A call to M1530 owners!!!!!!!!

I'm thinking of buying one Dell UK has £100 off before the 19th of December.

The only thing that is putting me off is the 1280x800 resolution on the screen.

Is there anyway that someone can take a picture of your XPS M1530 whilst on the desktop so I can guage how big the icons will appear in relation to the size of the screen? That would be magic.

Basically I like to fit more icons in vertically and I heard Vista had a Zoom type function wherby you click and scroll on the desktop to make the icons smaller.

 

I know I do not have a 1530, but I have come across 15.4" screens of all resolutions:
http://forum.notebookreview.com/showpost.php?p=2226120

Take a look, as there are WXGA and WSXGA+ pictures in there. Screen sizes would be the same as the 1530 (obviously!), so you'll get an idea of what its is like.

 

Your a star. Just one more question.

When I get mine I want to reformat it because I wanna get rid of the bloatware.

Is it difficult plus how long does it take? Are all the drivers included to make it quick and pain free?

I'd love if there was a guide.

 

yes I would also like an answer to this if at all possible.

 

me too )

 

Reformatting isn't difficult and takes just a few minutes. However, the entire OS installation along with required drivers, utilities and applications can take up 1 to 2 hours depending on what you are installing. Dell usually sends a driver disc but it is best to download the updated drivers from the website of Dell, Intel, nVidia, LaptopVideo2Go beforehand.

If you are looking for the latest Dell XPS M1530 Manuals, Drivers and Utilities, I have done all the hard work for you at one place: http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=193815

What I usually do is delete all partitions and create 2 partitions, one for the OS and the other for data, and format both of them with NTFS file system. A separate data partition helps me to reinstall OS later, if required, without worrying about backing up data first.

Create Administrator, Guest and other User accounts as follows: http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=187744

Alter your folder view to Tiles by default and make Vista remember your last set folder view for each folder: http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=198643

Once OS is installed, install all drivers and driver utilities followed by required applications.

Disable uneccessary Startup Programs via Windows Defender > Tools > Software Explorer. Run "MSConfig", go to Services and check "Hide all Microsoft Services" and make a note of services you don't want to run automatically. Run "Services.msc", right-click the noted service and click Properties. Change Startup type to Manual and click OK. Repeat for all noted services. Reboot and defragment your hard drive via Disk Defragmenter. Reboot again and let the computer remain idle for a whole night for windows to index the hard drive. By allowing windows to index the hard drive at once, you will not find the hard drive spinning unecessarily during your regular work.

Do you find this useful? What else would you do?