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  • do the m1530 has wifi on it

  • Fuck DELL!My laptop battery barely lasted a month and it started dying...now the battery lasts literally 10 min when not plugged...as if batteries were cheap.Customer service blows balls too.Fuck You DELL! >:C

  • wouldnt this be second look?

  • I used to have one of them for a few years... that fan was annoying to me.

    the 1330...

    I went to macbook pro... I am better here.

  • MY M1530 is already overheating when im playing GTA or other big games! to the point that my laptop reaches 90 degrees celsius and shuts down automatically T_T

  • @yougonasorry have you thought about opening it up and cleaning the dust that may be trapped in the fan? Sometimes there is a little pouch in the plastic around the fan that causes the fan to trap dust in it. Maybe you could get a laptop cooling pad also. just a suggestion. your lucky you have such a nice laptop even though you have that little problem. :P

  • @yougonasorry Maybe it's time to clean it. When I cleaned mine, it went down from 90-100 degrees celsius to 70-80 on high load.

  • @yougonasorry

    Take off the cover underneath and blow out the fan. I literally press my lips against the exhaust vent and blow out the dust. No more overheating for a while! (Depending on how much dust is in your house)

  • I love my M1530 Mines black though, except the fan is placed in the shittiest place so I have to support it to keep it cool. Other then that its an amazing laptop. I wanted the m1730 though.

  • meehjust cant seem to find a prince who knows his way around a womans body

  • I got the XPS M1530 for over 1,5 years and it runs like a charm.

  • Dell is one of the most reliable computer makers. I've been using Dells, and other brands like Toshiba, HP, and Apple for years and have never had a problem with them.

  • In irak all hate the acer brand, ? i dont know i think that a good pc is a good pc fuck the brand man

  • I have one of these. really good laptop plays all the games i want it to play. i did have an overheating problem but i found out it was to do with a loose connection, to fix this just take off all the back panels without taking the whole back off of it, then disconnect everything you can and reconnect it. also give it a clean from dust. and your done overheating stops. :)well it did with me :)

  • could you help me out by any chance lol, basically i have this laptop and it starting slowing down etc. so i wiped it and reinstalled all the drivers etc. but the fan doesnt turn on anymore which leads to serious overheating, any ideas on hwo to get it to work again? I looked all over the internet and found no solutions what so ever lol

  • I had a simialar problem :( My fan just didnt seem to run as fast.

    What i done was that i took the whole back panel off and disconnected every component that i could, i found that my ram card was slighly loose, i took both out and plugged them back in and from then on i can play games for hours :D

    Hope this helped, please subscribe to my page :D

    Chris

  • is there a PC kind

    if not then can someone tell me a good gaming PC

    pleas...

  • WTF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    i wanna buy one of those,but who to trust,the ones who say its ok or the ones who dont????

    pffff the reviews as well says its good but its a firts look,not an rvw based on users

  • lol i have this and its awesome!

    not 1 problem!

  • Got this laptop and I love it. If you got big glompy hands then you are liable to take off buttons!

  • my sucks !!!

    it constantly overheats and sucks

  • i got this computer and its really bad

    -not much battery 1-3 hours

    -laggs

    -keys fall off only had for like HALF A YEAR

  • Eh.. Did u buy a used one. Cuz I've had mine for like 2 years now and it still runs fine.

  • nope i got a BRAND NEW ONE from the dell website

  • does your's overheat ?

  • Yes it over heats alot

  • what is better?

    xps 15

    or xps 16

  • Dells are amazing computers! so r PCs! i am a Mac person tho, and they wud b better than Macs easily if they ran Mac OS X Leopard 10.5.7 bc windows is so unstable, and vista is worse than xp (aka Windows 7) YES! 7!

  • im getting 1530 today woot woot

  • For cool computers with awsome custom paint jobs check out this site:

    getagamingmachine.blogspot. com

  • Lol yah it also gets way too hot. Runs slow as fuck. Has too many run time errors. Lags a lot. Has vista, which even Bill Gates implies to as sucky. Lol I hope mine overheats, I really want it to die. I'll probably sell it at a garage sale for a dollar, even though that's way overpirced.

  • My dad bought this laptop for me on Christmas. I used to think that it sucked pretty bad. However, now I realize that it serves as a great night light! God knows it can't do anything else. Well, then again. I'm lying. It's a nice paper weight, a bit bulky though. Then again, it's way to bright to be a night light, can't even let you sleep, and it dies after 3 hours. Hmm..

    Don't buy it. It's a piece of shit.

  • This computer isn't good for the high end gamer. I play a lot of RTS, and FPS. Needless to say, I get very low FPS for all games. Maybe the 1730 is better, but I do not know. The 1530 sure doesn't have a lot of power. 2.1 GHz isn't enough for the games I play. I need better power. I'd stick to a desktop. But since I am going to college I had to get a computer. Unfortunately, I got a "below average" computer. Oh well.

  • Other then me who think the "First Look"-title doesn't fit with a movie which is second in line :)

  • i have the 17 inch one and its kick ass for gamin

  • No matter the item, Dell lacks SUPPORT. The idiots they outsource the technical support is a shameless group, in my case,they could not re-install MS XP software and I mean from excutive down to lowly position. I was subjected to a Window Vista with 1 GB of memory, even a fool knows Vista does not operate well and had a fruitless fight trying to get my hardware replaced. They make em all right, but support and integrity NEVER. LET THE BUYER BEWARE!!

  • I have the m1530 and all the upgrades from dell.

    and the mother fucker gets hot as hell and if you are not careful it will over heat and no one wants that. So if you do bye it you should also get a dock/cooling station.

  • It's a little better with the 9-cell battery, because the back of the pc gets lifted up by 1 or 2 cm. This will bring more air under the pc :)

  • can i work for schhol on this laptop

  • whats the difference between those 2

  • Dont Ever Lie Lazy

  • Hey, CAn you play World Of Warcraft with good graphics on the M1530?

  • Some guy from another video said you can run it on high settings at 1280x800 for around 40FPS if thats any help.

  • meow

  • u could without any major problems but i ordered one and upgraded it so it has

    XPS M1530, Intel Core 2 Duo Processor T8300 (2.4GHz/800MHzFSB, 3M L2 Cache)

    4GB, DDR2, 667MHz 2 Dimm, for XPS M1530

    256MB NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT

    500G 5400RPM Samsung Hard Drive

    hope this helps

  • good machine u have there :)

  • yea im on it right now runs perfect on anythting

  • I meant Site ;p

  • 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
  • u would be able to play cod4 dont know about 5 , and crysis is very demanding, ati 3650 is average graphic card, far from good one for gaming, the other one is higher level of it, if u want to play games go for the second comp and upgrade ram, btw its 64 bit and many games and programs dont support it

  • If you want to play COD5 the minumum Video card the game asks is 256 Mb so it maybe cudn't work.

    You cud better take a XPS 15.4" at their side you can still upgrade RAM to 4096Mb and more HDD

    PS : XPS are gaming laptops so..

  • lol 4 gigs of ram on 32 bit vista is useless dude, vista 32-bit only utilizes 2.5 gbs of RAM tops the rest is allocated to other parts of the comp, ur wasting money if you get 4 gb without 64-bit vista

  • do the xps notebooks come with backlit keyboards?

  • XPS studio 13 / 16 , onli tis series have backlit keyboards

  • 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

  • That's a good one. I hear they are having probs with NVidia 8s so make sure you check for updates to the BIOS (to run the cooling fan more) and get a mobo monitoring program to make sure your temps are not rising.

  • Sweet!

  • Take the matte finish lid off this and replace the leather/reflective/exposed hinges lid of the Studio 1640 with it.  Winner.

  • i already have my own m1330... the only problem with this laptop is that whenever the cord is plug out, the brightness of the screen usually gets darker... i didnt expect to be as dark as wat i thought... so basically, everytime i use my laptop... i just plug the cord into the outlet to keep the brightness better... im pretty satisfied with my laptop though...

  • You know you can adjust the brightness with the function keys right? Hold fn and press the up or down arrows. You can also stop it going dark at all by changing the preferences in Windows.

  • i tried to put it into the high performance so that i could just keep the brightness better... but still, im not satisfied with the brightness at all... its still dark everytime the cord in unplug... do u think there's something wrong with my m1330? if that's the case, den i would just probably return it to the store for warranty...

  • Try adjusting the brightness manually with the Fn keys, and max brightness on battery should be the same as max brightness on AC power. If it's not then I guess there's probably something wrong.

  • Go into the BIOS (hold F2 at startup), there's a setting there under power management or something like that. You need to increase the brightness level for battery setting to maximum. If you don't then the Fn+Arrow Up will only allow half brightness on battery alone. If you need more help just ask me. I got my M1330 recently and was a little worried about this until I was looking through the BIOS and found the setting. Save the changes in the BIOS when exiting and don't play with other settings!

  • hi sir, where exactly i can find the BIOS at m1330? i tried to hold the Fn + Arrow Up button but the result is still the same... i also did increase the high performance on the battery sign all the way up under the right screen, but Im still not satisfied with the brightness at all... its still damn dark! hopefully, i can use my laptop on battery alone with the same max brightness on AC power... i'd appreciate ur immediate response... thanks...

  • First, switch off the laptop. Then turn it on. Then immediately press F2 and hold it down until the computer goes into BIOS (it's a big blue screen with menus). Use the arrows to go down "Video", press enter. Press the down arrow to go to brightness. Enter into brightness, press the right arrow to increase brightness to 8. Then press enter again. Then press ESC and choose "Exit Saving Changes". It's easier than it sounds! You might want to print these instructions before you try it...

  • hey man! thanks for ur help! finally, i can use my laptop with battery alone! the brightness is completely the same with AC on! yeah!!! thanks for the help again, bro! ur d man! Gbu!

  • i ordered mine yestarday I CANT WAIT ;D!

  • anyone know how to change what happens when i close my laptop i have this one and it goes into sleep mode but i want it just to close and open when i do that?? any suggestions

  • goto control panel, then click on mobil PC, after that click on power options and there on the left side there is a button that says change what closing the lid does...just click there

  • just got mine, very satisfied with it.

  • great,i plan to get that one too. does it come with the sleeve? any other accessory?

  • im using this comp ITS THE BEST COMPUTER EVER OMGT I LOVE IT

  • i agree i got the red one :D

  • is it good enough for far cry????????

    256 geforce 8600m gt

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

  • it should be good enough. XPS laptops are not really Gaming laptops but Multimedia laptops. But they are still very good for playing games with.

  • "The Dell XPS is a high-end line of gaming computers sold by Dell" - Wikipedia.

  • AtomicGecko

    1st thing: You are sad to believe everything on Wikipedia.

    2nd: if you read on, you would see that Xps "LAPTOPS" are "High End" (Not 'Gaming')

    XPS Desktops are Gaming computers, YES.

    But Xps Laptops, the one here is not. They are really good media laptops capable to play games to a Very Satisfactory level.

  • I have this, I'm replacing the broadcom wireless card with a Intel® WiFi Link 5300 now =D

  • well, i getting this laptop soon and i`m woundering if this laptop can handle PC games like HL2 episode 2 if i were to make the video card a 280MB nivada GT 8600.

    Would it handle games with graphics like the Unreal engine 3. Please reply

  • It handles HL2 episode 2 extremely well. It surpasses the recommendation specs.

  • This will play Source fine; not sure about the unreal engine but I would assume so if you were on low settings. I've seen this laptop handle med to low settings on Crysis.

  • yep easily, i have it and it runs cod4 and bioshock beautifully too

  • whats your video memory?

  • is the Dell XPS M1530 to the right or left xD?

  • The 1530 is the larger of the two - on the right. =)

  • Thank you : D

  • man.......... your the best

  • isnt this laptop very good for games, please answer me soon.

  • If you get the 256mb video card, then yes.

  • Ya it is good for gaming

  • should i get the nine cell battery, its lasts longer but it also sticks out, what should i do?

  • i just got mine lastnight and i have the 9 cell and doesnt still out too horribly but it does stick ou and raises it up about an inch which i dont mind again but all goes down to if you think your gonna need alot more battery on the go 9 cell lasts awsomely but if u dont want it to stick out and sacrifice less time then thats all up to your personal preferences

  • cheers :)

  • Ummm, the 1530 allows an LED screen with a 2.0MP camera where the 1330 downgrades the camera if you opt for LED. Also, no blu-ray on 1330. Why do you not research before you do a video on a comparison????

  • ye there is..

  • not true there is

  • Well, I had another look, it's not on the UK store, but it is one of the options on the USA site.

  • There is an option for the LED screen but they only have it for 1440x900 resolution

  • Are you serious? Those are two small differences. He did a camparison because they are both from the same XPS M range and have been called brothers by dell.

    Why not do research before sounding retarded?

  • just bought one the other day hooked it up with a bunch of gaming stuff niceeee,

  • I would prefer the 1330.

  • yeah my m1530 is comming 2day!

    can't wait for it anymore XD

  • im gettin 1! woohoo! they dont break easily, dont worry. right now i got dell inspiron 1520 and i go away at my m8s alot and it no broke

  • I can't wait to get mine, I just bought it over the weekend... so excited

    I got the XPS M1530, Intel Core Duo T5850(2.16 GHz, 667Mhz, 2M L2 Cache)

    woo hoo!!!

  • Niiiiiiice :D I'm looking at buying one, but I'll probably have to save up for a while.....lolz

  • I hear you... Now that we put it on the Visa I'm wondering how we going to pay it LOL

    But anyways just keep saving a few bucks weekly and I'm sure you will get it soon!!!

    Take care

  • Long wait for a computer, at least a month. I am going elsewhere for one.

  • antisocial it might break easily sooooo, HIDE THE COMPUTER LOL.

  • this guys voice is so camp

  • y have you done part 1 and part 2??? so gay

  • does t break esaly because i'm going to my friends house for the weekend and the main computer that we have in our living room can't play a dora game so my little brother wants to use my laptop but i'm scared he'll break it plz i have to leave tommorrow someone reply!!!

  • oh sry to late

  • Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor T8300 (2.4GHz/800Mhz FSB, 3MB Cache), 250GB 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive, 256MB NVIDIA® GeForce® 8600M GT, and a carrying case.

    anything you would reccomend? or anything i should add, its 1.5k dollars with discount and i find that pretty cheap. so what do oyu think

  • too expensive... google "dell summer xps" and take advantage of $540 off of these. I grabbed myself one with your exact specs (minus carrying case and office preloaded) for 1200 after tax

  • mine doesnt hav office i still got a office cd from last year when i bought my pc, i dont need ANY software all i need is hardware, but ill look at your offer

  • I don't know about the m1330 but when the m1530 is plugged in with the adapter, you keep on feeling static electricity on the aluminum finish.

  • is it static? hm, i always thought it was the hard drive spinning.

  • well by my experience everytime I pull the charger out it feels normal like a regular aluminum finish, and when i plug it in... yeah

  • Which is better???

  • I got a M1330 on the way to me in the mail.

    T9300 2.5Ghz, 4Gb Ram, 320Gb HDD and the 8400.

    Chose size over graphics since I get my gaming fix on the Xbox 360

  • You can EASILY tell the M1330 has the shitty Samsung panel while the M1530 has either the AU Optronics or LG panel (which are the sharper and better ones)!

  • dell, is soooo smart...you end up going oh, only 999$??? then you customize it...they dangle these little thngs that are around 50-100$ and you go oh well might as well get this while im buying a new laptop...and this...and this....until you have a 1400$

    laptop...

  • haha thas true i bought a dell xps 710 an it was something over a grand i think an then i saw the monitor , wireless mouse an some other stuff , in total it was just under 2thousand pound

  • like printer cover wiper charger mouse and everything?... wow.. i wanna but one!!

  • how much?

  • $999

  • ow really?..u mean the bigger one?wow!...it just the laptop or it comes w/ everything in it?

  • im pretty sure everything. my sis got it a week ago.

  • Question. would this be the ideal computer for running game emulators. Because I have Twilight princess and Smash bros melee. And I want to play them on a great laptop that's pretty fast and doesn't freeze up as much. Should I get it? If not, then what Laptop should I get?

  • okay wat was he talking about whats the highest grafics card srry im a noob at this stuff. wats the differance anyways with grafic cards????? for example can i play  GTA IV on this laptop if it comes out for pc will it handle grafics

  • hey douche bag (dadabubu1980) stop going around and spamming your bad experience with dell, nobody gives a dam about ure inspiron 640 m, and plus these are XPS's not inspirons, get a life.

  • Yea I had a hard time deciding between the two but the 8600M gt graphics card was the ultimate deciding factor for me.

  • argg this is so hard, I can't decide whether to get the m1530 or m1330....

  • the 1530 u can get a higher and better graphics card and is bigger in screen size

  • So hard to decide!!! I like the m1330, looks great at only 13.1" but the other one is more powerful. Any idea about which is better for video editing, and graphic app. (not games at all)??? Price is almost the same.

  • other one!!

  • xp2 m1330 is bad ass though..

  • good

  • i have that one in black

    its a great gaming system:)

  • i have some questions.. what kind of laptop should i get for gaming that would be good,could someone tell me

    if u have aim im Killa JoayxD

    message me i need a good laptop for running WoW

  • get a dell xps gaming laptop. they are a little heavy and thick, you may not like it if youre looking for style. for games get 4 gb of ram and a good graphics card and high resolution screen

  • the m1330 is only 4 pounds(6-cell).... which is great as it has a dedicated graphics card

  • for any kind of gaming the alien ware is the way to go or go to hp or dell . it depends on what kind of gaming, if you are the likes of crysis then go for a really strong alienware.

  • Dell and HP both offer similar hardware of that of the two Alienware laptops.

  • duh this one

  • What would be better as a multimedia laptop and have longer battery life the m1530 or the macbook pro

  • multimedia? well for multimedia mac os x is definitely what you want so i would go with the macbook pro if multimedia was my only concern, however, remember that the MBP has a fairly heftier pricetag.

  • xps 1530

  • will the laptop be good for gaming and good for normal stuff with 2.0 intel core and 2gb memory with nvidia 8600M GT?

  • You should get 3gb memory.

  • xp doesnt work with 2+gb even on pack2 i tried it result=blue screens gskill memory!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • It comes with Vista first of all, and 2ndly i have an xps m1530 with 3gb. It works.

  • how the heck does it come with 3 gb, that is impossible it has to be 1,2, or 4 gb of ram. i though the xps m1530 came with only 2 ram slots, unless someone decided to sell 1.5 gb sticks of ram.

  • Haha.. You can have 1 GB in one slot and 2 GB in the other.

  • heha!!!!!!!!!!!ya!!!!!!!!!

  • thats what i allways thought but the computerfixer guy said it should work

  • Yes it does. the RAM limit for XP Pro is 4gb. sounds like you got a bad memory stick.

  • true but now got 2gbs of corsair great quality=now more bluescreensofdeaths

  • now i have 2gbs corsair,didnt have another blue screen since i installed

  • now even pack 3!1

  • ya it would be great for it

  • U can even play Gothic 3 on that, i'm thinking on buying a xps 1530 with the same specs for light gaming, although i think that machine can run crysis too.

  • yeah but on low or medium

  • I am planning to get one with 3gb ram and I heard that is not a good idea because dual core will only run the first 2gb simultaneously (so maybe 1 gb in each core). The evidence is that owners admit the comp doesn't display 3gb on the system device screen. Anyone got a 2nd opinion?

  • get the 2 gig, and if it runs too slow, buy extra and install it yourself... it'll cost much less and then you can see if 2gb is enough... if it's not just install an extra gig.

  • I could but I don't want to void the warranty. I am ok with upgrading desktop but I have never done it with a laptop before so the risk would not justify the saving.

  • risk? what risk is there in opening the back and slotting in another stick of RAM? warranty is only voided if you start tampering with the hardcore stuff.

  • Does anyone know´s when is dell going to launch a new line of xps laptops...???..please...

  • what new features come with the M1530 that don't come with the M1330 apart from the size difference? PLEASE ANSWER

  • Better hardware (Blu-ray player, better graphics card). That's about it. And a bigger screen.

  • For being able to write 50GB to a disc in the field maybe? It aint all about watching pr0n :-D

  • i want the dell xps m1530 soo badly

  • the two together looks cute.