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    1520 or m1330

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by bmnotpls, Jul 28, 2007.

  1. bmnotpls

    bmnotpls Notebook Deity

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    Which one do you think would be more reliable and/or faster

    1520
    SYSTEM COLOR Jet Black edit
    PROCESSOR Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T7500 (2.2GHz/800Mhz FSB/4MB cache) edit
    OPERATING SYSTEM Genuine Windows Vista® Home Basic Edition edit
    DISPLAY High Resolution, glossy widescreen 15.4 inch display (1680x1050) edit
    VIDEO CARD 256MB NVIDIA® GeForce® 8600M GT edit
    MEMORY FREE! 2GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 at 667MHz edit
    HARD DRIVE 160G 7200RPM SATA HDD edit
    OPTICAL DRIVE CD / DVD writer (DVD+/-RW Drive) edit
    WIRELESS CARDS Intel Next-Gen Wireless-N Mini-card edit
    INTEGRATED WEBCAM No Webcam Option edit
    BATTERY OPTIONS 56Whr Lithium Ion Battery (6 cell) edit
    SOUND OPTIONS High Definition Audio 2.0 edit

    Total: 1,640.32

    or

    m1330

    Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor T7300 (2.0GHz/800Mhz FSB, 4MB Cache), Genuine Windows® Vista Home Premium Edition $1,804.00 1 $1,804.00
    XPS M1330 Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor T7300 (2.0GHz/800Mhz FSB, 4MB Cache)
    [222-9699]

    System Color Crimson Red
    [310-9239]

    Memory 2GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz
    [311-7310]

    LCD and Camera Standard Display with no webcam
    [320-5586]

    Video Card 128MB NVIDIA® GeForce™ Go 8400M GS
    [320-5603]

    Hard Drives 120GB SATA Hard Drive (5400RPM)
    [341-4938]

    Network Card and Modem Integrated 10/100 Network Card and Modem
    [430-0493]

    Adobe Software Adobe® Acrobat® Reader 7.0
    [412-0917]

    Combo or DVD+RW Drive CD/DVD burner (DVD+/-RW Drive)
    [313-5361]

    Sound Options High Definition Audio 2.0
    [313-4783]

    Wireless Networking Intel Next-Gen Wireless-N Mini-card
    [430-2577]

    total: $1,804.00

    Now I need it for college so it has to be easily portable
     
    bmnotpls, Jul 28, 2007
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  2. nslauson07

    nslauson07 Notebook Guru

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    Then go with the M1330, its definantly going to be easier to get around. The 1520 is pretty bulky to fit into your backpack. Just your not going to see the 1330 for a couple months lol
     
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  3. bmnotpls

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    Well i already have it ordered (m1330).. Im suppose to get it on 8/8 but i recently got an email saying
    "I have checked the updated information for the order. I can see that
    there is a part delay on the order. The part numbers are HX105 and
    RW486. However, the detailed description of parts is not available
    in the records."

    and i need it by 8/20 the latest
     
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  4. bmnotpls

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    Anyone else have a suggestion?
     
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  5. sesshomaru

    sesshomaru Suspended Disbelief!

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    The XPS would be built much better than any inspiron(which is their budget line, after all). And (hopefully) the 1330 won't face the deluge of issues plaguing the 1520
     
    sesshomaru, Jul 28, 2007
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  6. whistle

    whistle Notebook Consultant

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    Purely based on the hardware, I don't think the Inspiron would be faster/more powerful, but the XPS has a better build quality + it's smaller, so if you don't mind a little less gaming power for those...

    Apart from that, there's the little delay problem.
     
    whistle, Jul 28, 2007
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  7. bmnotpls

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    wat issues are u refferring to
     
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  8. whistle

    whistle Notebook Consultant

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    Two examples off the top of my head are screens being too grainy and headphone interference.
     
    whistle, Jul 28, 2007
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    tremonti22 Notebook Consultant

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    The 1520 would be faster, with the better processor (barely), but the 1330 is going to be built much better and be far more portable. The 1520 is going to be a royal pain to carry around all the time.

    Plus, if you put in an order for a 1520 now, you still may not get it in time. I would probably stick with what you've got.
     
    tremonti22, Jul 28, 2007
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    damit this sucks
     
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    M1330 will better,and might be competing 1520 if you buy my CPU :D

    but if 1520 gets X7800. it will still be much more faster than X7800 with M1330
     
    tetete, Jul 28, 2007
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