Team Dell

Hey Cee..I'm glad your having a good day! Woot! on the lappy
Indeed it was a pleasant walk )

Well, you are always welcome here And, your siggy looks good..it matches your Avy well

 

Thanks! Green is by far my favorite color and Im glad there was a green Dell sig as typically green isn't too popular of a color.

 

i'm doing pretty good, i ordered a laptop yesterday, a vaio fw, i got a good coupon and couldn't wait any longer for dell to update their lineup how are you doin'?

 

Funny thing, when I ordered it yesterday, the ordered mentioned the delivery date would be July 16th which was like two weeks so I guess that's not gonna work out Right now i've got no clue though, apparently sony doesn't have this lappy in stock right so i might have to wait a couple weeks which kinda sucks but... oh well. Yeah tomorrow's friday for real or today for you! Yay!

 

And I really love this forum This is where I started off with my laptop purchase, the first reviews I read were from here and in fact, the driving force behind my choice of XPS M1530 as this place.. its so cool to just be here.

And the amount of things I have learnt, WOW... Amazing place.

Wish I could ask my boss for a day off every week so I could spend one whole day hanging out here and doing nothing else

And the best part if, I am no computer freak or I was never into computers by virtue of academics or whatever.. But now I find myself helping / giving advices to so many of my friends and find myself being able to solve certain technical issues which were way beyond my knowledge before. :GEEK: :GEEK: :GEEK: :GEEK: :GEEK: LOL Awesome place and awesome people here Glad I found this place.

 

Hey fonduekid, good to know that you like it here I also started off the same way as you when I was researching a new laptop and as you can see I got hooked on this forum ...and the team Dell thread is the funnest thread of them all IMO!

 

I did my researching at this forum too. It really does rule. Dell section outweighs all other sections out there!

 

A little Team Dell day would do nicely.

 

oh! it should be today! team dell day!

 

Yeahhhhhhh.. that should be great So chose one people. Or probably as wern said, it could be today, since it was today the 'idea was born' - The 1st of August, Team Dell Day

 

Why not make it June 28th? That's when the Dell Team was created.

EDIT: Just noticed that this is my 300th post in the Team Dell thread!!! YAY!!!

 

I agree June 28th sounds more fitting, but lets see what everyone else thinks.

Yay congrats CeeNote!!! I just noticed too this is my 1,901 post. Wee!

 

OH migraines..I know about those..I had a *killa* one earlier this week,,and it *crushed* and *owned* me... I hadn't had one in well over a year! So, I know how you feel, and I feel for yah

Get some sleepy and maybe you wil feel better..and we are always around

Be good! always..that's what Angels are! <<<< L O L..

Yes, I am outside on my front porch for a few....with the outdoor light on.. You know how I feel about the outdoors It's nice, cool, and calming What I needed!...and I did change the batteries..that was the problem.. but it was working intermittently..so we shall see


OH guys...I started a thread in the Dell Inspiron & Studio forum... for the Mini I..please check it WoOT!

 

Yeah, it's been a lazy kind of day. Though they can get me in trouble because I keep thinking that I need a Dell Studio Hybrid to set up a media center.

 

Looks, good... a miniI fan-thread. Now if only it was released soon...

 

Hey, lazy day here..also Just chillin

Thanks for adding to the thread! I need the Team Members on this!

teehee That is one of my wishes..a quicker release...*bites nails* kidding. (about the nail biting) Lulz.

Well, of course the Dell Team thread is #1 ~ always will be..wouldn't expect any less!

I wanted a dedicated thread on the Mini I, for those interested or just wanting one!

And am seeing M3 Ret. of the Dragon King tomorrow! WoOT so are you!

Coolio

 

A very good sunday morning, Team

Nice Dell E Mini I thread there... I want one too Looks small n sweet......Hmmm

 

I guess I'm going to handle the linux side of things

 

Yeahhhhhhhhhhhhh.. Page 150 for Team Dell!! Bravo!!

noticed it just now.. lol...

 

What's up, Team.

Got my T8300 successfully undervolted (Multiplier of 12) to 1.0v, which I love compared to the stock (what was it, like 1.3v?). Haven't tried for under 1.0v yet though, but the 1.0 is completely stable. I also have every other multiplier undervolted by quite a bunch.

Going paintballing here soon, see you guys later!

 

Hello Team, Cin, Cee, Wern, Forte and All,

I am like dead tired and :SLEEP: :SLEEP: :SLEEP: already (unlike yesterday!!) lol... Pheewww.. today was like a working day for me!!

And I guess today was like the hottest day this summer here... It was freaking humid too. Crap.. anyways..

Whats up people? this thread grows so fast.. and I am too tired to browse back now.. lazy bones.. rather tired bones I guess!! lol...

Btw, do you guys remember I had this strange issue (and it seems I was the first ever human being to see this issue in Vista Ult.) with the system restore? It was that the system restore was creating restore points on a drive thats not checked. I don't know what the hell Sys Res was doing there creating restore points when the drive was unchecked / not selected and Sys Res had no business being there in the first place.

Anyways, I wrote to MS Vista Support and a guy named "Ray Zheng" has been writing back assisting me.. though he takes like 4 days to reply to my mails. Anyways, first he asked me to log on as admin and try the sys res thing and see if the issue persisted, and I wrote back saying "I am the Admin, Goddammit!!!!!!!!!!!" lol... lol...lol... But no, I didn't say like that, but I said my account had the admin privileges already and so.. yeah.

And also this Sys res thing is "creating" scheduled restore points according to the task manager.. like you know triggered at startup or 10 PM every night kinds?? So the task scheduler history says its happening, no errors, nothing of that sort, and its completed too. but when I check in the list of restore points, I cannot see any "scheduled checkpoint" or entry like that.. Anyways.. So I am in touch with this 'sting' Ray Zheng... lets see how it goes.. may be next he will write to me with another suggestion / solution, hopefully.

Phheewww... I am more tired now... :cry: :cry:

 

wow, fondue kid. oh no! vista now has a mind of its own. next hing u know vista will cause laptops to explode spontaneously! anyways, unlike fondue kid's and other places, it is rly cool here. its sort of humid though but not that much.

 

Hey! Sounds like for sure you need some: :SLEEP: :SLEEP: :yes:

I hope all works out with this matter and, it kind of stinks
(I could use a better word...but that wouldn't be very lady or Angel like of me

Hey ya Wyn....watched both vid's..nice job! Like I said *vampires* yeah. ..and I really enjoyed it when the phone rang!

 

Yeah it was a short sleep time but I slept like a log I guess..

And why didn't you get the cell ph.? didn't you find the model u want? I am big fan of Sony Ericsson Have been having their phones for the last 6-7 yrs and I love them.. currently with the z610i.. Its nice and handy. Planning to get a newer one in a month or two I have this thing for cell ph., mp3 players etc etc.. lol..

anyways... yeah it could always get worse.. so its all good as long as it all lasts. and we stay with it cheers...

Okie Princess, with your permission, I'd like to leave your honorable court. Will be back soon though.. lol...

see ya round people.. have fun and when I come back, someone quickly tell me if they'd used this dell dock thing for a while now and how did they find it, and would they stick with it or go back to OD. Little homework for u all... LOL.. Over n Out!!!!!!!

 

Dell dock is based on the objectdock. I haven't used it much yet but it looks good so far. From what I can see the main difference between the free version of objectdock and dell dock is that the dell dock supports tabs whereas the free version of objectdock doesn't.

 

Hi there! Lots and lots of stuff is going on! Some top secret..

YOU should join!~ You get an awesome welcome if you do!

And, learn of the *top secret plans of the Dell NBR Team*

Also you will be amongst great Team member company...

LOL

Cin

 

Sure.

But I have this big dilemma is I would have to remove the battery. I have the 9-cell you see. So, I was asking in the cooling central thread, one of them told me to remove the battery because the base of the laptop has to be as close as possible to the cooler. Now, I am not really sure if want to do this.... removing and in case I need to carry my laptop around, then I would have to fix it back again... *not that its difficult, I am just being lazy I know*.. Anyways, so I am now looking around to see how it would work with the 9-cell. There were some videos on youtube I saw where the ventilation in the cooler is pretty good and spread air all around the base of the laptop.. so probably with the 9-cell tilt, the air would anyway hit the base and 'go backwards' probably.. and there was also this guy who was showing this cooler with the M1730 where he turned it around because the vents in the laptop did not match with the cooler and so he simply turned the cooler around.... phheewww.. so many things to think about.

My idea with the 9-cell thingy was that probably the tilt would be even more (cooler + the 9-cell tilt) and I was not really sure if it would be comfortable to open / close and to type.. have to check it out. I will, in a day or two

 

Yeah, you do want it to be as close as possible to the intake vent, but the 9-cell only elevates it by one inch, the fans will still be shooting up into the intake vent, except with some cooling loss. I don't think it would be that big of a deal. Either way, you can check the temps to see how much of a difference it is between the two, so, it shouldn't be much of a problem.

 

yeah yeah, I was thinking of the same... any way, when the air comes out of the cooler, with the upward backside lift of the laptop, the air should 'theoretically' go towards that side, no?? Anyways, for sure I will check and see how it goes

Btw, nice picture change Though I loved the one you had before

All' well, though.. Cheers.

 

I want to be Cin''s secretary.

 

Where has Scott been? He should update that Team Dell banner. We've gotten so many more members.

 

I think he has summer classes, or something

I sent him a message!

 

Hello Cee Welcome!

By the way Team, I was just messing around with the Dell team sig thingy and would you please take a look at this and tell me if its nice or what do you think?

PS., don't ask me how I did this!! I was just fooling around with the sig on coreldraw doing crap loads of things and suddenly the picture changed like this and I immediately exported it out! lol lol....

I thought it was kinda nice named it "Abstract.png"

 

It's certainly very creative!

 

OMGoodness, Cee...you have missed oodles and oodles of fun, badness and just a righteous time

Nah, not a lot...a lot of hellos, how are you's, etc

Your around so that's a good thing lulz

Oh, and guess who hit his 500 Post mark??? *cough, hint* below me!

Me is home from work today...wasnt' feelin the best when I got up, so decided to rest, today What are you up to?????

I like it!, It's creative and your own work...coolio!

 

Ahh.. thank you thank you people

Creative!!! well... lol...

Anyways

Here are couple more

 

^ I feel bad for you. Me? I had a Tuna Sub mmmmmm... lol

So is this an introduction thread? If it is, my name's Lan and i'm from the UK. Thinking of either going with a 13" Dell or Fujitsu (respective performance models from each manufacturer).

 

Welcome to the Dell Team BlitzX! We here on Dell forums are one of the most, if not the most, active team ever on NBR. Hopefully you will go with a Dell during your research into both models, after all, we are the Dell Team, and if you have any questions, we are all available to help you out when you need it! ^_^

I'd rather have a Tuna sandwich over what I had today any day.

 

hey Forte i saw your posts and i think your a Dell Expert so i want to ask you about the new Centrino 2 "Montieva" platform
what is the difference between Centrino 2 "Montieva" platform and the old one in M1530
cuz i have the old one and i don't know if its a big deal that i should change it

 

well i'll tell u. there isn't much difference besides the fact that centrino 2 will give u more battery life and power. and this thing isn't a thing u can just change. if wan to get C2, u will have to get a new notebook from hp or what not as no dell laptop has centrino 2 to date.

 

oh ok will i order M1530 so when i got it i opened it and the screen was grainy + the HDD making Ticking sound non stop so i made a HDD Test and it failed so they said they will send me a new one (all of that happend yesterday) so i thought the C2 is out and they might have it

 

It really isn't THAT big of a deal. Though the changes are quite a few.

For one thing, Montevina is 25% smaller than the Santa Rosa (the old one in M1530, Centrino, that your referring to) which enables smaller/thinner designs. or just gives more space to add more components.

The main things is battery life/power consumption.

Processorwise, Montevina will have a Front side bus of 1066MHz not 800MHz, which isn't that big of a deal unless you multitask with many windows open.

DDR3 RAM is also supported by Montevina over the DDR2 RAM, though the most popular RAM currently is still DDR2 RAM, and DDR3 RAM, is more expensive without a doubt.

The other thing is Montevina is much more power saving as well, which is perhaps the biggest highlight as it can play a full Blu Ray disc and still have some time left over to do other things.

There is also the X4000 series of intels integrated graphics which is great and supposedly can play games much better, which is nice, but its still just an integrated card.

Other features include built in WiMax, which has much longer range that Wifi, but most services you have to pay Atand t or verizon for, so its not really worth it.

In my persional opinion, if you have a M1530, there is really no reason to upgrade to Montevina since there will be better stuff out there in the future. Sure there is the new 9600GT card, but the performance gap is not as large compared to what was prior to the M1530 in Dell's product line.

It is much better to get the M1530 because of a major factor of price. Montevina will be expensive. It's an XPS line after all, and will definitely not see any 25% discounts. Also the fact is that six months afterwards, Intel will launch a mobile version of Nehalem, which will be essentially hyperthreading for penryn processors, which will further increase performance. After that, Calpella will be arriving that will provide a much bigger performance gap that would be worthy of upgrading.

So to sum it all up, its wise to hang onto your M1530.

The only reason why you would want to wait for Dell's Montevina refresh is the mindset that your card does not have the possible vague "Die Packaging" problem, though large majority of systems have not failed and the cost of the new system as I said before, will be much higher. No one has really had any real problems with a select few people as problems have been caught early on.

If you truly value better battery life, then by all means, go ahead and get Montevina. Though remember that Calpella will be a much greater upgrade that will entice you.

The jump between Santa Rosa and Montevina is not as big as the jump from Montevina to Calpella. Hence why it would be advisable to stick with Santa Rosa and jump to Calpella when it comes out, meaning hang onto your M1530.

 

Thank you very much Forte
that was realy helpfull
i will stick with my M1530 no doubt
and that computer cost me a lot of money lol around $2800 + tax + free shipping
cuz Dell canada don't have as much coupons as Dell US
i just had -$290 for buying online and -$100 all XPS
i just want to make sure all this money was worth buying it

 

Also if you do decide to jump on the bandwagon, don't go with DDR3 memory yet as DDR2-800 is faster than the equivalent DDR3-800 because it's still new and the timings have not been perfected yet. So, as Forte just mentioned, you should definitely wait until Nehalem and Calpella (Q3 2009/Q1 2010) before purchasing your next notebook when there will be native support for alot of things.

"The jump between Santa Rosa and Montevina is not as big as the jump from Montevina to Calpella." - couldn't have said it better myself.

I doubt this will ever happen but I hope Dell would use Intel chipsets and install the AMD XGP connector in their next refresh.

 

Is It Worth the $2800 ?

Dell XPS 1530
Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor T9500 (2.6GHz/800Mhz FSB, 6MB Cache)
Genuine Windows® Vista Ultimate (PRODUCT) RED Edition SP1
4gb ram at 667 mhz
Full HD 15.4 inch LCD 1920x1200
320gb 5400 rpm hard drive
Slot Load Blu -ray Disc
256mb 8600M GT video card
WiFi/BT

 

I'm alright, you?

It's not worth 2800 bucks imho. Also the T9500 processor is pretty pointless I think. It's barely faster than the t9300 but costs hundreds of $'s more.

 

I am ok, Cee albeit feeling sticky in all the humidity :cry: :cry:

Anyways, a quick post team > I tried dell dock, and.... and.... well, I think I prefer ObjectDock I didn't fancy the idea of all those falling under categories like music, videos n stuff.. I mean its a really nice idea.. but not for me also response time seemed kinda slow, though I liked the looks.. small and sweet And anyway, I think since I spent quiet some time with this OD thing, customizing it and setting it up, I think I was just a bit lazy as well to do something all over for DD... But still I thought OD was more 'configurable' if I may say it that way... for now, its OD and its nice. I love it

But anyway, I have kept the install file for later use one day when I get bored of OD I'll probably end up trying this.. lol.. Anyways.

 

Hola!! Where has everyone gone?? Poor me... *singing... lonelyyy.. I'm mr.lonely........* LOL...

Anyways.. I am gonna be sleeping soon... "Sleep like a child resting deep.... You dont know what you give me I keep... For these moments alone......"

And I'll leave u all with some undercover ID just in case anyone from Team Dell needs to break through secured lines and know the truth, only the truth and nothing but the truth (and also if they wanna find out whats going on with Dell and NV) LOL...

 

Hello! Now...your really *official* when you have been greeted by me..The Dell Team Board Secretary/Greeter/Princess/Angel! LMAO!

Ahhh..Welcome to the Team! Grab a Dell siggy, slap it on and your all set! Warning: Once you enter you never really leave HA!

Your *good to go*

Cin

The same to you also! How are you??? Welcome

Hey there Wyn....getting better..took a very l-o-n-g nap...I think it helped..And, I have drank so much water/liquids today I feel like my little tummy is going to *explode* lol....Weather is HOT and SIZZLING humid here

Howdy! I'm getting there..trying too....some entertainment would be nice, yes! Glad the bus ride was nice and cool for yah!

Hola! Did I catch you b4 you went to sleep? I think you will sleep rather well tonight, yes??? Undercover ID...we likes those here! Edit: The siggy is looking good

*sigh* what's up peep's ?