Dell has a manufacturing facility in Bayan Lepas, Penang.

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Added on November 27, 2010, 6:15 amSome videos I found to share with you all:
Laptop build process, those electronic screwdrivers are handy...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QC_QShyus0

Dell ordering and manufacturing system...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEhNkzdKyrw

This is the inside of Dell XPS M1710 looks like (anyone found one for Dell XPS L501X - latest XPS version from Dell)...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjmAYMhk9to

Casperwinde, the webcam looks good to me (did you set it to record in higher resolutions?), good microphone too...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDHgGmBn-xQ

And a highly exaggerated advertisement of Dell's ordering system:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0hS-cZNgUw

This post has been edited by Alpha Wolf: Nov 27 2010, 06:16 AM

Xps 15 from China.
Butterworth more into server assembly.
Penang bayan lepas is call center.

yeah..im at penang too.. study at USM... here got seagate, western digital, dell, many more

i thought they were assemble in penang factory

This post has been edited by vernon91: Nov 27 2010, 08:44 AM

Penang island 1 is call center.
all the email,chat ,call all pointer to there.
you can speak hokkien to them....lol

butterworth = assembly server while others at china already.

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Added on November 27, 2010, 9:52 amintel already shipped sandy bridge processor.
just havent release only.

This post has been edited by k8118k: Nov 27 2010, 09:52 AM

Can't wait for Sandy Bridge... all I want is a new laptop that doesn't let me down with sucky specs.

I think there's still a few laptops and desktops assembled in Butterworth. Those business units like precision.
XPS should be assembled in China.
Advice for those who wants to purchase this system, make sure you check with the sales guy on the delivery time. Most of the part shortages happen mostly during holiday season and CNY.

Anyway, the speakers on the new XPS is very good. Tested my friend unit recently.

This post has been edited by twho: Nov 27 2010, 03:12 PM

XPS 15 speaker better than XPS 14.
XPS 15 got subwoofer.boom boom pow...

HP 2540P - core i7 good or not ?

Good for ?
and why ask about that in XPS 15 thread ?

The laptops are assembled in China.. Otherwise it only takes 5 days like the days before Dell outsource its production to China..

thx for the information....

sandy bridge cores arent much different compared to arrandale cores.. for mobile cores of course
but for desktops its a huge difference, so there's no harm getting arrandale cores
i mean if u compare arrandale cores with sandy bridge cores,

take i5 540m which is clocked at 2.53 and turbo to 3.06, the closest sandy bridge core to the arrandale 1
is i5 2520m which is 2.5 at basic speed and 3.2 turbo (only 0.6 ghz faster) and i5 2540 2.6/3.3 turbo

doesnt make much of a difference and plus, new = expensive

however for the i7 models, sandy bridge is significantly faster compared to arrandale but the cons is faster = hotter
i'd prefer a cooler i5 arrandale than wait my life for expensive new sandy bridge cores..

and if u hate xps 15, why are u even here?

This post has been edited by thieflord: Nov 27 2010, 09:37 PM

18-Nov-2010 Order Received
27-Nov-2010 Work in Progress

its finally moving forward!!!

gratz my friend.....im still waiting.

gratz too and me too!

i did some googling for gt420 and 435's gaming performance and got the results here, can these results be trusted? i mean with i7 and 6gb of ram, can i run these games as smooth as stated there?

The true benefit of Sandy Bridge is actually its i7 quad cores variants.
They have the same rated TDP of 45 watts as Clarksfield i7 but that rated TDP actually includes an integrated graphics sub system as well.
Therefore, Sandy Bridge quad cores can work without having to rely on discrete graphics which is a great boost in battery life for mobile quad core computing.

Just received my lappy from SkyNet delivery! Dell Order Status page still showing "Ship From Factory"...

congrats!!! reviews and pics.!! thx alot....if gt HWMonitor stating that hw much ur temp tat would be good...cos i wan to make a comparison, worrying that my xps temp is too high

thx alot ya