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E. Ripley · 24-02-2008, 18:28

Hi Guys

Ok, I have some money to burn, upto £2,000 for a really good lightweight laptop (must have at 13.3" screen)

I have looked at the Dell XPS M1330 (spec below) sorry for the caps it's just a copy and paste from the Dell website the total cost is £958 + VAT

BASE Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor T7500 (2.20 GHz, 800 MHz FSB, 4 MB L2-cache)
OPERATING SYSTEM Genuine Windows Vista® Business - English
HARDWARE SUPPORT 3 Year Business XPS Premium Hardware Support
LCD 13.3" UltraSharp™ WXGA (1280x800) White-LED Display (300 nits) with TrueLife™ edit
BIOMETRIC IDENTIFICATION Biometric Fingerprint Reader
MEMORY 3072MB 667MHz Dual
HARD DRIVE 160GB (7200RPM) SATA Hard Drive edit
GRAPHICS CARD 128MB nVidia® GeForce® 8400M GS

I've looked at Sony but they seem much the same spec but higher priced.

Any thoughts..

Cheers.

Mr Giggles · 24-02-2008, 18:38

Well there is this one cheaper and a tad lower spec.

Or you could get this one.

Any help?

alanwarwic · 24-02-2008, 18:40

I got the above 2.2 with same specs except with Vista Premium and a 320GB hard drive for what I think is £949 deld. Plus another 10% off that too.
check out dmxdimension.com.

The graphics card and the 2.2Ghz imperil the battery life though.

E. Ripley · 24-02-2008, 18:45

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mr Giggles

Or you could get this one.

Any help?

Thanks, but it has to have a 13.3" screen.

Cheers

killtheduck · 24-02-2008, 19:00

XPS m1330 is a great laptop

Good portability, battery life, and great performance (mines lower spec than what ur looking at but runs vista perfectly, would definately reccomend)

Mr Giggles · 24-02-2008, 19:06

Quote:

Originally Posted by E. Ripley

Thanks, but it has to have a 13.3" screen.

Cheers

AH, misunderstood, why 13.3? any reason?

The examples I gave were mainly to do with price so you can compare.

E. Ripley · 24-02-2008, 19:13

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mr Giggles

AH, misunderstood, why 13.3? any reason?

The examples I gave were mainly to do with price so you can compare.

yeah, must be lightweight but readable that's why the 13.3" screen

Cheers

FlatProblem · 12-03-2008, 11:53

Quote:

Originally Posted by killtheduck

XPS m1330 is a great laptop

Good portability, battery life, and great performance (mines lower spec than what ur looking at but runs vista perfectly, would definately reccomend)

Has yours crashed yet? Give it a few months

We have 2 of these at work and they both have the same symptoms.

Blue screen, restart, then you'll get told that there is no bootable device (Hard disc and DVD drive are a both bootable devices)

When you run the diags you'll get:
"Error Code 2000-0141 / No drive detected"

Convincing dell tech support that its NOT the hard disc and software that are causing a problem, but the motherboard is causing me a headache!!

24-02-2008, 18:28	#1
E. Ripley Forum Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Scotland Posts: 335	New Laptop Hi Guys Ok, I have some money to burn, upto £2,000 for a really good lightweight laptop (must have at 13.3" screen) I have looked at the Dell XPS M1330 (spec below) sorry for the caps it's just a copy and paste from the Dell website the total cost is £958 + VAT BASE Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor T7500 (2.20 GHz, 800 MHz FSB, 4 MB L2-cache) OPERATING SYSTEM Genuine Windows Vista® Business - English HARDWARE SUPPORT 3 Year Business XPS Premium Hardware Support LCD 13.3" UltraSharp™ WXGA (1280x800) White-LED Display (300 nits) with TrueLife™ edit BIOMETRIC IDENTIFICATION Biometric Fingerprint Reader MEMORY 3072MB 667MHz Dual HARD DRIVE 160GB (7200RPM) SATA Hard Drive edit GRAPHICS CARD 128MB nVidia® GeForce® 8400M GS I've looked at Sony but they seem much the same spec but higher priced. Any thoughts.. Cheers.

24-02-2008, 18:38	#2
Mr Giggles Forum Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Croydon, Surrey ♂ Services: Tiscali MAX - Sky + Courier service within the M25 Posts: 14,049 Blog Entries: 5	Well there is this one cheaper and a tad lower spec. Or you could get this one. Any help?

24-02-2008, 18:40	#3
alanwarwic Forum Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Services: The computer says no. Posts: 9,074	I got the above 2.2 with same specs except with Vista Premium and a 320GB hard drive for what I think is £949 deld. Plus another 10% off that too. check out dmxdimension.com. The graphics card and the 2.2Ghz imperil the battery life though.

24-02-2008, 19:00	#5
killtheduck Forum Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: England Services: Freeview\| Xbox 360\| 20" HD TV \|Custom Rig (OSX)\| Dell XPS m1330 (Vista)\| Posts: 53	XPS m1330 is a great laptop Good portability, battery life, and great performance (mines lower spec than what ur looking at but runs vista perfectly, would definately reccomend)