Advantages: Great feature set, fast, GFX card, HDMI out Disadvantages: keyboard/touchpad could be better
I recently had a motherboard failure on my existing Dell Inspiron laptop and given its age, repair looked a bad move as one could buy a new laptop for less. However, once I decided to see what was available and given my two main criteria - a higher than usual resolution screen and three year warranty, I suddenly found the price spiraling upwards.
After much searching I settled on an XPS M1530. The price on the Dell web site was around £1000 but a phone call to Dell resulted in quite a dramatic price cut to reflect my 'loyalty as a customer' and that it was a replacement for a failed (nearly four year old) unit. They probably won't thank me for saying what I paid but it was a done deal and a few days later it arrived.
Features
An Intel Core 2 Duo CPU running at 2Ghz and 2Gb of RAM, 250Gb SATA hard drive plus a 1680x1050 screen ...
ilaskey 08.05.2008
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Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful Review of Dell XPS M1530
Advantages: Can be customised to individual needs, good build quality, competitively priced, excellent customer support Disadvantages: Heavy, average battery life
I bought this laptop 4 months ago in June 2008 and I have been very impressed with it so far. The design is stylish and sleek and there are enough colour options to please most people. The best thing about Dell is that you can customise your laptop to your own optimum specifications so I opted for the best quality screen for watching video files and DVDs and upgraded the memory and processor to improve the performance of games. So far I have had no major problems although the charger adaptor has recently failed. However this is covered under the warranty and a replacement arrived within 2 days of calling the cutomer service hotline.
Pros:
Specifications can be customised to individual needs.
Very stylish
Excellent build quality
Easily contactable and very helpful customer support
Cons:
On the heavy side
Standard battery ...
lordofthemanor 18.11.2008
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Advantages: Excellent Screen, built-in webcam, very fast, never crashed (after 1 year, that's incredible) Disadvantages: Slightly short battery life (but can easily be upgraded for very little money)
This is a brilliant machine! I got mine with 4gb memory and a 250gb hard drive. I do all my coursework on this machine, but also use it as my games machine. EASILY runs both iTunes and The Sims 3 (a high RAM demanding game) at the same time. Excellent audio and visual quality with amazingly high volume potential speakers. Also has capacity for a 3G mobile broadband card (sim card like).
Also, the design is very cool. I have the Product RED one, so mine is red color. Besides the color, Dell really took care on the design. It is just so pretty.
To be honest, I don't really know about the OS and anything like that. But, as far as the speed of the laptop is concerned, it works so great! I never had any unexpected shutdown or close of a program. Since I upgraded to Windows 7, my battery life has increased, and my operating speed has sped up ...
KingKeal 08.11.2009
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Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 - English, Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium - English
Software
Drivers & Utilities, Microsoft Works 8.0
Optical storage (2nd)
Type
DVD-ROM
Read Speed
16x
Manufacturer's product description
High-performance technology platforms for gamers and enthusiasts: the company's most powerful and expandable consumer desktop and its first 30-inch widescreen flat panel monitor featuring 92 percent color gamut. The XPS 710's performance enables customers to easily run next-generation multi-threaded games or multimedia applications, high-definition video, or simultaneously watch movies and stream music from the same PC. Multi-threaded applications can take advantage of the quad-core chip's ability to control multiple tasks at once.
