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I've had this laptop for some time now and to be fair it has served me well, I've not had any issues at all with the hardware and speed wise it has not been blisteringly fast but it is adequate for... more

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Rating Summary based on 22 reviews

  • 5 Stars
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  • 4 Stars
    		7
  • 3 Stars
    		1
  • 2 Stars
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  • 1 Star
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  • 26 of 26 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Level 4 ilaskey

    Member since 22/10/2006

    Reviews written: 93

    5 Stars Dell XPS M1530 laptop 08/05/2008
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Great feature set, fast, GFX card, HDMI out

    Disadvantages 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 ... more
  • 47 of 47 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Level 5 sadoldbag

    Member since 22/01/2008

    Reviews written: 86

    5 Stars Ding Dong Dell 25/02/2008
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Compact, lightweight, thin, looks great, fast, built in web cam

    Disadvantages Disadvantages A shame it doesn't have more than 2 USB ports

    We seem to have a contract with Dell at work, so I've been given several Dell laptops for my use. To be honest I liked the Fujitsu Siemens I had before much better than the last three Dells I was given, but I gave my last one back when I went on maternity leave. having gone back to work part-time now, I have been issued with a new one. And it's this: the Dell XPS M1330. As soon as it arrived on my desk it was obvious that it wasn't just another boring Dell. It looks much much cooler than the older Dell models. It has a 13.3in display and only measures a slender 318 x 238 x 33.8mm (WxDxH) with ... more
  • 66 of 66 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Level 5 gemsarchitect

    Member since 01/09/2008

    Reviews written: 86

    5 Stars Gaming experience again 11/09/2008
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Good graphics performance, Beautiful looking with colour option

    Disadvantages Disadvantages display problen in bright and daylight condition

    Dell XPS 1530 I always give more priority to write reviews on 15.4" series laptop, because in the market they also have more popular and more selling product. So definitely people will take more interest in these types of reviews and they also get some benefits from reviews also. So considering XPS series of laptop, these are the powerful graphics and gaming laptop. Dell wants to break the long run emperor of Apple Macbook in gaming and graphics laptop market. I think these types of competition will give good results to customers as they will get better technology and featured laptop. I will ... more
  • 27 of 27 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Level 2 cathy_m80

    Member since 09/09/2007

    Reviews written: 28

    5 Stars Modern laptop with excellent features 29/06/2008
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Fast, looks good; nice screen

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Dim screen in power-saving mode

    I have to admit from the start that while I'm no technophobe, I'm no computer expert either. My previous laptop was a very old Sony Vaio that was dying a slow death and failing to keep up with the modern world - I needed a computer to edit my photos on, preferably one that could connect to the internet on the same day I logged on! My reasons for choosing the XPS M1530 weren't great - I initially planned to buy a much cheaper laptop but had heard that this was top-range, and figured it wouldn't date too quickly. I also needed a computer capable of handling Vista without going into meltdown ... more
  • 8 of 8 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Level 1 dan_lewi2

    Member since 14/06/2006

    Reviews written: 1

    4 Stars Dell XPS M1530 01/10/2008
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Fast, user friendly, great memory

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Battery power runs low quick.

    Performance The Sheer performance of this machine is able to match anything i have been able to throw at it (including Crysis.) The memory and processing power alone put this laptop above the average performance of a desktop computer but the graphics package on top of that (especially with the 256mb version) puts this computer on another scale altogether when it comes to gaming, I have managed to run a comprehensive list of games on this beast of a machine, many of them released for next gen consoles and was even able to emulate a ps2 (something even a ps3 has trouble doing) Interactivity ... more

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Product Details

RAM / Installed Size 4096
OS Provided / Type Windows Vista Home Premium
Display / Diagonal Size 15.4
Hard Drive / Capacity 250
Display / Native Resolution 1280 x 800

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