->The official POST ABOUT YOUR NEW DELL NOTEBOOK thread. <-

I ordered my Vostro 1700 last week, still waiting for it.
The status is "with local carrier" so I assume I'll get it soon although expected delivery date is June 23.
How long does it usually take to arrive once its listed as being with the carrier?

 

ordered my m1530 .... have to wait one more month

 

Awesome! You should be proud Reaperman. You just might get a chance to actually see some of the new laptops Dell's coming out with while being in your return period at the same time. Not that you'd return your M1530 for one of them, but its just nice to know that if prices arn't over the roof, which most likely they are, you'd have the chance of getting one.

 

I'm posting from my new laptop!!! (see sig)

I have the SEC3157 but it seems great to me. Doesn't really look grainy at all although maybe I dont know what to look for. Looks better than my desktop viewsonic anyway.

Everything else seems OK. The keyboard seems level although it is slightly annoying that the back letters arent raised slightly like they are on my regular keyboard. The feet balance properly. All screws were in.

I'm going to do some 3d mark and driver testing and then its a completely new Vista install and all this google rubbish is gone!

 

I ordered Dell Inspiron 1526:

AMD Turion 64 X2 Mobile Technology TL-60 2.00 GHz
3 GB RAM
160 GB HDD @ 5400 RPM
2 MPX Integrated WebCam
15.4 inch WXGA
Midnight Blue
6 Cell Primary Battery
Intel 4965 802.11a/g/n Dual-Band Mini Card
Windows Vista Home Premium 32 Bit SP1

I got this for $900 with shipping+customs to India from the US!

 

Just got my XPS 1530. Looks very nice.

I saw that other people have had nice wallets with their cd's in, headphones and a cloth to clean the screen with with their computer. I got none of that. I'm a bit pissed it doesn't even come with a cloth to clean it or have I been screwed here?
I'm in England if it makes any differences to the extras you recieve.

Specs:
XPS M1530 CORE 2 DUO T9300 2.50GHz,800,6M
Memory Dual Channel 4.0GB (2x2048) 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM
15.4" Widescreen WUXGA (1920x1200) TFT Display with TrueLife
Hard Drive 320GB SATA (5400rpm)
Graphics Card 256MB NVIDIA GeForce Go 8600M GT

 

I'm in the UK

I got a case to carry it but thats all.

I got quite a few CDs but they were just in paper wallets

No cleaning cloth, no headphones etc

 

I bought a refurbished pinnacle usb ota hdtv tuner off woot a few weeks ago and I cant believe how smooth and effortless the Vista Media Center handles recording shows! I watched the laker game from yesterday today and it looks amazing! These laptops definitely do not lack in the power dept!!

Loving my M1530!!!

 

Got my M1730 after ordering it on saturday. AAMAZING COMPUTER. Well worth 1600 pounds so far. I am not too fussed about montevina, this thing is freaking screaming and I don't really think I can notice any increase in speed.

 

hey i just ordered my m1530 here are the specs:
Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor T8300 (2.4GHz/800Mhz FSB, 3MB Cache)
Tuxedo Black
4GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz (2 Dimms)
Full Hi Definition, glossy widescreen 15.4 inch LCD (1920x1200) &amp; 2.0 M
256MB NVIDIA® GeForce® 8600M GT
Size: 320GB 5400rpm SATA Hard Drive
Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium Edition SP1
Slot Load DVD+/-RW (DVD/CD read/write)
Integrated Sound Blaster Audigy HD Software Edition
Intel Next-Gen Wireless-N Mini-card
No Microsoft Office
McAfee SecurityCenter with anti-virus, anti-spyware, firewall, 24-months
Free Upgrade to a 9 cell Battery
1Yr In-Home Service, Parts Labor,24x7 Phone Support
1Yr LoJack for Laptops Theft Protection
No ISP requested
Finger Print Reader XPS M1530
Dell Wireless 355 Bluetooth Internal (2.0+Enhanced Data Rate)

it came out to be $1282 with taxes and shipping

what do you guys think?


btw dell says it will be ready to ship on 6/24 how accurate is this? is it usually quicker?

thanks

 

Got the same exact config except I got Midnight Blue mine says its going to ship on 6/26

 

Hiya folks,

Just joined the forums, so I'd best start by saying "Hi" to everybody
I'm gonna list my laptop specs, before I get down to the nitty-gritty of reading the many, many pages of forums posts


I bought myself a 17" XPS M1730 mid April: (original pic courtesy of an Anandtech review)


Specs include:

Smoke Grey Magnesium Alloy Chassis - with White LED Backlights
17" UltraSharp WUXGA Widescreen TFT with TrueLife (1920 x 1200)
Intel Core 2 Duo T9300 @ 2.50GHz
4GB Patriot Signature PC-5400 (originally had 2GB of... something or other)
Dual 512MB 8800GTX in SLi + 128MB Ageia PhysX (I didn't really want it, but there was no option to remove it)
400GB SATA (2x 200GB 7200rpm in RAID 0)
8x Super-Multi DVD±RW (the Blu-Ray option would've cost £260.00 extra )
Integrated Sound Blaster Audigy HD Audio + Stereo speakers (with audio jacks for 5.1 surround sound)
TV Tuner and Dell Travel Remote Control
2MP Webcam
Intel Next-Gen Wireless-N Mini-Card
Dell Wireless 355 Bluetooth 2.0 Module

Vista Home Premium 32bit (Dell don't offer 64bit versions!?)

230W AC Adapter + 9-cell Lithium-Ion Battery

 

Hello im new to these forums.

I have just ordered a Dell M1530 and am currently awaiting delivery on 23rd june and can not wait for the time to pass. On a intresting note I rang Dell to ask about upgrading the processor after i received the first email confirmation and they offered to put the T9500 2.60GHz 6Mb cache in there for free, I didn't ask why I just said thanks. I was actually amazed they threw a £250 processor in for free. Anyway heres my specs:

XPS M1530 CORE 2 DUO T9500 2.60GHz,800,6M
15.4" Widescreen WUXGA (1920x1200) TFT Display with TrueLife
Memory Dual Channel 4.0GB (2x2048) 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM
Hard Drive 320GB SATA (5400rpm)
Graphics Card 256MB NVIDIA GeForce Go 8600M GT

As you can imagine im gobsmacked I got all this for £809 delivered.

Anyway thats my introduction I look forward to joining your community.

 

i got:
Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor T8300 (2.4GHz/800Mhz FSB, 3MB Cache)
Tuxedo Black
4GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz (2 Dimms)
15.4" Widescreen WXGA+ (1440x900) TFT Display with TrueLife
256MB NVIDIA® GeForce® 8600M GT
2mp Camera
Size: 320GB 5400rpm SATA Hard Drive
Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium Edition SP1
Slot Load DVD+/-RW (DVD/CD read/write)
Integrated Sound Blaster Audigy HD Software Edition
Intel Next-Gen Wireless-N Mini-card
No Microsoft Office
McAfee SecurityCenter with anti-virus, anti-spyware, firewall, 24-months
1Yr In-Home Service, Parts Labor,24x7 Phone Support
1Yr LoJack for Laptops Theft Protection
Finger Print Reader XPS M1530
Dell Wireless 355 Bluetooth Internal (2.0+Enhanced Data Rate)

only £640 inc vat and del

and a free mouse only, i should have asked for more...

 

Just got a Vostro 1510,
upgrades: T5670 CPU(T7100) 1440x900 screen

Did upgrade to 2GB myself from 1 GB. Mini-review soon.

 

Finally, I got My XPS M1530 Today.

No time to play with it though

 

I ordered the same config but with 1440x920 LED LCD display and they're saying est ship date is 6/20.

 

I just ordered this yesterday.

M1530
Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor T8300 (2.4GHz/800Mhz FSB, 3MB Cache)
Midnight Blue
4GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz (2 Dimms)
Full Hi Definition, glossy widescreen 15.4 inch LCD (1920x1200) & 2.0 M
256MB NVIDIA® GeForce® 8600M GT
Size: 320GB 5400rpm SATA Hard Drive
Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium Edition SP1
Slot Load DVD+/-RW (DVD/CD read/write)
Integrated Sound Blaster Audigy HD Software Edition
Intel Next-Gen Wireless-N Mini-card
Microsoft Works
McAfee SecurityCenter with anti-virus, anti-spyware, firewall, 15-months
6 cell battery
4Yr In-Home Service, Parts Labor,24x7 Phone Support
4Yr LoJack for Laptops Theft Protection + Accidental damage
No ISP requested
Finger Print Reader XPS M1530
Dell Wireless 355 Bluetooth Internal (2.0+Enhanced Data Rate)
Photoshop Elements

$1701 w/ tax and shipping. Saved $814.28 because of the $599 sale and student discount. Plus I recieved a $70 gift card.

June 27th estimated ship date.

 

From Italy:

Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Extreme X9000(2.8GHz/800Mhz FSB/6M L2 Cache)
Genuine Windows Vista® Ultimate Edition
4GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz
RAID Performance: 400GB (2x200GB) 7200RPM
Blu-ray Disc Combo (DVD+/-RW + BD-ROM)
NVIDIA® SLI™ Dual GeForce® 8800M GTX with 1GB GDDR3 Memory
Intel® PRO/Wireless 4965a/g/n Mini Card
Built-in Bluetooth capability (2.0 EDR)
85 WHr Lithium Ion Battery (9-cell)
Integrated Sound Blaster Audigy HD
Dell XPS Notebook Backpack
3Yr In-Home Service, Parts + Labor, 24x7 Phone Support
Add Accidental Damage and LoJack Theft Protection to 3Yr Warr.
Smoke Grey Magnesium Alloy Chassis - with White LED Backlights
17 inch UltraSharp TrueLife Wide-screen WUXGA
AGEIA PhysX™ 100M Processor

July 02th estimated ship date.

 

Intel® Pentium® Dual Core T2370 (1.73GHz/533Mhz FSB/1MB cache)
Genuine Windows Vista® SP1 Home Basic Edition - English
Chill Pattern
Glossy, widescreen 15.4 inch display (1280x800)
Integrated 2.0M Pixel Webcam
2GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 at 667MHz
160GB SATA Hard Drive (5400RPM)
Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator X3100
8X CD/DVD Burner (DVD+/-RW) with double-layer DVD+R write capability
Dell Wireless 1395 802.11g Mini-Card
28 Whr Lithium Ion Battery (4 cell)
High Definition Audio 2.0

ok hows this for $599?

 

Damned good

 

m1530: Midnight Black
Intel Pentium Core 2 Duo T9300 (2.5GHz, 6MB Cache)
Vista Home Premium
Glossy, full HD widescreen (1920x1200) 15.4"
Integrated 2.0MP webcam
4GB RAM
250GB 5400rpm HD
256MB 8600GT
Slot load blu ray player/burner
Intel Nextgen N wifi
blah blah...

$1853.

ESD: 6/27.

 

Just got mine, stats below, seems to be in good working order. Samsung screen, but no graininess or apparent light bleeding, haven't examined it in a dark room yet though. Otherwise seems to have come out solid.

 

bought an old 700m

sure is fun, easy to lug around.

 

Inspiron 1525 Commotion Pattern
core 2 duo 1.83
3 gig ram
250 gig hdd
gma x3100 on 1280 x 800 glossy screen with 2 mp webcam & 2 built in mics
cd/dvd rw 8x
4 usb ports/1 vga/1 s-video/1 hdmi/1 firewire/1 express card slot/8 in 1 media card reader
9 cell battery sticking half an inch at the back, but gives 5 to 6 hours of battery life with the right settings of course.
bluetooth ordered at dell.com

$699 sale at bestbuy right now, plus the $19.99 bluetooth from dell. Great deal if you'll ask me. Had it for a couple of months with no problems whatsoever and I can't find a lot of threads about problems regarding this model, so.

 

i edited mine with dell. its now:
Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor T9300 (2.50 GHz, 800 MHz FSB, 6 MB L2 cache)
Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium - English
1 Year Base Warranty
2.0 mega pixel Camera & Tuxedo Black for CCFL Display
15.4" Widescreen WXGA+ (1440x900) TFT Display with TrueLife™
Biometric Fingerprint Reader with BLACK accent
4096MB 667MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM [2x2048]
320GB (5.400rpm) SATA Hard Drive
NVIDIA® GeForce™ Go 8600M GT with 256MB dedicated graphic memory ( is it DDR3?)
Fixed 8x DVD+/-RW Slim Slot Load drive, including SW
Dell™ Wireless 355 Bluetooth + Dell™ Bluetooth 2.0 Stereo Headset(Free!) - Eur
Dell™ Optical Scroll Premium USB Mouse (free)
Intel® Next-Gen Wireless-N Mini-Card - Europe - Core 2 Duo Processors
Primary 6-cell Lithium-Ion Battery (56 WHr)

all for £703
is it good?

 

There's a very long delay on the 6-cell battery, if you don't mind the 9 I would get that.

 

Here is my dell xps m1330

XPS M1330, Intel Core 2 Duo T9300(2.5GHz, 800Mhz, 6M L2 Cache)
Midnight Blue XPS M1330
4GB, DDR2, 667MHz 2 Dimm, for XPS M1330
13.3 Inch Wide Screen WXGA TL WLED Backlit LCD with Camera, XPS M1330
128MB NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GS, for XPS M1330
320G 5400RPM SAMSUNG Hard Drive
Dell Travel ExpressCard Remote Control, IR
Microsoft Windows Vista SP1 Home Premium Edition, English
8X DVD+/-RW Slot Load Drive for XPSM1330
Integrated Sound Blaster Audigy
Dell Wireless 1505 Wireless-N Mini-card
McAfee SecurityCenter 15-month
85 WHr 9-cell Lithium Ion Primary Battery, for XPS M1330
1 Year Limited Warranty
Dell Hardware Warranty PlusOnsite Service, Initial Year
Type 3- Third Party At Home Service, 24x7 Technical Support, Initial Year
Fingerprint Reader
Dell Wirless 355 Bluetooth Module (2.0+EDR)


I paid $1486 USD inc taxes and shipping.

 

Recieved my new Dell XPS1530 Laptop 2 days back, Followed Les's guide to reformat. It was a Breeze. Thanks Les. I had one concern, that my RAM is underutililized. This is my Configuration

XPS M1530, Intel Core 2 Duo Processor T9300 (2.5GHz/800MHzFSB, 6M L2 Cache)
Tuxedo Black Casing XPS M1530
4GB, DDR2, 667MHz 2 Dimm, for XPS M1530
15.4 inch Wide Screen WXGA+ TrueLife LED LCD with Camera for XPS M1530
256MB NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT
Intel Wireless 4965 Wireless-N Mini-card
320GB 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive for XPS M1530
8X DVD+/-RW Slot Load Drive for XPSM1330
Dell Travel ExpressCard Remote Control, IR
Logitech Mouse
McAfee SecurityCenter 24 Months
Creative X-Fi Sound Card.
3 Yrs Warranty

I paid $1693 USD inc taxes and shipping. I will also get a $100 cashback for opening a Dell Prefered Account. Which i will close once i get the rebate.

I have the Following Questions.
1. Only one USB Port out of 3 is USB 2.0?
2. How to know if my monitor is an LED LCD Screen?
3. Will my hardware support 64 Bit VISTA Home Premium. I Need 64 Bit Home premium as my RAM is underutilized.

 

1) All the ports will be USB2.0 capable

2) You ordered LED, check the manufacturer make when you recieve it

3) Yes, you have a 64bit processor.

 

ordered my 1525 the other day:

Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T8300 (2.4GHz/800Mhz FSB/3MB cache)
Genuine Windows Vista® SP1 Home Premium Edition
Midnight Blue
High Resolution, glossy widescreen 15.4 inch display (1680x1050)
4GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 at 667MHz
320GB SATA Hard Drive (5400RPM)
Blu-ray Disc Combo (DVD+/-RW + BD-ROM)
Intel Next -Gen Wireless -N Mini-card
Integrated 2.0M Pixel Webcam
85Whr Lithium Ion Battery (9 cell)
Sound Blaster® Audigy™HD Software Edition
Microsoft® Office Home and Student 2007 - Word, Excel + PowerPoint

=$1500

 

Yesterday I ordered my new laptop: a Vostro 1710.

Intel Core 2 Duo T8300 (2.4GHz,800MHz,3MB)
2048MB RAM (1x2048) 667MHz DDR2 Single Channel (I'll install an additional 2 Gb)
NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GS (hopefully DDR3)
17in UltraSharp Widescreen WUXGA (190X1200) with TrueLife
Dell Bluetooth 360 Card
Intel Next-Gen Wireless-N Mini-PCI Card
Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 (but will install Windows XP Professional SP3 as the main OS)
HD 250GB (5400Rpm) Serial ATA Hard Drive (with plans to add a second HD at some point )

The total cost is 822€, everything included.

 

Arrived yesterday, look at my signature

 

Hi all, first post here. Great forums with a ton of info, been reading for a few days now.

Ordered a M1530 last week, shpuld be here early next week with luck.

I spec'ed it with the T9300, 4Gb Ram, 360 Gb HD

cant wait for it to arrive, getting sick of my trusty old M50 Precision, been a great laptop for many years, but its time to move on....

cya

 

My XPS M1530 with T9500, 4gigs of RAM, 8600GT, 6-cell battery, LED LCD, 250 gigs at 7200rpm, tuxedo black, vista ultimate...

All this got shipped in 7 business days!!!!

For all those who said that the 6-cell battery made the production way longer, well I've just proven it false (at least for me!)...

Yeah, I was just soooo happy and surprised, that I had to share it with you all!

Thanks for all of your help!

 

thats great- really fast, mine took 15 days to be put in production and 3 days to be devilved!!

 

Could people who recently received their xps unis describe what accessories they received? (i.e. media center remote, cloth, earbuds, etc.)

 

Mine was delivered this morning FINALLY=D

I love it, no problems so far at all, knock on wood. The only thing that's iffy is the speakers (I mostly use the headphones anyways, which by the way are spectacular) and something makes a mechanical scracy sound every once and a while. I definately prefer this way over my Dell Dimension desktop. It plays games like a beast, and surfs internet as fast as my connection allows. I have yet to use photoshop and such with it. <3 m1530.


~Alex

(Copied from the M1530 Shipping Update thread"

 

My Inspiron 1720 Arrived this morning in great condition. Just finished the clean install, and it's running uber fast now. Working on installing all of my programs and preferences etc...

BTW Jet Black is beautiful =D

 

Mine arrived yesterday!!!! Most noticeable flaw. No not the slot load drive, thats really nothing, no nothing wonky on mine so faar.., but the palm rests on the keyboard get somewhat hot for a new computer!, i mean its nothing overtly concerning short term but more so in the long term - like if its this hot now, i wonder how hot it will be in 1 year or 2 years.??

 

recieved my xps 1530 on mon 7/1. everything seems fine. did a clean system
install. will update as i use it.

 

Long time lurker but my first post here. After much waiting for deals to come along and various reading of these forums, I plumped for a Vostro 1510.

I am a UK buyer and am so pleased with my first ever laptop.

The spec. is in my signiture, I think I got a pretty good price. The deal I had was free shipping (£60), free 1gb upgrade of ram (to 3gb) and save £30.

The only thing I'm worried about now is spilling something on it as I took out no accident damage!

The fingerprint reader is extremely cool and works perfectly, the screen looks good and the laptop seems to be built really well. Am one very happy chappy!

 

Recived my 1720 yesterday and I am actually suprised it performs better then I thought it would. I got the 1.8 ghz with the 8600, 5400 rpm drive, 2gigs ram and its suprisingly fast. Its also my first time with vista and so far I like it. I am very happy with my new laptop.

 

well after a month its finally here!!!

very impressed with the finish, feel, and materials used. i'm currently just installin random nick nacks. i'm gonna wait til my USB flash drive gets here before i do a reformat. i wont have to redownload all this stuff =P

unfortunately, i recieved a grainy WUXGA screen

aside from the screen, everythin is great, love everything so far. i'll call dell in a bit and see what i can do.

i was also wonderin where i could find out if my GPU was the DDR3 version. thanks =)

 

You can find out that it is the GDDR 3 version, by Me saying it is the GDDR 3 version . All M1530's have GDDR 3. But if for some reason you do not believe my awesomeness. Download GPU-Z it will tell you right there (also it is just a solid program to have anyways).

 

Grats, enjoy it =)

 

Woot, ordered friday, it's been in the "build" stage since. Specs:
Intel Core 2 Duo T7250 2.0 ghz
4 gbs ram
8600 GT
250 gb 5400 rpm
FREE lojack 2 years
Everything else standard

Price: $1360

Decent deal?

 

picked my fiance up an inspiron 1520 off fleabay

Core 2 Duo T7100 1.8Ghz
2GB RAM
160GB HDD
8400M GS
DVD+RW
2 years+ left on warranty

~$550 Pretty good deal me thinks.

 

just got a refurb from dell!!!

 

Got my Vostro 1310 on Monday!