XPS M1330: A Sign of Things to Come

re: XPS M1330: A Sign of Things to Come

Baris — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 04:28:45 GMT

I have purchased a top of the line 2.6ghz XPS M1330 with LED backlit LCD and 4GB ram etc etc... It is a nice laptop. Initially I thought I could live with 100Mb ethernet but I have to upgrade it now purely because I can no longer put up with 100Mbit speeds. I really don't understand the rationale behind the product I own, everything is maxed out except for ethernet. I am not blaming my purchase on anybody but simply saying that ethernet is really killing this laptop.

I would be happy to hear from anybody who successfully upgraded the ethernet PHY chip or whtever it is to a gigabit one..

I am done buying dell after seeing the sony Z series. It has a higher resolution screen, no annoying keys on the right next to enter, gigabit ethernet, a modem, faster RAM, better video card etc.. and it is lighter. Granted it is a much newer product but it is still on sale at the same time as XPS is right now, therefore dell should really look into these issues for the premium customer.

re: XPS M1330: A Sign of Things to Come

Jamie — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 00:45:34 GMT

i ordered an m1330 yesterday from the canada website. Building the computer on the website it said the six cell battery will have a 10 day delay, but when i ordered it the estimated shipping date is august 11! Why do i have to wait a month for this computer?

re: XPS M1330: A Sign of Things to Come

Scott — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 23:18:39 GMT

Hi,

My Dell XPS1330 flickers when I play DVD's. There is a bar in the middle of the screen that flickers and looks distorted. Is there any way to fix this or is it a defect?

Thanks,

Scott

re: XPS M1330: A Sign of Things to Come

nelson — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 12:13:44 GMT

When are you going to offer a blu ray option for the xps 1330?

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Jaak Ennuste — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 12:27:09 GMT

I strongly recomment new XPS notebook platform. I ordered from http://www.shop.it.ee/est DualCore 2,2GHz model M1330 with discrete graphics and 7200 rpm HDD. It is by far fastest piece of computing equipment I ever had, including desktops.

re: XPS M1330: A Sign of Things to Come

bill — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 05:46:34 GMT

I received mine on Jan 31st. I have heard about the problems, the bad LED and Wobble. I have a good LED. There arent any dead pixels or lines or anything, There is some bleading, but i do not get the whine associated with the samsung screens. Unfortunately, my machine will not sit level on a table. It is quite annoying. I understand that these is are issues that will not interfere with the overall performance of the comptuer however, being that this is supposed to be a high end laptop, i expect better from Dell. Its a shame that the problems havent been fixed. They obviously know about them, yet still send out faulty machines. Maybe this is why they discounted these $700.

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Alan — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 23:14:10 GMT

I ordered mine just after Xmas 2007 and received it January 8, 2008. Their delivery estimate was between 1/9/2008 and 1/11/2008. So far, everything seems fine. Of course, I would like to have seen higher resolution, but I knew this before buying. I also knew beforehand that anything larger than a 6-cell battery will protrude outside the laptop's dimensions. Having read many reader reviews, I checked for build irregularities, and have not seemed to have found any. There may be a very slight concave warp to the keyboard, but it is so slight that you might be able to only slip in a sheet of paper. To me, not a big deal. Maybe to those who bought this as jewelry being the first priority (design was a huge consideration for me, but light weight and power ranked higher). It may be too soon to tell if I will run into any issues, but that's what the Internet is for. Spreading the good news, or warning about the caveats.

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Terry — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 15:38:59 GMT

I WOULD RECOMMEND A DIFFERENT LAPTOP!

So looking at the posts here, it appears that many people are willing to live with issues. Like the guy who says it is a great machine except the "H" key is not reliable. That kind of reliability to me would earn the machine admission to a drop test (from say 100 ft up).

I have had two of these poor quality machines. Both went back to Dell. Neither of them could sit level on a table and the "wave" in the keyboard is just annoying to look at. If I had bought an HP at Costco for $900, my expectations would not be that high. But buying a $2,500 full loaded Dell...I expect it to be perfect!

I contacted Dell after the first one arrived. Told them the problem. They sent out a tech. He had been sent a new palm rest by dell. To fix a warped case?!? The tech said that it would either need a new frame or they could build a new one. So I had them build a new one.

When it arrived, had the same problem. I have read enough posts (including some magazine reviews (e.g. CNET)) where the person reports warped frames. It is a sad state that consumers are apparently accepting these machines and living with them in this state. Instead of sending them back and sending Dell a message that the product manager needs to be replaced.

At any rate, there are two LED equipped Dells that will be on their outlet site -no doubt as they will consider them to be "like new". As for my need for a travel laptop, I would say the Sony is the top choice. I just wished Sony had partnered with Verizon instead of Sprint.

re: XPS M1330: A Sign of Things to Come

Lamb — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 12:30:43 GMT

Did you know that Dell castrated NVIDIA's GeForce 8600M GS video card?

I bought 30" Dell screen with this laptop and according to NVIDIA's website XPS's video card should be able to drive it http://www.nvidia.com/object/geforce_8M_techspecs.html, however blog on expert-exchage reveal that the card had been disabled http://www.experts-exchange.com/Hardware/Components/Video_Cards/Q_22721907.html - scroll down to see answers.

Sadly, dell support staff nor theis sales guys have a clue whether it should or should not work.

What are you doing Mr. Dell?

If anyone experienced similar problem and found a solution, let us know.

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Steve — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 18:57:03 GMT

I recently bought this notebook and I was just wondering if it was possible to use dual monitors with it, even though the monitor I will be using isn't HD. I realize that other people used HDMI to DVI-D cables but I'm assuming that that would only work if the second monitor is HD... am I wrong? And I also have heard of people using docking stations for their notebooks and running dual monitors through that, but I do not plan on using a docking station....