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    1520 build quality vs 1530

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by portable pest, Dec 11, 2007.

  1. portable pest

    portable pest Notebook Consultant

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    just wanted to know if the 1530 is sturdier than 1520 or not. also are performance benchmarks better for the 1530?
    thanks in advance.
     
    portable pest, Dec 11, 2007
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  2. nizzy1115

    nizzy1115 Notebook Prophet

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    The build of xps's are better than inspirons, and yes it should be a little faster because it has a gddr3 8600gt graphics card.
     
    nizzy1115, Dec 11, 2007
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  3. PhoenixFx

    PhoenixFx Notebook Virtuoso

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    Form the few comments I’ve seen so far, M1530 doesn’t seem to have build quality issues like M1330. Since XPS is considered a premium brand and we have to pay more, it "should" be better . However since I don’t own either of them, I can’t say for sure.

    Performance depends on the configuration, both notebooks can be configured to have similar components except for the graphics card as nizzy1115 said. Other than that, rest of the components should perform equally.
     
    PhoenixFx, Dec 11, 2007
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