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m1530 UK

220 points posted to Dell, XPS products by d3fcon Mar 20

Hi,

I've been waiting for ages now for the penryn processors to be made available in UK. Also why are all the screen resolutions except for the 1280*800 unavailable.

I don't seem to be able to get a hard drive higher than 5400 rpm either...Is the UK the new dumping ground for all the worlds old stock? I wouldn't mind if the were cheap over here but DELL charges a premium compare to everywhere else. Whats going on..... guess I'll get the MBP instead and use parallels for developing...unless someone can confirm when I can get a decent spec... isn't the xps range supposed to be top of the line.....

stormrider451
Mar 20		 I swear man. Dell needs to start treating international countries better. It happens the same here in Puerto Rico. The Puerto Rico site is a missery compared to the US site. Big promote from me because I feel your disgust.
gb
Mar 22		 agreed.

dell.com.au offers penryn on xps m1330 and m1530 models

yet dell.ie for us Irish customers is still dated :(
keentotech
Mar 25		 There are so many updates now requested for m1530. Perhaps Dell could start updating it to offer the following and then let us know how long it will be. Furthermore, make all these options available WORLDWIDE at the same time...and stop dumping old stock in the UK as well as other countries.

If the XPS are a premium range, then make them a premium range!

1, Penryn
2. 7200 Hard drive on all models
3. Higher resoloutions on all models
4. LED backlight
5. Backlit keyboard
6. blu-ray reader or writer option
7. Sound Blaster Audigy software option

When available (not 9 months later!):
1. next gen graphics card with 512MB DDR3 (9600m GT or higher?)
2. docking station option (on all XPS?)
3. Better sound chip and 5.1 output
4. eSata port
5. DDR3 1066 RAM
6. High capacity 7200 hard drives
7. integrated TV tuner
8. 4 USB ports
9. Display port
10. Internal Flash memory
11. 2nd gen Penryn
12. 128GB SSD

What are your thoughts?
theideasman
Mar 27		 PENRYN IS NOW AVAILABLE FOR THE M1530 IN THE UK!!! :]
d3fcon
Mar 28		 It is but not with the higher res screen or the 200Gig 72000rpm hard drive....
theideasman
Mar 28		 Oh well, keep postin the ideas and maybe we'll get what we want... :[
That is a shame, a 7200rpm would be real nice...
sautiller
May 12		 The same in Taiwan, as I stated in my previous post:
http://www.ideastorm.com/article/show/10088431/HighEnd_Gamming_Laptops_at_DEL...
theideasman
May 12		 Wait a few months for a product refresh. Im guessing that when montevina is released in june we should see the m1530 get a significant performance upgrade.
theideasman
May 12		 By that i mean the new montevina platform, new cpu's and new gpu's!
Then again i bet the USA get it first and the rest of the world has to wait for half a year :[
inkslug
Jun 14		 Slow sales due to vista and the credit crunch means thye've got masses of stock and stock purchase commitments for old hardware. And who gets it in the neck, not the US that's for sure
theideasman
Jun 21		 Aint that the truth.
Rest of the world will have to do with obsolete technology until dell has gotten rid of its old stock.
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