Planning to get the M1330 as my first laptop

Hi! I'm a college student and I've been searching for the perfect laptop ever since I started school. I'm so glad to have learned about the M1330! If not, I would've decided to go for one of the new Sony Vaios or HP Pavillion laptops.

I'm currently residing in France and I'm going to ask a friend to buy this laptop for me in Singapore so that the keyboard will be QWERTY and the OS will be in English.

I would just like to know if Dell plans to make modifications or improvements on the M1330 within the course of the next few months because I'm planning to get it in February 2008. I also heard about the upcoming M1530, but based on what I'm seeing in this forum, a lot of people find a 15-inch screen too big to carry around and that a 13-inch screen is already perfect. For me, I don't really care if the screen is bigger, just as long as the weight doesn't depass 4lbs. I heard that the M1330 weighs around 4lbs. How come according to some online articles, the M1530 won't depass 4lbs? That sounds impossible.

Any comment or suggestion will be highly appreciated!

 

The trade off in extra size for the 15" is you can get better processors and improved graphics courtesty of the 8600GS rather than the 8400GS.

It probably won't weigh too much more than the M1330 but I imagine it will be a little more.

I have the M1330 and find it a perfect compromise for portability and performance. I can still play most of the games I like to play on reasonable settings. The biggest draw back for me is vista..but you will get that where you go these days.

 

Thanks for the swift reply!

Actually, I don't really care about the graphics accelerator. I'm no longer the gamer I used to be. I guess the only time I'll ever play a game again is when Sims 3 comes out, haha! For now, I only need it for school.

I wonder if I'll be able to install Windows Vienna on this notebook when it comes out in 2011

 

I assume the Windows Vienna thing was a joke but the M1330 struggles to run Vista (on standard spec) so I very much doubt it!

 

Probably, but it would run just as slow as Vista does on a 4 year old machine! So there's no point!

By that time I would have got a new lappy if I were you. I tend to change my lappy every 2-3 years or so. Mainly cos by that time, they cant handle the intensive programs I want to run on them.

 

The m1330 is my first laptop and I got it for school. It's PERFECT

 

I want my first laptop to last at least 5 years. If I were rich, I wouldn't mind changing my laptop as often as you do. I'm spending the little hard-earned money that I have on this one, so I expect it remain a really good and high-end laptop even 2 or 3 years from now.

I'm just confused right now as to whether I'll get the M1330 or M1530. A 15-inch screen is really tempting. My eyesight is already bad, and I don't want it aggravated by having to squint every time I try to look at fine detail or read tiny text.

In any case, I still have up to February 2008 to decide coz that's when my friend is going to Singapore. I hope they display both laptops here so I could physically compare the two in terms of dimensions and weight.

 

Yes, M1330 will be offered with T7700 (and higher) processor option and possibly Blu-Ray drive option after Christmas!

M1530 will no way be less than 8 Pounds. The advantage of going M1530 is bigger screen, S-Video Port, additional USB port, better discrete graphics card and definite Blu-Ray drive option.

However, for your needs, M1330 seems perfect. Look for deals around Christmas or whenever M1530 is released (which will bring down the cost of M1330).

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No offence mate, but good luck with that! The laptop will phyically still be working, but will be DEAD SLOW by the standards in 5 years time! just remember moores law...."computers will double in performance every 18 months..." so in theory for what you pay today, you will get one 4x as fast in 3 years time for the same money! Moores law has been going from the 1950's (was originally 12 months, but changed to 18 months a few years ago), so I can guarantee that it will be true in the future!

I'm not rich mate! I'm a uni student (in my 3rd and final year to graduate with a BEng in Electronic Engineering & Computer Science with Honors), and I just saved up from working over the summer holidays to afford my new lappy.

The M1330 will still be a really good laptop in 2 - 3 years time, no doubt about it! But I wouldn't go so far as to call it "high-end".

 

Yes, I'm familiar with Moore's law. Being a computer science student should explain your need to change your laptop every 2 to 3 years to be in accordance with that law, haha. I being an economics student would like to maximize the amount of money I'll be spending by getting a laptop which will diminish my marginal utility as slowly as possible. The programs that I use most often are Photoshop, Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Firefox, Nero, Winamp and a DVD player. I don't see any reason to install any other software that my laptop wouldn't handle optimally in the future.

Maybe the next time I'd change my laptop would be after I finish my post-grad studies. Good luck on yours man

 

Is that 100% definite? And it is for the US only or worldwide? I'm not really fussed about the extra 200MHz offered by the T7700 over the T7500, but I am interested in the Blu-Ray drive!

If they do make it, I might have to buy one and fit it.

@ Justin Adriel, if your only going to be using it for stuff like that, then yea, you'll be fine!

I tend to use mine for things like QuestaSim, Visual Studio, OrCAD, SolidWorks, MPLAB, MATLab, etc, etc. So my current lappy is begining to struggle running simulations, etc. And I would also like to play some games on it (which is something my current machine CANT do), so hence me upgrading.

The M1330 sounds perfectly ideal for what you need! Just remember to call up DELL and haggle! Get free upgrades, free warranties, money off, etc. Squeeze all you can get for your money!

 

T7700 CPU for M1330 is already available in Dell Australia!

Dell always had planned to provide Blu-Ray drive as an option with M1330 but the insider information is that they decided to intially offer it with M1530 (to ensure M1530 also basks in limelight and also probably to compete with Apple Macbook Pro) and then later with M1330. Yes, it will be initially offered in US and then slowly in other parts of the world.

PS: Insider information doesn't necessarily mean things don't change. Anything can happen. I am not Michael Dell!

 

Yea, I heard that the T7700 was out in Australia. My T7500 will do me fine! And if I'm really desperate at a later date, I can just buy one and fit it, but by the time I need a new CPU, it will be time for a whole new lappy!

As for Blu-Ray, I am interested! But I think I'll wait till this "format war" is over before forking out! And I have a PS3 that I can use for Blu-Ray (not that I have a HDTV tho, however my parents do).

 

My m1330 is also my first laptop and it's for school use.
You won't regret purchasing one!
The only problems I have with mine are cpu whine and the teeth showing in this gap at the top of my screen but both things can be fixed by a dell technician

 

I'd be more interested to hear that W-USB was on the cards for the new year than either yet another Santa Rosa chip or Blu-ray.

I mean, their own marketing has been advertising the wireless USB standard for the M1330 on Dells product pages since it's launch.

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So Mr. Dell, where in the bloody hell is it?!

 

Are you looking for this: Built-in Wireless USB capability plus Belkin 4-port hub [$150] This is available from Dell USA for M1330!

 

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As with Bluetooth, I am expecting the functionality to be provided via a discrete internal component. What with the sparse number of genuine USB ports on the M1330 I was expecting this addition far sooner in the M1330's lifespan.

 

No need, I'm currently residing in Austria and I managed to order mine with an English OS and could have just as easily ordered QWERTY (but I have to be able to write in German too...).

All you need to do is call them up and "plan" the order over the phone; they will then send you a written offer via email and you can verify the OS and KB are correct. This is one of the main reasons I went with Dell as opposed to buying a Vaio SZ off the shelf, etc

One thing's for sure - it doesn't matter where in the EU you order a Dell, it's gonna be assembled in Limerick