Posted 02 July 2008 - 01:58 AM
M1530 owner here.
The 8600M GT is faster and has better drivers for it. (laptopvideo2go.com)
The XPS line also comes with extra accesories with the laptop. Dell gives you an XPS branded sleeve, Creative earbuds (Sound quality with them are very good), XPS micro fiber cloth, Dell remote, and a leather XPS branded CD binder to keep you restore CDs, manual books, and cloth in.
There isn't much difference between the two lines of laptops hardware wise. With the XPS line though, you do get the name and expedited customer service. What Dell is attempting to do is make the spec/price of the Studio line match the XPS, so later on down the road when a refresh of the current XPS line comes out there will be better options available like a 9000M series hybrid video card for example, the newer Intel chip Montevina coming out, and standard backlit keyboard (Something the Studio line has standard already), and probably a multi touch trackpad like the macbooks.
Specs of my M1530 are as listed-
C2D T9300
4GB DDR2
200GB 7200RPM
256MB GDDR3 8600M GT
+WSXGA (1680x1050) Resolution
Bluetooth EDR 2.0
Intel Wireless N
I bought this back in late March, for ~ $1700 I got a $800 savings because I basically maxed out everything and this is with a 3 year accidental warranty + 3 years of LoJack.
It's a great laptop. If you had any other questions about the laptop message me or something.
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Posted 01 July 2008 - 08:16 AM
