EXCELLENT PERFORMING XPS M1530 FROM DELL

XPS M1330 is a well-known portable notebook from Dell and the notebook giant has come up with the XPS M1530, which is properly designed and made for the excellent performance. The chief difference one may notice is that the M1330 has a smaller screen display of      13.3” and M1530 has a CCFL glossy screen display of 15.4”-inch WXGA (1280x800 resolution). The XPS M1530 further provides more dominant design options and could be fairly competent as a gaming machine. You can get this one in three different colors, black, which and red (not less than a Ferrari color). With its excellent design, sensitive touch buttons, LED backlit indicator makes M1530 an industrial notebook with both power and beauty.

Of course, it is not only impressive in the look, but even the technical features are great. You get Intel Core 2 Duo Platform named Santa Rosa, along with devoted NIVIDA 8600m graphics facility for people more interest in graphics and NVIDIA 8400m for the people with less interested in graphical performance. Additional features comprises 2.2GHz Intel T7500 processor committed, which has 4MB of store on the chip and a front side bus rate of 800MHz to assist the things move along. All in all there's a lot to admire about the XPS M1530 and it's easy for sure to recommend.


System as Reviewed:
     •   Crimson red paint
     •   2.4GHz Core 2 Duo T7700 processor
     •   2GB DDR2-667 SDRAM
     •   160GB 5400 RPM SATA HDD
     •   Slot-loading dual-layer DVD±RW drive
     •   NVIDIA GeForce Go 8600M GT with 256MB GDDR3
     •   WWAN option for Verizon
     •   Ethernet, 802.11a/g/n (Intel 4965), Bluetooth option
     •   Integrated 2.0 megapixel webcam
     •   HDMI, VGA, S-Video, Firewire/1394, three USB 2.0 ports, integrated media reader (MS, SD, xD), fingerprint reader
     •   Media Center remote located in ExpressCard slot
     •   Windows Vista Home Premium
     •   Dimensions (with 6-cell battery): 14.06" x 10.34" x 0.93" - 1.38"
     •   Weight starts at 5.9 pounds with 6-cell battery (6.29 pounds with 9-cell)

DELL XPS M1530 REVIEW

Introduction
Dell did a great success with the M1330 now they made a bigger version of it called M1530. This version offers a great 15-inch screen, good graphics and a fascinating design.
Let’s take a closer look what this beauty has to offer.


Design
Most people buys laptops with 15-inch screens, the Dell XPS M1330 was a strong success but had only a 13 inch screen. Now dell has made a new version of it with a 15-inch screen. The laptop looks great and it pretty much look like a bigger version of the M1330. The top pf the laptop is red and inside its black and white. The weight for this machine is simply 5,9 lbs and it is also very thin. The keyboard and mouse pad works great and it simple slides into your hand when you are writing on the keyboard.
Above the keyboard you will also find a series of touch sensitive media buttons with a blue LED backlight. You will also get a remote for this notebook because it works also great as a media center.

Screen
The screen has been upgraded from the M1330 to a 15-inch, it is also thinner and the quality is better. One thing we still miss on the screen is LED backlighting, now it can only offer you the standard CCFL. It is still good, bright and flawless though. You will also get a 2.0 MP in built webcam which is of good quality. The screen on our pre-production unit looks flawless from straight on and the horizontal viewing angles are great. Upper vertical viewing angles are good, but colors did begin to invert at lower viewing angles when the screen is tilted back.

Performance
This machine performs very well with a 2.20 GHz Core 2 Duo processor and Nvidia 8600 GT 256MB card. This will be enough for most gamers and you will have no problems playing the newest games. On Crysis we got an average FPS of 20, while on Call of Duty 4 we got amazingly 40 FPS average.

Conclusion
This is the hottest 15,4 notebook available from Dell, overall it is a great laptop and it fits for everyone, but especially for the average gamers.

Pros
+ Uses GDDR3 memory
+ Thing and light
+ Beautiful design

Cons
- Little bit hard drive noise
- Only three USB ports

Value For Money

Our Rating