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cadmium910
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January 31st, 2008 15:00
Just ordered
an XPS 1530, can't wait to get it. Can anybody say (or link to some pictures) what you get in the box with the system? Cheers
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cadmium910
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Posted January 31st, 2008 16:00
cheers mate, sounds good. Can't wait to get itAF-Sergeant
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Posted January 31st, 2008 17:00
Congrats man. Let us know how it is when you get it. What options did you decide on?- YEAH! Congrats man~Mine arrives tomorrow too...Dell XPS M1530 (Midnight Blue), Intel Core 2 Duo Processor T7500 (2.2GHz/800MhzFSB, 4M L2 Cache), 2GB, DDR2, 667MHz 2 Dimm, 256MB NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT GDDR3, 160G 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive, Intel Wireless
Message Edited by ksun on 01-31-2008 02:57 PM cadmium910
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I got:- Intel® Core™ 2 Duo processor T7250 (2.00 GHz, 800 MHz FSB, 2 MB L2-cache) 2048MB 667MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM Video Card NVIDIA® GeForce™ Go 8600M GT with 256MB dedicated graphic memory 250GB (5400RPM) SATA Hard Drive 15.4" Widescreen WXGA+ (1440x900) TFT Display with TrueLife™ In Tuxedo black, it was a difficult choice between the black and the red, but the black will go better with more things in my house:)- Congrats on your new Dell. I just picked up a 1530 Project Red from Bestbuy today. It is being optimized and I will get it tomorrow. If I can find my way back here I will let you know how it is. I believe I will upgrade the ram as it only has 2 GHz and will be running Vista Ultimate. The CPU is a dual core 1.66 GHz but I won't be gaming. I have never used wireless before so don't know how that will go but am anxious to give it a try. If anyone has a 1530 Project Red I would like to hear how yours is.
I used mine over the weekend, and so far so good.
I really like the utilities and sofware Dell made for this laptop, it's easy to use, and the look and feel makes it look integrated into the OS. Overall it's really comfortable using it. I have a 9 Cell battery, and the angle it gives to the laptop when placed on a table makes it easier to type, also gives the fan at the bottom of the laptop good room to breath. Very nice design, very solid framework, and very bright LCD.
I ordered it without any internet service and music software etc. Only thing I had to uninstall by hand was Google Desktop Search. The system is very clean, and again the Dell utilities gave a very smooth experience configuring the laptop to get it running.
Right now I run Office 2007 and Visual Studio 2008. Performance is great!
Oh, just a mention about the laptop harddrive and DVD rom noise. I read a lot of complaints, the harddrive noise is noticable... but not too bad. The DVD gives out a big "click" sound on reboots and DVD insert/ejects, but other than that, it's very quiet. The speakers are good, the sound is large enough and crisp.
Overall, I'm loving it! Let's see if it will continue to perform like this through time...
Ordered mine 1/28/2008, Midnight Blue Color,T7800 2.6GHz/800Mhz, 3GB DDR2 667MHz 2 Dimm but purchased another 2GB Dimm to replace the 1GB Dimm, now configured with 4GB of memory, TrueLife 1440 x 900 display, 256MB GeForce 8600GT, 200GB 7200 SATA hard drive Free Fall Sensor, standard DVD+/RW drive, Intergrated Sound Blaster Audigy HD Software, Inte Next Gen Wireless-N Mini Card, Dell Wireless 355 Bluetooth internal, Windows Vista Ultimate. My XPS 1530 was shipped through DHL services within 10 days and came with two remotes, earbuds which are excellent, a canvas carying case, Dell Manual, all software disk which you really only need unless you have to reinstall something, overall very happy with me new system.
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Posted January 31st, 2008 16:00