Dell XPS M1330 Laptop -

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1. Sauron the Wise says:

   May 28, 2010 at 5:23 am

   The notebook looks extremely awesome. The performance is magical. It looks really cool and even my friends felt humiliated by it. Haha. Mine is a black one and it even looks classier than other notebooks.
   Rating: 5 / 5
2. Ali Levent Yagci says:

   May 28, 2010 at 5:40 am

   The most terrible laptop I have ever seen in my life time. The main problem is that Video card or graphic card, which is on board, has same huge issues and gets overheated amazingly quick once you log on. The heat of video card kick in at 80 C degree. Also, Dell is very reluctant to change video card because the motherboard needs changing with a new one and cost a bundle to DEll.
   
   Never buy a laptop from Dell. Once you have a problem with your laptop, they just ignore you.
   Rating: 1 / 5
3. Deimos says:

   May 28, 2010 at 8:13 am

   I paid 2000 dollars when I custom built one of these systems from Dell’s online store. At first the system running Vista home premium was fantastic, quick and ran all the programs and games I could ever want. After about 3 months the wireless card started failing, dropping connections and then died altogether. So I bought a D-link wireless adapter and my wireless was quicker then it had ever been with the crappy Dell wireless mini card. At this time I really started to also notice the system starting to degrade in performance huge time. I was running 64bit Vista and the 6gb ram wasn’t even noticeable as it increased nothing and was a waste of cash to add to this system. The XPS was now performing slower than my year ancient Gateway T series, and the XPS had dual core processor, 6gb ram, Nvidia video card, etc The boot up times got a lot longer too and it seems with the XPS that by just installing programs (even small ones) or games that the system got progressively slower even though it was built and paid for to handle it. The laptop gets extremely hot and unstable when before a live audience games like Oblivion or even watching youtube which Im puzzled with. Also now when before a live audience games and starting up the system crashes several times a week for no reason other than cheap unreliable hardware. Another extremely stupid, annoying feature of any dell notebook I have used (XPS, Inspirion, Latitude) is after ripping approx two cd’s worth of music or burning two or three dvd/cd’s or changing disc’s the dvd rom slot loading drive stops working and goes missing from the my computer screen like you don’t even have a dvd rom drive, how stupid is that. This laptop sucks. This will be my last Dell system as their 2000$ XPS or 500$ Inspirion or Latitude all have the same horrid performance and are nothing but the same cheap, unreliable garbage hardware with different housings.

   Oh and as the above reviewer said Dell does not stand by their warranty. Here is the Dell Limited Warranty on their products and as you can read it covers basically nothing.

   What is not covered by this limited hardware warranty?

   This limited hardware warranty does not cover:
   
   Software, including the operating system and software added to the Dell-branded hardware products owing to our factory-integration system, third-party software, or the reloading of software
   
   Non-Dell branded products and accessories
   
   Problems that upshot from:
   
   External causes such as accident, abuse, misuse, or problems with electrical power
   
   Servicing not endorsed by Dell
   
   Usage that is not in accordance with product instructions
   
   Failure to stay on the product instructions or failure to perform preventive maintenance
   
   Problems caused by using accessories, parts, or components not supplied by Dell
   
   Products with missing or altered Service Tags or serial numbers
   
   Products for which Dell has not received payment
   
   Normal wear and tear

   F-Dell.
   Rating: 1 / 5
4. Shawn Wale says:

   May 28, 2010 at 10:01 am

   I ordered a Dell Inspiron laptop 1 1/2 years ago and it worked fantastic until just. The screen went black and the system would not start. Turned out that the video card had failed.

   I contacted Dell customer support to activate my next business day warranty and after more than a week I have gotten nowhere with them. My aver has been “escalated” twice with the same excuses and refusal to fix the problem. They aver they have no video cards in stock and I will have to wait 2-3 weeks for a replacement card, 2-3 weeks for a loaner system, or 2-3 weeks for a replacement system — basically my NEXT DAY warranty is anything but.

   I clarified that this is a mission critical system and a 2-3 week delay is unacceptable given the high price I paid for the next day warranty. I offered to take another make or model of graphics card and even offered to go buy the card myself if the agreed to pay for it.

   They refused to help in any way. So, I am left with a a waste of time laptop for 2-3 weeks until it becomes convenient for them to honor the warranty. I will never buy another Dell product again and recommend that others who are not technically experienced with fixing computers or that need a “mission critical” system that they look elsewhere because Dell cannot be relied upon to fix broken systems in a timely manner.
   Rating: 1 / 5