I'm Jealous of my parents' XPS 1530

Ordered 2 days ago so I need to get the resolution upgraded, but as of now it's

1530 XPS
C2D T7800
4GB DDR2 667
200GB 7200RPM HD
NVIDIA 6800GT
Vista Ultimate
Bluetooth
Blu-ray
Wireless Mini-N
TV Tuner



And all I'm rolling with is a Fujitsu Lifebook T4420
T7100
2GB DDR2 667
80GB 5400RPM
Intel X3100

 

WOW I know what you mean that is one serious laptop!

 

You meant the Mvidia 8600GT i think? Am i correct?

Yeah it's true the dell xps m5130 is a good system

 

C'mon, yours isn't THAT bad...

 

lol before my vostro 1500 I was using a p4 mobile 2,0ghz with 1gb of ram and the 9700 go with 80GB HD, so you can't rlly complain.. other than that, yes the xps they configured is sweeeet =)

 

I am still using 1.6 Pentium M, 768 Ram, 80GB harddrive and GMA 855... don't complain =D

 

im using hp nx5000.... 1.5 intel centrino, integrated graphics, .5 gig of ram, 80 gb harddrive..


i cant wait for my 1530

 

I got you all beat! P3 850 MHz! 256 MB of RAM!

 

I was rollin' on an AMD Duron 1.2 GHz(non-dual core), an OLD nVidia IGP with 8 MB vRAM, 40 GB HDD, and 256MB RAM on an old Compaq Presario 5000 Desktop before I got the notebook I'm on now (in sig).

EDIT: Oh, it also had Windows ME. Ouch.

 

LOL! I'd like an XPS m5130! Seems like it would be LEAPS ahead in computer technology. It only has a 6800? Oh darn. I guess that's what you get for a computer that seems like it could be from 0250 A.D.

But in all seriousness, unless you game more than your parents or do autocad and whatnot, there's nothing to be jealous about.

 

even better p4 1.6ghz and 128mb ram!!!!!!!!

 

NOOOOOOO



Hold on i have the perfect plan for you.

Just wait till you see the mail man and steal the package like that they will think it got lost or whatever. Hahahaha great sucess

 

If you mean that you want to get a higher screen resolution, I am tying on Dell E1505 WXGA screen, and I am very happy with the resolution. If you want a high resolution, just get an rxternal monitor. I don't get it how some people can look at something so small like WSXGA+. Yes, you can see more things on the screen, but I wonder how can they read such a small fonts.

 

I have a WSXGA+ screen on my 1520 and it's not too small for me, it's just perfect

An annoying thing about purchasing a computer is that 3 months later, something better and cheaper comes out. Oh well...

 

Geez, after reading this, it seemed like somebody should buy you a beer immediately! Sigs are disabled, but whatever you have is a step up from ME - congrats to you! You must be a much happier guy these days.


@KrieGLoCK: Great avatar! LOL

 

On a 15" the highest I'll go is WXGA+. Yes the higher resolution is nice but I regularly spend 4+ hours in front of my laptops and while the smaller fonts aren't a problem to start, after a few hours the eye strain is pretty great even with breaks. I have perfect vision and I'd like it to stay that way as long as possible.

In general looking at screens a lot is straining regardless the size but a looking at smaller things increases that. I guess if I were watching only movies and playing games it wouldn't matter much but when it comes to looking at text, too small = a pain for me.

 

I wish I can compare between WXGA and WXGA+ up close. Most of the retailers have only WXGA, so I don't really have a chance to see how good WXGA+ that everyone wants to have it.

 

Oh yes. I'm a MUCH happier person these days.

With that old rig, I walked around in constant shame and anger. Haha. ME was AWFUL.

 

I know what you mean. I was at best buy and circuit city the other day and WXGA seems to be the norm for most 15" laptops. I only saw the higher resolutions on the 17". LoL, I was going around checking property settings on most of them and people kept asking if they could help me.
Don't get me wrong though, the WXGA looks pretty darn good. It looks better on some manufacturers screens than others. The LCD quality seems to play a big part in it.

I have been able to only compare the resolutions based on laptops I've owned and laptops friends have owned because store selections are mostly WXGA.