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    Rate my m1530 build

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by nivek114, Jun 4, 2008.

  1. nivek114

    nivek114 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hey guys, so I'm most likely going to buy an m1530 pretty soon, before the 12th of May so I can take advantage of the 25% off coupon. I'm heading to college next year and so I'll need a laptop for my gaming/school work. Some of the games I plan on playing with the laptop are WoW, COD 4, Starcraft 2 on release. With all things considered, please rate whether this laptop will suit my needs.


    Midnight Blue
    Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor T9300 (2.5GHz/800Mhz FSB, 6MB Cache)
    3GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz (2 Dimms)
    Glossy, widescreen 15.4 inch LCD (1280x800) & 2.0 MP Camera
    256MB NVIDIA® GeForce® 8600M GT
    Size: 160GB 5400rpm SATA Hard Drive
    85 WHr 9-cell Lithium Ion Primary Battery

    The total comes to $1,356.77 after shipping/tax and the 25% off coupon.
     
    nivek114, Jun 4, 2008
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  2. mattocs

    mattocs Notebook Deity

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    Not to bad. Only downside I see is the screen and small and slow hard drive...but if you are not going to be doing anything to demanding it'll be fine.

    I also think you might be happier with a LED screen.

    What is your budget?
     
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  3. mattocs

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    And also, what warranty are you getting?
     
    mattocs, Jun 4, 2008
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  4. Xirurg

    Xirurg ORLY???

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    agree,get LED screen!
     
    Xirurg, Jun 4, 2008
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  5. jf4real13

    jf4real13 Notebook Consultant

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    I would drop the ram down 1 gig and then buy a 4 gig kit from a deal off some place like Newegg. I have heard some crazy steals where people 4 GB for like 37 dollars or something. If you could find one like that you could get more RAM for less money.

    I would then use that money toward upgrading the display. First choice would definitely be the LED screen, but I would at least want to go for the 1440x900 as it's a 15.4'' screen and I just don't know if 1280x800 would be that spacious in terms of desktop real estate.

    I think it's also worth getting 90 more gigs of HDD space, but that's completely up to you.

    Everything else looks very good.
     
    jf4real13, Jun 4, 2008
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  6. hydralisks

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    The minimum Dell ram is 2 GB.
     
    hydralisks, Jun 4, 2008
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  7. mattocs

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    Even if you phone in the order?
     
    mattocs, Jun 4, 2008
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  8. nivek114

    nivek114 Notebook Enthusiast

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    What's so special about LED screens?
     
    nivek114, Jun 4, 2008
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  9. jfdube

    jfdube Notebook Evangelist

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    Its exactly that... "special" :)
     
    jfdube, Jun 4, 2008
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  10. Lefix

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    LED is HELLA bright, color is AWESOME, you should of stayed with a 6 cell because 9 cells are ugly and you should of gotten at least a bigger HD
     
    Lefix, Jun 4, 2008
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  11. booji

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    No - you can get the RAM dropped to 1gb if you can somehow convince the rep that that's all you will need. The difference is significant too - something like 250 dollars (at least that was the price difference between 1gb and 3gb when I ordered back in Jan.)
     
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  12. mattocs

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    Right now its like $50 per GB, or at least it was in late April.
     
    mattocs, Jun 4, 2008
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