well...there's a prob using latest hwmonitor...
it wont automatically detect nvidia and it shows nothing..
for optimus users will have to open an application tht uses nvidia and refresh the hwmonitor and it js will appears...

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Added on December 13, 2010, 9:51 amand a question here....
if my laptop still warm and can i close the lid?
will it do any harm to laptop? or to the screen?

lol but its really warm. but overall, yeah im amazed with this laptop. the speakers are amazing, i can really feel the subwoofer doing its job

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Added on December 13, 2010, 6:52 pmBtw, any bloatwares that you guys might suggest me uninstalling?

The difference is huge.
In full HD, everything (Menus, icons, buttons, text etc) is really a lot smaller than usual.
Therefore, Windows 7 will set the DPI to higher (120DPI/125%) by default to accommodate for that.
In windows, things aren't that bad as the DPI settings is already taken care.
But, still sometimes you will notice some quirks here and there. (e.g. Text being truncated in some software installer as it's larger)
Overall, nothing major and it's all within acceptable limits.

However, things're really different in web browsing as browser tends to ignore OS DPI settings.
This is especially true for Google Chrome which ignores your OS DPI settings leaving you with super small text.
To make matter worst, no global font size settings for contents...
The only option you've is to set custom zoom level for every single page you visit or use one of the 3rd party chrome extension.
I tried the chrome extension, it does what it claims to do but anyhow some web site will appear very broken using that.
So, I uninstalled Chrome due to this and switched to Firefox.

On the other hand, Firefox is slightly better.
It provides a global font size settings for contents.
Still, that ain't bulletproofed as it doesn't work for every web site available.
Anyhow, it lessens the need to adjust the zoom level.
So, I planned to stick with Firefox for the mean time.

As for IE, it seems that the text scales the best as it seems to use the OS DPI settings.
I can't confirm that as I haven't tested that thoroughly.
I've only used it a few times to get the software I need when I first received my laptop.

If you don't require:
1. the wider color gamut
2. extra workspace
Or, if you game a lot.
It's better for you to skip the full HD screen.

Otherwise, get it and live with the fact that everything is very small.

I'll try to get some screens for the text scaling between IE, Firefox and Chrome up just to give you some idea.
As mentioned by others, get the latest version from CPUID.
Btw, I'm using the 64 bit version.

Just ordered mine !

XPS 15
core i7
8GB ram
2GB graphics 435M
WLED HD ( wanted to get full HD but they remove the options )

I donno whether i can make full use of the spec or not coz im juz a student tat who doesn play games and watch a little movie only haha

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Added on December 13, 2010, 9:45 pm

wow thanks a lot for the info

if u tight on budget u probably can just can de core i5 one.....sicne u don game much....anyway is your choice.....welcome abroad to xps family

it depends on u....if u don wan to uninstall everything just make sure those blaotware don load at startup......

Almost got poisoned by ASUS N43JQ but lastly i decide to stay on my path..
Ohh dear XPS 15, u r so sexy..
Just order through dell website on 8 o'clock..

Can i do clean install of W7 when my XPS arrive??
i include also dvd media kit in my order..

Almost got poisoned by ASUS N43JQ but lastly i decide to stay on my path..
Ohh dear XPS 15, u r so sexy..
Just order through dell website on 8 o'clock..

Can i do clean install of W7 when my XPS arrive??
i include also dvd media kit in my order..

yup, when you first run it dell will ask you to make a recovery disk

Still it is recommended to burn it as:
1. You have a backup copy in case the partition is corrupted
2. You may then choose to delete it yourself to reclaim 10GB+ space

if i choose the option no 2, does it effect anything on my warranty if in case the lappy got problemo??

Still, creating a recovery disc is a MUST right??

OS DVD media kit cost RM10. 

I removed the facial recognition. I don't find it really useful...

Thanks for the great screenshot alpha wolf..

ok, about the CUDA, i juz know.. b4 this more into ATi graphic..

xps 15 is available at lowyat?is the price still the same as ordering online?

Here are some of my temperature values for XPS 15 i7 435M:
For those who do not know, CUDA technology uses the Nvidia GPU to share the CPU's workload for video encoding/decoding.

I also removed it. Can be too troublesome sometimes and slows down startup speed.

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Added on December 14, 2010, 4:51 pm

You're welcome!
Now there is increasing support for video/image hardware acceleration.

i used startup manager to remove all the useless bloatwares. now the only thing that starts up is mcafee, msn messenger, rocket dock and rainmeter

if i choose the option no 2, does it effect anything on my warranty if in case the lappy got problemo??

Still, creating a recovery disc is a MUST right??

OS DVD media kit cost RM10. 

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Added on December 14, 2010, 8:00 pm
i use msconfig to remove those...the 1st thing i uninstalled was the mcafee.....it suck too much resource on ur lappy......

Full hd movie decode cpu usage

Withou DXVA:


With DXVA :

is it ok to uninstall mcafee? i mean, since we already have the license for it. after uninstalling can get it back with the same license?
nice