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  • Very good computer I just got one .

  • @jetbus Well alienware is dells brand but this is like the named version of it so its bout equal to the alienware m17x with a few performance tweaks then it would be equal to the m18x.

  • I went to a garage sale and the person wanted $99.99 for this along with a charger. I was able to play with it for a bit. Nice laptop it seems like. I asked the person to hold it (and they said yes) so I'll go buy it soon cause I really like it. And if I dont want to use it, i can just resell with no problem/

  • mines got a nvidia geforce go 8400m 3gb ram 250 hardrive and 2000mhz could i playblack ops fifa and assains creed

  • is it better than a alienware m18x?

  • @Jetbus90

    Hahahahaha! Good one!

  • How much would go for this nowadays US $

  • God damit bought this laptop a year ago and I didn't get a single extra thing official top price dell cheated me -_-.

  • $16,000 isn't a lot to you?! I just got this laptop off ebay for $230 and it's a higher spec.

  • i like the end of dell XPS Review, is the biscit test. Lol

    it's dumb, but it's funny.

  • I'm getting this for free :P... better than what I've got. Does it run games well? Like, Bio-Ware kinda games, or is it better for WoW kinda stuff graphic wise?

  • shit ass battery and speakers, never buying another Dell

  • hey im looking to get an excelent gaming laptop and my price range is about $1000 but i can go over little bit and want to be able to run new games and big games like maybe the call of dutys, and GTA to name a couple. Any suggestions?

  • you got headphones? DARNIT... i bought it with the top price and didn't get crap...

  • How about starcraft 2? with 256MB NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT and 500 gigs

  • is it a good deal to trade this for a macbook

  • Owned this laptop for 2 years and it served me well. Did all my homework on it from college, all my gaming needs, and lots of other things. I did almost buy an xps 1730 but I wanted to go lightweight at the time.

    Now my laptop has given out, motherboard needed to be changed, keyboard was fucked up. I fixed it and gave it to my dad. So now I'm waiting on my asus g73jh. Fuck yeah.

  • @Kojubee

    So true.. I got mine about 2 years ago now too. Haha the hard drive blew twice.. Now the keyboard is gone and the screen has lines.

    Asus is in the mail! That computer is sick man..

  • good bye my baby xps m1530 i waiting for my new alienware M15x. I would want to say that this computer gave me more good times that bad times like it acting retarded. I have really pushed this computer to its max with the help of some programs just to play my FSX decently and some overclocking as well : ) OH and it went with me a whole deployment to very shitty dust storms and never gave up on me. Im gonna miss you ill put you to rest as a backup.

  • I'm sorry but I have a m1530, an after 3 years, I've had numerous bios glitches, overheating problems, a failed AC unit, a reduced battery capacity, 4 failed hard drives, and off-shore customer support that couldn't help or understand. I don't blame the customer rep's, it's the supervisors, the reps, the techs, and the managers at dell who shorted me and send me a computer with so many failures. If/when I get a new laptop, I will provide youtube viewers with the destruction video of it.

  • @bronz3321

    so to sum dell up as a company what are your words?

  • @2006scottw in summary, they're no longer consumer specialized, they are the wall-mart of the computer industry and sell mid to low level computers with medium to high probability for errors with offshore customer service that results in consumer frustration due to language issues and ability to be more than someone who red a manual to instruct people to just waste time and send a computer back to be fixed. Dell's gone down hill, a steep hill, sad but true, thats my summary.

  • @bronz3321 overall a very negative summary [true also i may add lol]

  • i have this laptop XPS M1530 and i can tel you that for one year this laptop has been awesome, no problem with gaming but then after a year the Gpu started overheating when playing GTA (and by the way u have to put the settings on MINIMUM to play GTA, otherwise u need a better graphics card

  • Could you link a picture of the temps through hardware monitor?

  • NEWER...and bigger than its LITTLE OLDER brother??

    .

    LMFAO

  • lol!!! Love the Biscuit Test the same way I love my XPS!!!

  • he has to explain the earbuds....noise cancelation explains it for itself doesnt it?

  • can you play new GTA on that thing?

  • @kosmosleha Should be able to run decently

  • @bwonedotcom It would run GTA SA pretty well but it would struggle a little with GTA IV the processor is ok to hit mins but the graphics card may cause a few problems as it is only 256MB.

  • would starcraft 2 be able to play on the xps m1530? I got pretty much same specs as you except I have 1.67 ghz instead of the upgraded 2.2ghz.

  • woah...its cool watching my PC on a PC......

  • my did not come with any of that

  • Thank

  • and i never got the option for it

  • mine never came with the earphones and the cloth and the cd case!!!

  • i bought this laptop and about 8 months after when ever i played games on it or ran a programe it would get very hot and somtimes shut down because of the heat. does anyone kno why this is?

  • @StarryMalaka Your fans may not be working properly and may need to be replaced. But first try to blow dust out of the fans by getting a can of compressed air and pushing the dust out. This is usually the cause of overheating on laptops. If not then you will want to contact dell to get the fans replaced.

  • whats the windows rating of this laptop for each category

    processor:

    graphic:

    windows aero:

    and all those things

  • @japorms318 depends on the specs you initially get. I wouldn't focus on that rating much as its based on "your as good as your weakest link" meaning the lowest score you get in one of the categories is your main score which doesn't make much sense and isn't accurate. Its one of the reason software developer haven't adopted the ratings when they put the specs up for their games and programs.

  • clean the fan. I have a M1530. I had the same problem. you have to do to open the valve on the lower side. it is the fan on the heat-pipe (the black housing). dust blocking the hot air. I had temperatures up to 98 Celsius.

  • does it have bluetooth?

    :S

  • yes it does

  • omg!! i mean, by default

    cos i bought one and i dont know where it is

    :(

  • thanks dude, big help

  • I have one. Runs pretty every game I throw at it except for Crysis. I instaled Windows 7 64 bit and Ubuntu 9.10 in dual boot. Works just fine, no driver issues at all. Good stuff.

  • just wait about 15 mounths

  • can anyone tell me on a rating of 5:

    mobility

    gaming

    cost for what you get

    and finally if there is any other better similar laptops for the price?

  • So your saying the Booklet and headphones came with it?! Damnit Dell cheated me....!

  • I have this one, got Windows 7 on it , and love it )

  • @Arstim do you still have this computer with 7 64 bit on it

    im looking at weather to upgrade to 7 or just keep vista 64 on it

    worth it yes but should it be done

    also have you upgraded your processor and GPU? or just left them stock

    The cpu i know is hella expensive to get upgraded...but gpu?

  • @odin2free

    I still have the Dell XPS M1530 with original specs, but more software. I haven't regretted the update to W7 whatsoever! If you can get it with a good price, i'd do it (lots of discount for students for example). Upgrades would cost me 2 much for a laptop I've got for 2,5 years, BUT a gpu update is possible, but I can't guarentee the cpu will correspond the same way you expect the gpu to work...

  • @Arstim why would the cpu and gpu corresponde to eachother isnt it usually the motherboard that creates an issue when installing a new cpu and gpu with different drivers such as chipset and gpu drivers ?

    wondering about it but going to keep stock for now till i realy feel that my netbook out preforms this bahah ssd for the win on 1015pn asus :P

  • @odin2free

    I didn't make it very clear, it's hard to talk about computer stuff in English, as it is not my mother language. What I was trying to say is that if it's not very urgent I wouldn't do it. If you want to upgrade it to play newest games on it, i'd recommend to buy a new one, which will be slightly more expensive but more reliable (as it is new). However, as I don't play games (anymore) I could easily update it, because I like how W7 works, it's fast, efficient and user friendly.

  • LMAO LOVE Da Buscuit test!! supurb Job!

  • i need to try the biscuit test.

  • i played cod 4 all day on this. plays most games ok.

  • i think my dad has this comp or then its the smaler one. i just bought the studio xps 16 with i7.. should be good for games

  • is it better than the m1330 ?

  • yes get 1530 mate

  • I Have one as well and it is great, it can easly play age of empires 3 on it with high graphics setings Is the panel surrounding the touch pad aluminum ?

  • I have this computer. :)

  • lol so do i

  • can i play resident evil 5 without lag?

  • does anyone know if it can play Age of conan with no lag on medium graphics???

  • im still in the midst of choosing the laptop that I want, what would make this the laptop to get besides any other one

  • anyone asking about playing games on it:

    Yes you can play games on it:P

    It can play crysis smoothly(not on full graphics)

    It cant play those super high graphic action games, on full graphic but can play games like: CS source left 4 dead, and sims 3 with no lag,

    if youre considering to buy this one, i think i would rather try and check the studio xps, because this one has become quite old, and they dont add newer stuff to it.

    But it is an awesome computer, and i have it. :P

  • i have one can i play l4d on it?

    mines not really high spec

  • I'm not sure, but mine has the highest specs that were 1.5 years ago, And mine can run it on full graphics with no lag at all. so if you have lower specs, you maybe can play it on full graphics, but you could always lower them.

  • random question but can this computer run counter strike source smoothly?

  • yes it can... atleast my can :p

  • awesome thanks man :)

  • got my xps a while ago and i love it.

    everything i wanted and needed, sometimes the cool quirks of the macbook make me jealous but i know my xps is amazing so whatever

  • The feeling is MUTUAL!!!

  • LOL in the biscuit we trustttttttttt

  • Will this play games such as Crysis or CoD4?

  • it can play Crysis and Cod4 .

  • would u be able to play most games on high display settings with the standard xps m1530

  • can i play thesims3 on it?

  • Hi! What about a tute for changing the GPU / graphics card for m1530? Do you guys know a link here on youtube or elsewhere on how to do it step by step? Help this poor girl :((( THANKS!!!

  • Lol, What's with the background?

  • i did a test i left my toshiba laptop on 4 2 weaks with world of warcraft runing, then i turned wow off put on fanspeed n my system hit up 67 c

  • i ordered this for christmas a while ago and it didnt come with any of this stuff

  • Uhhhh...

  • I just talked to a dell representative and he recomened this to me for a cheap WoW computer but still will never lag

  • can it run world of warcraft smoothly?

  • Definately. I can get 30-45 FPS at peak times in Dalaran, in excess of 70 FPS in most cities and off-peak Dalaran. I did get the 4GB memory upgrade though, but I'm sure it's pretty much the same with or without.

  • good review

    but only problem is the the 7500 takealot of power

  • 7500, is that the processor?

  • nice review

  • Yes Son!

  • how well can you see the screen in sunlight

  • dude i dident get earphones or a leather bound book for my discs, or a bag with magnets!!!

  • The new ones don't come with them anymore.

  • Gay.... T_T i just ordered one

  • lol oh well not a lot of computers come with good accessories anymore, companies want you to buy them really bad :O When I had one, it came with all that stuff, and I gotta say the earphones, CD case, and the computer case were pretty good, and the computer case was like magnetic and awesome lol.

  • good review much better than crappy laptopmag. keep up the gd work

  • lmao 9:14

  • awesome review, i especially liked the biscuit test, mine arrives on tuesday, can't wait!

  • YEAH SON! IN THE BISCUIT, WE, TRUST. ;D

    just ordered this biatch. Cant wait for it to arrive, in Phase 4 of the 5 Phases, delivery preparation. Cant Wait! :]

  • how can i fix that clicking noise ?

  • does the xps still come with a case cause im gettin one soon plus does it cost to get it in black

  • Mine didn't. I didn't get ANY of the extra accessories. Just the laptop, that's it. I got mine this past Christmas.

  • black come with it but blu or red will cost about $40 more

  • hi um will you pls teach me how to setup the mic for this comp because i couldnt get it to work when recording video thanks

  • great review man one of the best iv erver seen

  • lol

    little older brother

    =D!

  • fantastic review.. im convinced.

  • i love how you say 2:34 - 2;42  like a radio announcer

    but great review it helped

  • quick question why did you put 667 memory in there? it forces your pc to run at 667fsb not 800 so it leaves a bottle neck i would of put pc2-6400 not pc2-5300

  • the model i have is the first series before they got the new processors that support ddr800

  • do you mean mobo or processor? because in the video you quote "800Mhz FSB"

  • LMAO - this case will protect your biscuit (^_^)

    Great review!

  • ha ha in the biscuit we trust lmao son!!! ha ha but uh great review!! i just bought this fine machine and im impatiently waiting for its arrival

  • thats most definately bread not a buistcuit so pf course it wouldn't crumble

  • How long has this laptop been in the market?

  • I really dont know why everyone considers dell to be well known for its customer care. I made the mistake of ordering for a comp from the company and it was the worst misake of my life. The comp did not work from the day it arrived and the took such a long time to replace it that the model itself was now not available and now those cheeky buggers have sent me a quotation asking me to pay extra for a very similar machine.

  • im getting a dell studio 17 laptop. its had Core 2 duo 2.0 cpu 4gb ram ddr2 256 mb Ati 3650 320 gb hard drive ram Windows vista 32 bit And the student package with all ms office all for 1300 grand. Is it worth it and will it conquer my games on high? i wanna play games like crysis and cod5. or here is my second choice for 1100 Core 3.0 windows vista 62 bit 2 gb gddr2 500gb hard drive ati hd 4850 512 mb with ms office. but still i dont know which is better. please message me
  • I have a dell studio 15 and it works great has a 250 gb hd and 3gb of ram, its great

  • incidentally I'm watching this now because my Studio15 just crapped out (first machine I've owned to ever brick) a week after buying it.

  • I have not heard or experience good things about any of the Studio series notebooks.

  • No one is talking about the battery life? How good is it?

  • battery life is on par with notebooks this size.

  • Well that rage from 1,5-4,5 h man so thats not really a help

  • 2:07 what is that bag called?

  • do xps notebooks have backlit keyboards?

  • The M1730 has one

  • thats is a true biscuit test there!

  • i have a question....

    if u have a solid state drive and want to put in a regular hard drive can that be done?

  • Anyone know how well the fingerprint reader works?

  • works pretty well. i use it daily and it normally works on the first try.

  • is this laptop easy to carry around and put in your backpack?

  • yes

  • in the biscuit we trust lmao

  • i got dell inspiron 1525 laptop 3gb ram 250gb hard drive

  • good review, good laptop, bad biscuits.

    your done son.

  • is this a good one. i just ordered it and should be here next week.

    XPS M1530, Intel Core 2 Duo Processor T9300 (2.5GHz/800MHzFSB, 6M L2

    8GB, DDR2, 800MHz 2 Dimm

    15.4 inch Wide Screen WXGA+ 256MB NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT

    500G 5400RPM Samsung Hard Drive

    85 WHr 9-cell Lithium Ion Primary Battery, for XPS M1530

    Dell Wirless 355 Bluetooth Module

    Finger Print Reader XPS M1530 15.4 inch Blue Wide Screen WX+ LED TrueLife LCD with 2.0 MP Camera for XPS M1530

  • Yes, that laptop has a high spec and should handle most tasks with ease.

  • meh, most hard drive speeds these days are 7200 rpm, see if you can get that upgraded as well

  • it already shipped the dell guy said there isnt much of difference in the rpm so i went with the bigger hard drive

  • Ok my m1530 didnt come with all them cool stuff you showed at the beginning. WTF? What should I do?

  • If you're thinking about buying this laptop, check out the Asus G50vt-a1. You're prolly thinking the hell is that? Well check it out, x2 peformance for the same price.  Oh yeah better looks. Hit me up with some q's if u got any.

  • Hello,

    I have an XPS M1530, I am not exacty sure how to charge the six cell battery, because everytime I charge the laptop is shows this sign with a lightning symbol in the middle. Can you please tell me the proper way of charging a six cell battery. If I am doing something wrong. Thanks

  • Omfg the biscuit test kick ass, very convincing xD

  • I ordered mine (:

    It's supposed to come jan 13th

    Awesome review

  • did you get your xps yet?? mine was delayed and if being shipped now wondering how you like it

  • 0o0o so im not the only person..mine got delayed and they had to re-do my order, 5 days later they had to restart my order AGAIN. ridiculous. hopefully when it arrives its worth the wait

  • my order was delayed twice during december, very frustrating. oh and i didnt receive any of the cool little accessories like the earbuds, case, or dust wipe. very annoyed by this and talking to dell to see if they will fix this issue.

  • My XPS was delayed as well Im looking at a week and a half. It's kind of crappy but good news I got my printer! HA!

  • LMFAO BISCUIT TEST. THE FUCK U ON MAN! I LOVE BLACK PEOPLE (anyone who takes offence to this comment is retarded. GOod review man.. im subscribing!

  • u had me at the biscuit test

    =D

    im gettin it

  • gonna get it

  • how long did it take urs 2 ship? man mines takin forever...i hate the waiting...

  • ho wlong have u been waiting for ? im goanan order one tomorrow

  • i just ordered mine last night....the predicted delivery is for the 20th of january.....today is the 31 of december...the waiting is killing me

  • damn thats a long time.. i got a macbook now

  • wouldn`t the magnets ruin the computer?

  • not for lcd screens old man

  • lmfao!

  • for far cry 2 is xps m1530 good gaming laptop,(256mb geforce 8600 gt)

  • is 8600m gt good enough for most of the games out there?

  • yes

  • if ur video card can support crysis then it can support any other game. 8600m gt can definitely support crysis.

  • I ordered one of these, same configuration except I have a 2.5Ghz Core 2 Duo. I am hoping for the best. Didn't go with the hi-def screen, high-res LED backlight though. Call me a worrier but are the magnets in the case capable of causing any damage to the screen/HDD?

  • I've bought one...yummmmmmmmmm...I got the inspiron mini9 for $ 99...nice deal!

    total expenditure $ 1408.

  • I got it right now and it uses 1 gb evrday ! Or is it just vista :?

  • the clothe and ac adapter in not standered in was somthing free talked to one of the people at dell

  • Screw the laptop, I want the biscuit..SON!

  • lol @ biscuit test

  • the video card 8600m gt with only 256 mb is a bit outdated in my opinion... i hope they refresh their lineups and have an upgradable vdeo card to nvidia 9600m gt with 512 mb for better gaming experience.

  • It's hard to be up to date. Nvidia seems to come out with a new card every other month. 8600m gt runs most games today...not the best quality but it does the job.

  • I ROFL AT BISCUIT TEST

  • Awesome review! I'm thinking about buying one in the near future, I hope Dell has some nice Christmas deals! :D

  • In the buiscuit we trust, Great review, changed my mind about it !!! ;)

  • What are the disks for?

  • lol when he said "Lets take it for a test drive" and when that music kicked in it sounded like something of MTV Cribs

  • I just ordered one. In it's current stock configuration, it comes with a 2.5 duo preocessor,CD/DVD R, 4gig ram, 256mg video & a 320gig hard drive for $1,032.00