It's not only the XPS M1530 for which their are no Windows 7 drivers.

To my knowledge... Dell haven't (yet?) released Windows 7 drivers for any of their laptops?

As for OEM discs not including drivers for the M1530:  Where did you hear/read that, because it's absolute rubbish :emotion-43:

Microsoft would never preclude specific model laptops - of any manufacturer, from their drivers list!

And OEM discs are exactly the same as retail discs... so whatever drivers are on retail discs, are also on OEM discs 

The only difference between OEM and retail OS discs, is that OEM discs are tied to the system on which the OS is first installed, whereas retail discs can be used to install the OS on any [one] system :emotion-55:

For any hardware showing with no drivers in Device Manager, the respective Vista drivers have worked for many/most of us.

You just need to ensure you download the specific drivers version - i.e. 32bit or 64bit, depending on which version of Windows 7 you have (32bit/64bit).

just because a system is still sold in the outlet does not mean is a current model. Once the system is no longer offered on the Sales site it deemed a out of production model.

Dell or any other OEM manufacture just do not have the resources to devote to developing drivers for every system that they have produced.

As to your statement on the OEM disk  is just pure rubbish. The win 7 disks are not system specific. Just like any other version that has come before.

There is no reason that your system will not run 7 if it will run Vista.

The easiest path is to do an upgrade, as all the drivers are already present and not lost during the upgrade. Alsao some installed programs will work OK after the upgrade. Some will not, and require a re-installation. Many third part programs (utilities, etc.) need to be reinstalled with the most current version to work in W7.

What I meant was that the OEM Windows 7 will not pre activate on the M1530, as it is NOT a model listed.  There was no upgrade path to Windows 7 with the M1530.  And the BT drivers for that model do NOT work with Windows 7.  The fact that that they are not sold as new should not be the issue.  IF it is still sold in the Outlet, then it should sbe on the list of supported sytstems for the OEM version.

Is this a Dell win 7 disk or a retail disk? If it is a Dell disk then it is illegal for you to try to activate it as it is tied to the sytem for which it was gotten for. So if this is as Dell disk then it will not activate as yes your system is not on the list of upgradeable systems

That argument just doesn't work. If Dell sell a system today and then take it out of production tomorrow, they still owe the purchaser a duty of care to keep the model functional for a reasonable period of time (at least one year, and better 3 years). If Dell don't have the resources to keep providing service for the machine I bought off them a few months ago, then I'll certainly not be giving them any more of my money. My guess is that Dell just haven't got around to making sure their list of Windows 7 drivers is all ironed out yet and so their website is out of date. Anyway, I'm using Windows 7 Ultimate on an XPS M1530 and all my drivers are completely updated (after a bit of searching) and working fine. I did an upgrade direct from Vista Ultimate and most of the drivers needed no updating - even the blue tooth. I normally get my drivers direct from the manufacturer. NVIDIA for example is always several versions ahead of the Dell website.