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Works For Me! I've had my XPS M1530 for over a month now. It was shipped three weeks earlier than the expected shipping date. I have had no issues with the unit. All aspects of this laptop are exactly what I expect in a mid/higher end machine. I have
Everything you need in a sleek design. The Dell XPS 1530 is the 3rd laptop I have purchased after a old Gateway and a 2006 Macbook Pro and I must say it was a worthy purchase. Right out of the box, the 1530 comes with all required software and only a coup
Well built machine thats worth every penny paid for. I like the keyboard. Earbuds and remote contol were a nice touch. I am really getting use to Vista as this was the first machine I had with it. I like the program. I made sure to update all my programs
Very satisfied. I'll keep it short. I've had my XPS M1530 for about 4 months. I got it to have something to use for both work and gaming. I use it for roughly 8-12 hours a day, 5 days a week (which means I've logged about 900 hours on it th
Very well done laptop. I love mine. It does everything I need. I should have upgraded to the faster processor though. I only that the 2.4 ghz processor.
Solid Great Laptop for the price! Great buy for the price I paid for it. Compared many others for a couple of months before I bought this one. I have had it for 2 weeks and so far, so good.
Nicest laptop from Dell! I purchased this laptop from Dell and I got a $300 discount plus a gift card for $200. You need at least 3GB memory. The biometric scanner works better than what I expected. The battery lasts for at least 4 hours... so you can eas
Recommended; Brilliant Notebook PC! This has been a great experience, working with this laptop. I would definitely recommend it to both amateurs, and power users alike. Windows Vista Ultimate runs seamlessly upon the machine, and much better so than my si
I enjoy it very much. all in all im very happy with my purchases
Great laptop w/ minor issues. My specs: Tuxedo Black T8300 4GB RAM 160GB HD 256 8600M GT (DDR3) This laptop is absolutely the best laptop I have ever found in terms of price-performance. I got it for $930 shipped, including tax and it can play anything I
Amazing laptop for the money. Very nice laptop, I came from a Compaq Presario C508US so this an amazing improvement. For Dell's line of laptops, this by far has to be the best looking one I have seen (for it's size, anyway.)
High performance, great style and above average customer support from Dell. Wonderful laptop that has replaced my desktop with alot more style... Also purchased Microsoft office as well as anti virus anti spam etc which all came ready to run out of the bo
Very much in competition the XPS M1530. Excellent notebook much of the features you'll find as a mid to high range if you are into gaming and multimedia editing. After comparing at least six notebooks this came on top of my preference(customized). It
All you need in a Windows laptop. I use this equally for work and personal use. Dell gave a free upgrade to a larger and faster hard drive and 4 g of memory. This is a nice sized and lighter laptop with a great place for the money. It can be a desktop rep
Amazing Laptop for a very reasonable price. This computer is great. It's very compact, fairly light, and packs a lot of punch. The build quality is just amazing. Just a couple of nicks on the battery and thats about it. I was a long time hater of Del
Amazing notebook at a great price. The is an amazing notebook for a great price. Super fast 2.2Ghz processor, 160GB HDD running at 7200 rpm, 3GB RAM, 256MB NVIDIA GeForce 8600M G, 8X DVD+/-RW Slot Load Drive all for 1400 bucks. I received my system a full
Elegant, feature rich, sturdy, has it all Windows Notebook of the year 2008. This is the beauty and the beast Notebook PC for the main stream user. It has everything that any main stream user needed in next 3-5 years. CNET review is rather limited in cove
Excellent Laptop. I have had my M1530 for a few days now and it has been incredible. I got mine with Intel Core2 Duo 2.2Ghz Processor, 2GB RAM, 256MB NVIDIA Graphics and it has performed beautifully. It has had no trouble with any tasks I have thrown at i
The New Dell Formulation. Pros: Price, RAM, processor Cons: Speakers, screen resolution The Bottom Line: A great computer at a not too shabby price for the average user who wants something with expansion possibiities. voodoslnkr's Full Review: Dell X
Very solid product. I routinely multi-task with a large theological research package [libronix] while running word and listening to an online music service. This machine takes it all in stride. It appears that Dell has gotten past the processor heating is
Not a bad "grey box". This is not a bad laptop at all. I admit i'm a bit biased b/c i've owned nothin but Dell products. I recently gave my Inspiron 9300 to my cousin and purchased this to replace. It took some getting used to to go to
Great laptop. Alright, most of this laptop is fantastic except for the speakers. They sound tinny, quiet and generally like crap. It seems inexcusable in a computer like this.
Excellent laptop! Fast, excellent display, quiet. I caught Dell when they had a sale in January and I got the best bang for the buck. Does everything well, we will see how it does in the long run.
Computer very good but I was cheated out of my credit.
2.6Ghz, 4 GB RAM - Fast w/ Minor Issues. Pros: - Fast: I needed a laptop with the fastest processors available and the most amount of RAM due to the type of programming work I do (design of processor and RAM intensive applications performing analysis on g
Nice midsize laptop from Dell. First off, CNET's review is off a bit. The thickness of this laptop is 0.9" (2.4 cm) at the front to 1.4" at the rear (3.5 cm). At least those are Dell's specs; I didn't take a ruler to mine. Not far
Customers want Windows XP - Dell is really silly. Even though Vista has taken so much flak, Dell is persisting with it. Why not give an option of Windows XP? People would think twice before purchasing this system solely because of Vista. Dell please use y
Well it does have a good warranty... OK Bought this laptop for B day and purchased almost every upgrade possible at that moment...finally got it after extended "build" time. Not even a week and the Blue Tooth was out, after call had a tech at my
Not the best 15.4" notebook that I could find, to say the least. I learned about this notebook PC while browsing the Dell Web site. The computer has many ports and it has good performance, and those are definitely good spots. But I must say that I wa
I got 3 BSODs during the first 30 minutes while updating the system software as I should. I was quite upset that Dell sent me a new one. Again, the same problems.
There are better options. I did my research and headed off to my local computer store to purchase a 15" XPS. I arrived at the store and found an XPS with a 1.8ghz Intel Dual Core Processor, 160GB HD, 2 GB of Ram and a video card with shared memory. I
Bad support and repair. I waited a long time for the M1530 to come out with the LED screen and ordered the laptop with 3 GB of memory because of concerns about Vista. First, problem was three day delay in promised shipping date. Not really a big deal but
Why settle for slow drives? Though I've not had an issue with a Dell laptop or desktop in years -- more than 10 years, in fact -- I'm utterly disappointed by ALL the manufacturers for still pushing sub-par hard drives. In 2008, is there any reas
Interminable navigation. as much as i wanted to keep this machine, i could not tolerate the sticky / sporadically responsive / jumpy pointer and scrolling action via the integrated touchpad. despite how solid everything else was, i couldn't rationali
Last Dell Ever.
Badly designed laptop. I have a dell XPS for over 2 weeks now, and I have to tell you - it sucks! External appearances may decieve you, and thats what the Dell XPS 1530 does. It looks cool from the outside. But when u start using it, I have to tell you I
LCD Screen Monitor Very Poor. Right out of the box, this XPS M1530, with the high end LCD monitor was terrible. Not bright, not too clear, grainy look. I called Dell Support that day, they told me that screen quality varies (poor excuss) and to reload NVi
Not worth the price. I have had my laptop for only a few weeks, but even so I have spent more than 10 hours on issues. I have had drive corruption issues, video issues and blue screens. The hassel is just not worth the price that I have paid for the syste
Very concrened about what is to come. As a long term Dell system owner, I am thoroughly disappointed with the service and Dell's inability to comprehensively address shortcomings that arise as a result of Dell activities. By now, my complaints are pr
Wish I had done more in-store shopping. I purchased this machine because I started working at home part time. I've had it for 3 weeks and have encountered 2 blue screens, it runs so hot that it's uncomfortable to type for more than three minutes
Careful what your order (and ask for!). Well, I'll tell you all. I have been a BIG supporter of Dell in the past. My general experiences with Dell and their customer service team have been pretty good for the last two laptops (D620 and Latitude 5100)
Terrible screen, terrible tech support, terrible Dell. It arrived within 5 days of ordering in the UK. However, the first thing I noticed was the poor quality the 1680x1050 screen. Wide viewing angles were virtually non-existent, the screen couldn't
If you are expecting a nice screen on this notebook don't expect too much. There have been issues where the screen is very grainy, dull, not uniform and with very bad viewing angles. If you are someone who is picky about their screen you will most
Had one and it is going back ASAP. Maybe it is luck of the draw, but this is the worst laptop I have ever owned. I made the mistake of getting it with Vista because I could not get this with XP Pro. A majority of software did not work with Vista, even bas
Why do I never believe Cnet ratings? I have the Dell XPS M1530 2.2gz, 4mb, 250 hard drive. I was hoping for a super speedy machine that worked great. Did I mention it was slow and crashed 10 times already? In order to make the resolution clear Dell didn&#
Dropped the ball. Ok, i bought this laptop on Jan 8 and recieved it about Jan 18th. Within the first month i had placed 4 service calls on it. First service call there were two white spots smack dab center of my screen, they replaced the LCD. Second servi
Broke after two months - design problem? I just posted this review on the Dell website and wanted to share. I love the machine and got all the maxed out features, but the battery had a problem and it only worked on AC power, until the tech changed out the
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