Dell Laptop User Thread

[chengsun]

haiz, pekcek, looking for an affordable 12' one for a long time, cant get, so bought this vostro 1400, quite happy with it. then yesterday saw the ads, dell coe out with a 1200, knn......
ok, back to my topic, i have reloaded win xp into my vostro 1400, not many difficluties, most drivers work except for 1, the High Dedinition Audio xxx something, the one i downloaded from deel website doesn't work, anyone here got solution?
one more thing, now, i cant see the battery level in my sys tray, there is no such icon there now. what shld i do to make it back?
thx

 

[Theta-Alpha]

Just received my Dell XPS M1530.

Overall, extremely pleased. Originally Dell informed me of a Jan 1st delivery, but suddenly called me last Fri to inform me if they could deliver on Sat! I shrieked YES! of course... And to think I ordered it just the week before...

My findings:
Pros:
Striking design
Brushed aluminium base, and similiar touchpad
love that touch screen controls (sound, play stop etc)
Nifty remote control to use with WMP (or Windows media centre)
8600m GT comes with DDR3 memory (at 700Mhz) instead of slower DDR2 (400Mhz) on previous Inspiron
superb folder to hold the XPS paper manual & other stuffs
nifty XPS soft cleaning LCD cloth
free Creative in-ear phones (with carrying case and 3 sized ear buds)
9-cell Lion batt supposedly rated for 4 hrs use (yet to verify this)
simple and elegant XPS carrying Notebook case
HDMI output (not sure if its ver 1.3a compatible)
Dual microphone array
Dual headphone jacks (this is excellent feature)
Dell Media direct (no need to boot into vista to playback Dvds or listen to audio)

Can be improved upon:
9 cell LiOn protrudes downwards, hence raising the height (behind) which the notebook sits upon (i thought the 9 cell batt would be flushed, but its not)
Dell doesn't have the option to purchase the 9-cell batt IN ADDITION the std 6 cell batt (I would have gone for that option)
only 3 x USB 2.0 ports. A notebook of this size should incorporate at least 4 USB ports
crappy VGA output (in addition to the HDMI) - should have incorporated a Mini-DVI (and accompanying mini-DVi -> DVI adapter)
slot-loaded DvD not as 'silent' to use compared to the ones on the MacBook Pro
Not as slim as the MacBook Pro - it's thicker at the back and tapers down (the front is as slim, though)

My specs:
Intel Core 2 Duo T7500
2 x 1GB DDR2-667 SDRAM
250GB SATA HDD (Hitachi)
Black tuxedo color
GeForce 8600M GT 256MB graphics
9 cell LiOn batt
Rest are standard

Got it at a sale price of S$1,890 with delivery. For this price I rate it ***** EXCELLENT AWARD product of 2007!
Grabbed interest installment plan with credit card, at the end paying only approx $160/mth for 12 mths...

 

[Diavonex]

.....i cant see the battery level in my sys tray, there is no such icon there now. what shld i do to make it back?thx

You must install Dell Quickset.

Hit Fn+F3 will show you battery level.

 

[Diavonex]

Chengsun, you should be able to get most of your driver here:

http://supportapj.dell.com/support/...tag=&SystemID=VOS_N_1400&hidos=WLH&hidlang=en

 

[Diavonex]

Your on board sound card should be SIGMATEL.

 

[Tucksoon]

Wow the Vostro 1200 is really cheap for an ultraportable!

 

[haylui]

Dell Latitute D630 owner here...gonna play NFS: ProStreet tomorrow..

 

[chengsun]

You must install Dell Quickset.

Hit Fn+F3 will show you battery level.

i think this one is ok, i unplug power cord, then the icon appear liao, not an issue to me now

 

[chengsun]

Wow the Vostro 1200 is really cheap for an ultraportable!

yeah loh, pekcek......

 

[chengsun]

Chengsun, you should be able to get most of your driver here:

http://supportapj.dell.com/support/...tag=&SystemID=VOS_N_1400&hidos=WLH&hidlang=en

i think it is the same one that i downloaded and installed, keep giving me error

 

[jezzmatezz]

can anyone comment on this dell laptop DELL XPS M1530

is this a good buy?

http://www1.ap.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/xpsnb_m1530?c=sg&cs=sgdhs1&l=en&s=dhs

does it support FULL HD like some vaio laptops?

may i also know how is Dell's Customer service like?

 

[nVidia]

not really ultraportable ler

its 1.9kg fyi

Wow the Vostro 1200 is really cheap for an ultraportable!

 

[haylui]

how to use 3G broadband on mobile on D630?

 

[Xeniel]

Got it at a sale price of S$1,890 with delivery. For this price I rate it ***** EXCELLENT AWARD product of 2007!
Grabbed interest installment plan with credit card, at the end paying only approx $160/mth for 12 mths...

OMG how come so cheap?

 

[Tucksoon]

not really ultraportable ler

its 1.9kg fyi

The screen size I mean

 

[a4su_skyhawk]

Maintaining Dell laptop

Just to check with fellow Dell users, do you all dismantle your laptop to clean the interior?

Thanks.

 

[miokawaii]

Previously using i8200, now M1330.

Just to check with fellow Dell users, do you all dismantle your laptop to clean the interior?

Thanks.

don think the interior need cleaning, just use a vacuum cleaner to suck the dust at the fan input area can liao.

 

[Poohliew]

dell ppl force my friend to accept it coz they told my friend the D630 is from singnet.

 

[Theta-Alpha]

I got it during the PC show @ Malaysia. It's RM 4,295 so approx S$1,890 after conversion. At that price, you can't go wrong...

 

[nVidia]

oh, means if got DP or BP the international warranty applies? can ask them change?