Question for First time owner XPS M1530

Hey

I had a couple questions B4 my XPS M1530 arrives on monday.

1. When watching movies and hooking the laptop up to a TV can the lid of the laptop be shut and still kepp running or does it shut down when this happens?

2. I bought the 9cell battery, can you get better, and higher cell.

Also any tips for someone who has never even touched a laptop before would be great, anything usefull and easy.

I have some computer knowledge on my desk top I own, but nothing to do with a laptop.

Thanks again guys

 

1. Yes, you can close the lid when you're connected to a TV or monitor
2. 9 cell is currently the largest battery size
Other tips: Dells are infamous for bloatware, so make sure you get rid of all the bloatware - The best way is to do a clean install (uninstalling them from your control panel will work too, but isn't as effective). If you want get a better gaming performance, look for your gpu drivers at laptopvideo2go.com. The standard stock drivers usually don't allow your gpu to perform at its best.

 

The m1530 doesn't have that much bloatwares. You have to adjust the power setting not to hibernate, sleep, or turn off when the lid closes.

 

you COULD watch tv/films/whatever with the lid down, but ALWAYS put it into Power Saver mode first.

If you leave it in high performance, everything gets hot after a while and the screen gets burnt.

I found that out the hard way

 

I assume that adjusting the power setting will be quite easy then.

 

Oh

As well I forgot, Im thinking that I would like 3gb of memory or 4 if I can get it cheap enough.

What memory do I need (UK) and what is the best and cheapest.

You know what I mean.

Thanks.

 

yeah there is a simple option when u click on the battery icon

 

200pin 667 MHz i think its (pc-5400).....maybe newegg.com?

o your in UK....i dont know where you should get it. but thats the type

 

ebuyer does laptop 667mhz corsair ram, a 2gb stick for £31 inc VAT

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/130435

cant go wrong with corsair, plus its a lifetime warrenty, showing how much faith they have in their products

 

I've got the 4gb Corsair kit sat next to me in a sealed box.
Purchased from Dabs as I wanted to use Paypal.

As soon as I get my M1530 on monday (and the screen is ok) it's going in . The 2gb currently in my M1530 will be going to a new home inside the missus' Acer laptop.

 

Flam3h, were did you get that 4gb kit, cant find it.

Also do all the memory need to match, I assume its like a desktop, and they dont but you get better proformance.

Thanks

 

http://www.dabs.com/productview.asp...=11150&NavigationKey=11150,43190000&InMerch=1

There you go,

They seem to get them in every couple of days then sell out, so keep checking there.

 

Thanks dude

That is cheap for corsair, will keep and eye out.

I got 2gb in my desktop, and i still think it needs more sometime.

Damn vista.

What do you think of this, should this be OK, and £20.00 cheaper.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/4-GB-Corsair-...tcZphotoQQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem