Dell XPS M1210 Review

Here is My Dell XPS M1210 Review

How it was Purchased
Dell replaced my previous XPS M1210

Specs
Intel Core 2 Duo 1.83GHz 2MB L2 Cache
2GB Ram 667MHZ
DVD-RW Dual Layer Burner
12.1 WXGA with Intergrated Webcam and Mic
80GB 7200RPM Hard Drive
Intel GMA 950 GPU
Bluetooth
6 Cell and 9 Cell Battery
Windows Vista Home Pre

Design and Build Quality


The design and build quality for this Dell XPS M1210
is very good. No flex on the body. feels very strong
when grabbed in any angle. . Its also fairly light
around 4.5 Lbs with the battery. Overall very good
quality and great looking design. but however the XPS
M1330 looks great also.

Keyboard


Keyboard is big enough for my fingers or possibly
anyone. No keyboard flex very solid. Touchpad is big
enough some people say its small but for this size of
a laptop its fine. On the Keyboard deck theres a power
button Media direct and a webcam button. In the front
theres media controls

Screen


The screen is a 12.1 WXGA screen made by Samsung. Just
like my old M1210 is clear bright and colors are very
nice. theres no ripples on the back of the screen even
when pushing hard. The viewing angles are fairly good.
screen is great for viewing movies/ webpages and
slight gaming

Performance

The performance on this computer is great. it runs
everything nicely. no slow downs the Dual Core
processor does its job. so performance is very good.
allot better then compared to a AMD Processor.

Ports and Connections

The Ports and Connections are good. enough for
everyday use.


Left Side 2 USB Ports S-Video Out dial up modem
express card slot

Right Side2 USB Firewire and VGA.



Back Ethernet 6 Cell and 9 Cell Battery

Comparsion to a HP Palivion DV8000Z



The XPS M1210 is definately better for lugging around
then the DV8000Z. Best to keep the DV8000Z at home.

Overall its a great laptop for all around usage.

 

Nice work, i guess.... though it seems kinda odd reviewing a laptop that has been discontinued.

 

I think it's great to see any reviews that have pics posted for laptops people are currently using. The M1210 may of been discontinued but you can still buy them places, especially on eBay. Cheaper and smaller than the M1330.

 

The M1330 is a nice laptop but its kinda odd to upgrade to a new laptop if i just got this one for 3 weeks

 

hey, i just bought a 1210 from the outlet for 850.

got it loaded too, who says thats not a deal

its a lovely machine, perfect size, and i dont think its too thick at alll. this coming from a previous macbook, and macbook pro owner.

its a nice machine, and plenty sturdy

 

the only thing its lacking on....gigabit. i cant believe an xps doesnt have that.

 

I couldn't agree more. I just upgraded to my m1210 from a Macbook and couldn't be happier. I ditched the Macbook because the case kept cracking on me. When Apple replaced mine with a brand new C2D Macbook, that was my chance to get out.

For some reason, I don't think my Dell is going to suffer from the same type of spontaneous cracking as my Mac. This thing's built like a tank.

 

Good review!

Better than nothing at all.

 

where was it cracking? my macbook cracked on the front left edge, vertically, and is only getting worse. also, where the fan grates are, the bottom edge there is slowly chipping away.

the main reason i dumped my macbook pro, the fan. even on the MB, the fan is just ungodly loud. and not to mention the TEMPs were horrendous. Apple has a winning design alright, but they need to get the cooling worked on.

 

The first time I sent it in for cracking, it had cracks along the speaker vents. It also had cracking along the bottom edge, near the CPU vent. It also had, what looked like, something puncturing through the bottom of the case, where all of the trademark information is. Apple replaced the bottom case.

A month later, on my new bottom case, it started cracking on the front of the bottom case, along the edge, both sides, near the top case.

So, I contacted Apple. This would be the fourth time that I was going to have to send this thing in for service in the seven months I had owned it. So, they replaced it with a brand new C2D Macbook.

I decided I wasn't going to take my chances on another Macbook and got my current machine. Because of Dell dropping their pants on the M1210, I ended out coming out ahead in the whole deal, and I have a better machine.

Apple really needs to get their act together. The Macbooks are loaded with issues. It's a shame, if it weren't for all of the design flaws, the Macbook would be a great computer.

 

im curious. i dont have any button on the button cover on the right side of the power button. but when i remove the panel there is a small button there.

what is it/?

edit: maybe the camera button

 

Yup, it's the camera button. I don't have the camera either, but Andrew's review identified the button.

 

your telling me. i got 1750$ for a 6month old base MBP with an additional stick of ram in it.

i spent $800 (i got 50$ back from dell for troubles) for my 1210, and spent another $450 on a e4300 system, along with $400 on 4x 500GB 7200.10s



i think thats coming out ahead too. only thing im contemplating now, the warranty on the xps

 

If there's one thing good about Macs, it's that they hold their resale value.

If I turned around today, and tried to sell my Dell, I'd take a pretty substantial loss.