

 

ok this is just my view, but i think tht xps 1530 has the ddr2 256 mb version which we see in 1720,1520 and asus f8. Why ?

because i just now configured the 1530 and the diff. between 128 mb 8400-gs and the 256 mb 8600-gt was 100$ which is the same price diff. tht u get between the 128mb 8400-gs and the ddr2 256mb 8600-gt on the 1520/1720.

Now I knw tht the 256 gddr3 version is the most expensive of the lot, even more expensive thn the 512 mb ddr2 version as can be seen while customising the asus c90. so why wud dell charge same money to upgrade frm 128mb 8400gs to gddr3 8600gt as upgrading frm 8400-gs to the 256 mb ddr2 8600 gt ??

 

Hey guys...

I ordered an XPS 1530 on the 27th. I am told that my delivery date is 12/20 as they are in "limited production" for now. I never heard 7 days.

I am having second thoughts though because I only had the one screen to choose from and I can't decide if it's a waste of money to get such a good machine with such a sub-par display.

Thoughts?

 

Although I haven't seen it myself, I have been told the screen actually looks quite good at 1280 x 800.

 

I just ordered mine tonight and the estimated delivery is

Est. Ship Date: 12/21/2007
Est. Delivery Date: 12/26/2007-12/28/2007

will it really take this long?

 

They gave me free overnight shipping just for asking. I also got $150 off for using Dell Financing, which I can just pay off once I get the bill.

 

I know its really hard to wait when a cool new product comes out ... but try and wait until higher resolution is available is my suggestion. the screen may look really nice, it may play movies well, but when you are using Outlook or Excel or Word on a 1280x800 display you will know the difference. That's the only thing that isn't perfect, so why settle if you can wait a couple weeks more.. chances are the first batch of products will have higher manufacturing issues as well similar to the 1330...

 

and maybe they'll release a ****ING COUPON

 

once they up the res and i wish they would ditch the webcam and finger reader on it as well. for me its going to be between that and the 1525. i would love a laptop right now but i might end up seeing how long i can hold out.

might wait for the 45nm chips. then again once those come out it will be 2 more months for some other sort of chip and so on.

 

yeah, I'm also waiting for higher resolutions LCD be available. then I'll order mine, I can wait till after new years.

 

It is not just our office, even sleey0 is getting it faster.

I just configured one online and saw the estimated date for January 2008. Hmm! Something is going on.

My Dell representative told me that they are having issues with higher resolution screens. Graininess is one of the reasons.

 

I ordered mine on Thursday, now it's telling me that it will arrive on the 1st of Jan. When I go to the order page it says the DVD burner causes a delay, yet on the M1330 the DVD burner hasn't got the delay.

 

Looks like M1330 supply problems are repeating itself here.. ugh..

 

I ordered an XPS M1530 yesterday and delivery says 12/26-12/28 but heard it is usually delievered in a week or so, but with christmas coming not sure.

 

Dell's lead times are extremely generous and you usually will recieve your system much quicker than expected. Keep in mind that this is a new system and no one really knows if there will be delays yet.

My current EDD is 12/6 and if I get a delay you all will be the first to know

 

I notice that the USA site offers the XPS 1330, 1730 and 2010 on the small business site, but not the 1530. In Canada, only the 1330 is offered on the Small Business site.

I would prefer to order from the Small Business site to get the 30-day 100% refund policy with no restocking fee.

What do you think is the likelihood that the XPS 1330 will be offered on the Small Business site?

 

is the 1530 a ddr2 or ddr3?

 

Is there really a difference between CCFL and LED displays? I have an older Dell 700M and the screen has been clear and great looking.

 

I believe the 1530 is DDR2, that's what my order says.

 

It is DDR2

 

I have created a new post for Dell XPS M1530 Manuals, Drivers and Applications, for easy access and updation: http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=193815

 

I was looking through the specs in the user manual, the 8600M GT is DDR3!!!

Video type 2: discrete video card
Data bus PCI Express X16
Video controller nVIDIA GeForce 8600M GS
Video memory 256 MB DDR3 technology
LCD interface LVDS
TV support HDMI mode and S-video

Edit: omg, that says it's a GS. what the?

 

I'm not sure I trust that manual.
Remember how they originally said the 8600M in the 1520 was GDDR3?
And it wasn't.

 

I ordered mine on Dec1st and the email I received back had a ship date of Dec 27th.. Kind of a long time to wait.

Item Number Quantity Item Description

1 XPS M1530, Intel Core 2 Duo Processor T7700 (2.4GHz/800MHzFSB, 4M L2 Cache)

313-5814 1 Tuxedo Black Casing XPS M1530

311-7821 1 2GB, DDR2, 667MHz 2 Dimm, for XPS M1530

320-6077 1 15.4 inch Wide Screen WXGA TrueLife LCD with 2.0 MP Camera for XPS M1530

420-7715 1 Camera Software XPS M1530 2.0MP

320-6082 1 256MB NVIDIA GeForce 8600M G

341-5632 1 250GB 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive for XPS M1530

420-6813 1 Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium Edition, English

420-7590 1 Media Direct 3.3

420-6995 1 DELL SUPPORT 3.4,DIM/INSP

420-5769 1 Internet Search and Portal

420-5924 1 Icon Consolidation Application

420-6436 1 Vista, PC-Restore, Dim/Insp

463-2282 1 Dell Owners Manual installed on your system,click on icon after system set-up to access

310-9764 1 DELL RESOURCE DVD,BACK-UP, XPSM1530

412-0946 1 Dell Travel ExpressCard Remote Control, IR

310-9246 1 Creative Earbud EP630

412-0917 1 Adobe Acrobat Reader 7.0, for Inspiron

313-5819 1 2X BluRay Drive

420-6464 1 Roxio Creator Basic

313-5014 1 Integrated Sound Blaster Audigy

430-2449 1 Intel 4965AGN Wireless-N Mini-card

410-1174 1 Trend Micro PC-cillin InternetSecurity, English, 15-Month Subscription

312-0638 1 56 WHr 6-cell Lithium Ion P Primary Battery, for XPS M1530

412-0148 1 No Internet Service Provider Requested

412-1397 1 No Productivity Software requested

412-0359 1 Soft Contracts - Qualxserve

420-7091 1 DataSafe Online Dim/Ins/XPS

420-7095 1 DataSafe Online 20GB for Dim/Ins/XPS

420-7273 1 Dell Support and PC Tune-up 1YR

950-3339 1 3 Year Limited Warranty

960-3652 1 Warranty Support,2 Year Extended

960-7391 1 1 yr Automated PC Tune Up

960-8710 1 Warranty Support,Initial Year

986-5859 1 Thank you for choosing a Limited Warranty and Service Contract

987-7459 1 XPS,Datasafe 20GB,1YR,DHS

988-5618 1 Dell Hardware Warranty PlusOnsite Service, Extended Year

983-5942 1 Type 15- Third Party At HomeService with Nights and Weekends, 24x7 Technical Support,2 Year Extended

988-5617 1 Dell Hardware Warranty PlusOnsite Service, Initial Year

984-2360 1 Type 15- Third Party At Home Service with Nights and Week ends, 24x7 Technical Support, Initial Year

986-3557 1 LoJack Theft Recovery Service - 1 Year

430-2566 1 Dell Wirless 355 Bluetooth Module (2.0+EDR)

310-5408 1 Free Recycling Kit

310-8319 1 Intel Core 2 Duo Processor

310-8628 1 You have chosen a Windows Vista Premium System

988-0089 1 DataSafe included with DellCare Service bundle

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