I’ve got to write about my new laptop! It’s a Dell XPS m1530 and I’m pretty impressed with how it performs. I got a system outfitted with most of what I thought is cool for Vista based laptops these days (I went with Vista and I’m pretty happy with how well it runs).
Some initial things that I thought made my purchase enjoyable:
- Ordered from Dell on Feb 15, delivered on Feb 25 (even with all the custom stuff selected)!
- Nvidia Geforce 8600 GT card rocks!
- 200g 7200 rpm drive is fast!
- 1680×1050 resolution — so glad I got it!
- AverTV card — awesome for those areas that have HDTV signals and you’re on the road!
- Gyroscopic remote — great for those times you want to present and don’t want to sit in front of the laptop but need to use a mouse to show your presentation.
- Touch sensitive buttons for common functions.
- Zero setup time.
- Battery life (2.5 – 3 on the 6 cell).
- Vista rocks!
- Webcam is awesome — follows you around when you move and does an automatic zoom in on your face!
Some things that would have made the experience better:
- Loose bezel on top
- Loose frame at barrel hinge
- Don’t like the location of the expresscard slot
- Only three usb ports
- Getting used to Vista’s security makes me feel stupid, but I’m very happy that it’s there to protect the system from instability.
- Don’t care for the rabbit ears for the AverTV card — could have come up with something more elegant than that!
I’ll post some shots of the packaging and system at a future point — I had some projects I needed to do right away once I got the system that threw me for a loop.
Overall, system rocks.
Oh, and if you’re Canadian like me, you can enter to win one for yourself here:
