I Love My 1520

Thread explains it all...

I've been on my 1520 for about 3 hours now. I reinstalled vista, reinstalled drivers and so forth... gettin' all my apps on here. And let me just tell you, I LOVE MY 1520!!! I played the Doom 3 Demo, it played wonderfully. I will probably be writing a review soon.

I will run a 3dmark06 test pretty soon.

 

haha, don't hate, pleaseee lol

 

meanie...

I hope while the carrier is walking towards your door, and your sittin' there looking at him, "YES MY M1330!" and then he trips and and falls in a mud puddle, and your m1330 is ruined.




Just kidding.

 

Read my updated version... its a lot better. But anyways, enough of this, love not hate.

 

Wow... what is your problem...

 

Nevermind, found my answer in another thread.

Congrats, by the way. Just ordered my 1420 today, so I can't wait.

 

How's your screen!

 

Is your screen grainy?

 

My screen is grainy, but it has wonderful whites/blacks. The graininess also isn't noticeable in games.

 

Grainy? Why would it be grainy? Well anyways, the screen is awesome! I like the 1280x800 screen, I think its perfect for games and the desktop.

 

What type of screen did you get? WSXGA+?

 

This is madness!!!

Glad to hear you like it! I might go for one sometime too. Just wondering though why you installed Vista again? Did you do it to eliminate the bloatware that comes with the system?

You can upgrade to Ultimate through the anytime feature right?

 

Why did you reinstall vista???

 

Dell Bloatware

 

Why not reinstall vista? fresh format is always best. Even if you get rid of the bloatware there's still the registry keys that aren't removed. Best to format and start fresh.

 

But yes, I got rid of all of the bloatware.

 

larson, did you do it without wiping any partitions??

 

my laptop ships the 26th, 13 days before bmnotpls's m1330

=)

 

Yeah. I didn't wipe any partitions.

 

Hey guys, I just ran 3dmark06, and my score was 2984. Specs are in my sig, but I will repost them here:

Screen: 15.4" Anti-Glare (1280x800)
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo T7500 2.2 Ghz
RAM: 2.5 GB's DDR2/667 mhz
Video Card: GeForce 8600M GT 256 MB
HD: 120 GB 5400 RPM

Evidence: Click Here

 

so, does Dell built-in restore still work

 

Does the notebook come with a oem version of vista or a stupid backup partition?

 

I hope YOU walk in on your parents watchin gay porn!

Its a little late but i just started reading this thread and got excited.

 

i think we should get at least 3300 running 3dmark 06

3300 or bust!

 

Hey Frozen, you have similar specs as me, what did you get? Also, vista is what is making us have lower scores...

 

I get 3400 on my desktop with a 7950gt. Makes me anxious to see someone's highest overclock, because I can play pretty much anything on max at 1280x1024

 

25212 is fastest? What kind of computer can get that score lmfao...

 

It shows you what the max comp is...I think its like quad-core 2.66ghz and an 8800 ultra

 

Hey larson,

You used the discs that came with teh Dell? Doesn't it reinstall all the bloat ware? I know the VAIO my friend had did that, or did you have your own vista?

 

mine shipped out today!!! ordered 7/9

 

Doesn't Dell give you a copy of Vista?

 

Nope, it does not have all the bloatware once you reinstall. Dell gives you a lot of CD's, so you are still able to install some of the software that originally came as bloatware (which i have done, because I liked some of the things that Dell provided). It's a very, very simple process. I'll think you guys to the thread I used, its very easy.

Just be sure to delete the Windows.old file after you finish reinstalling, because that file was over 10 GB's after I reinstalled.

They give you a Dell Reinstallation CD for the Vista you purchased. NOT a Windows Vista CD.

 

So when you do put in the Dell Reinstallation CD will it reinstall the bloatware aswell? or is it basicly a fresh vista install?

 

hmm so seems like 8600M GT really is significantly worse than the desktop 8600GT.
I'm curious about 8600M GT's performance in some more demanding games(i believe even a 8400M GS would run Doom3 fine, hell i think even a Geforce Ti4600 can run Doom3 just fine) like Oblivion, Rainbow Six Las Vegas etc.

 

unless Dell changed their policy in the past 2 weeks, than its just a clean Vista installation CD.

 

Is it just a plain, straight up, clean vista install after you put the reinstallation CD in.

 

Well, relative to the scores someone else mentioned for the desktop 7950 card, those 8600m cards are pretty good I think.

I wouldn't expec it to beat it's desktop counterpart of course That's asking a lot of a mobile version.

 

my desktop 8600GT with a crappy pentium D 2.8 and 1gb ram have a 3dmark06 score of approximately 5000.

 

Thanks for the great feedback on the notebook. It looks I'm gonna enjoy it when I get it. However....I won't be getting it for weeks..

 

I love my 1520 soo much,


now would it please ship faster?

 

Oh wow, has Dell always been like this? I know other companies reinstall = bloatware reinstall with it.

 

Link please.

 

How many processes do you now have running idle with the refresh?

 

ahahahahhahahahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa hahahahaha ROFL

bmnotpls, you rock man

 

Well my computer is still building phase, i wonder when it'll reach the next phase. mabye building phase is just an excuse?

 

Hey,
please make a Picture from your Screen. My I1520 have a gray shine all over.

 

I don't know what you guys are talking about this "grainy / grey shine". What does this look like?

 

Can anyone explain me the difference between Reinstallation cd for vista and vista cd??

 

So i mean,
its not realy sharp. There is always a high brigthness all over the display.

please turn on screensaver (black) and than look at your display. in the bottom is very high brightness.

so i cant read the fonts in the taskbar really good.

edit: try to make a picture with digicam please.
one with vista in foreground
and one with black screensaver