Your best bet is to call Dell up and ask about it. It's not free, but it will be well worth it because it's their specialized staff who will be speaking to you on the line. I can give you a contact if you want.

Noticed that this thread isn't very active. Not many XPS 15 users yet.

And for your info I ordered mine with a custom design on the aluminium lid, and worse still, they didn't mention anything about what kind of lid it is. It's coming tomorrow or Tuesday.

EDIT: Also, I ordered mine with 8GB RAM but with another computer I own, 4GB is more than enough. If you're looking to multitask between 10-20 windows with 10-20 windows in one, say Firefox or Google Chrome, then maybe you can consider the 8GB.

The 1080p display has a very wide colour spectrum but it may make things look overcontrasty, etc. It's a good option, but it's entirely up to you.

This post has been edited by TheWandererX: Jan 2 2011, 08:41 PM

I hope they all haven't been lured to wait for Sandy Bridge, because I've already pointed out anyway that Sandy Bridge has little to no performance gain on the i5 machine.

Here's hoping that more users will join us

I ordered on 16th IINM. Just arrived about 30 minutes ago. Dell stated 9-5pm, but it didn't come. Gave them a call & they apologized, immediately sent mine in about 2 hours (now). Pretty happy their service isn't like Dell US/Australia. Damn happy but I'm busy right now so opening the laptop will have to wait till tomorrow or even Thursday because I am short of time.

Thank goodness - I'm using mine with the backlit keyboard now.

If you ask me it's worth it because it also covers accidental damage. I bought 3 years CompleteCover. So if anything happens to this laptop, then I can get it fixed or even get a new one

Up to you. If you're looking at the i5 model then buy it now because the Sandy Bridge-equipped i5 has marginal performance gains, if any. If the i7, wait for the L502x.

Has been clarified on the previous page. It has been out of stock for a while and most likely going to be discontinued as even orders were cancelled because of the unavailability.

Wow, your first line makes me wonder what you do with Photoshop. I feel you're buying an way overkill laptop if it's just for normal work, but that's just my opinion

Dell has too many laptop builds to select a single manufacturer. Let's say something happens with WD, then if they rely solely on WD, how lah? Postpone all stocks by weeks/months?

I don't know which one I have in mine. And for your info, the hard drive models are usually shared between all laptops. So if you pick an Inspiron 15 with a 500GB 7200rpm drive (for instance, not sure if that exists) and you pick an XPS 15 with the same HDD, both of them will be using the same 'batch'.

If you can wait, the Sandy Bridge i7 which will be released in March will provide you with more power and more battery life. I'd say wait for it.

Instant redemption coupon, possibly.

Don't think so. Just recently we had dual-core Atom launches, but not many manufacturers have put it to use as far as I can see.

Also, not much is going to change for the i5 SB processor. Marginal changes, if any. Only the i7 will get substantial benefits.

Matt screens have never been popular although there has demand and that is not likely to change, SSDs getting cheaper will take a while too. Expect marginal in 'months'. Even the XPS only dropped 300-400 bucks IINM to clear stock, so how convinced are you that in a few months the price of SSDs will drop in a big percentage?

Same problem I got. I went to Dell's website, downloaded all the drivers and installed one by one. Tedious, but it's the only option.

Also, W7 Ultimate is only 32bit I think, so that renders the laptop crippled as most of its drivers are for 64bit.

I don't get any shocks, weird.

By the way, just announced. SB chips are being recalled, so I guess we'll have to wait for the new SB-chipped XPS 14/15s.

Engadget

If the socket isn't properly grounded then you'll get shocks, I guess.

Actually, it's 'safe' to buy now. Just that they're recalling the chipsets, so we're not entirely sure if the flaw affects the processor. If it also affects the processor, then whoever who buys a SB laptop, good luck la

Thank goodness I got my XPS 15 before the backlit keyboard ran out and all.

Ah, I don't know about any of these technical jargon to be honest... I see, well so that means only the motherboards that were released are faulty? I thought it's the e-SATA controller in the chipset?

It takes 2 weeks - 1 month for them to build your system based on your configuration. I got mine in 3 weeks.

How much are you paying for that?

HDMI, from any IT shop.

No, you can't manage it. I wiped it off my drive, did a clean reformat & reinstall.

As long as the speed (1333MHz) and capacity (4GB) is the same, there's nothing much to worry about apart from brand quality, etc.

Save your time, download from the site itself. The CD given is kinda.. corrupted, in a way for us XPS users.

Best to clarify with the Dell sales team. I got 3 year CompleteCover which supposedly has 1 or 3 year international warranty... but I forgot. got to read the T & C again.

Nice. I'm using a Cooler Master too, but it's an old X-Mini I had from my previous laptop. My XPS 15 is like a table on a book on this, LOL.

What is that N sticker beside the Intel sticker?

Either way it is still enough for those games. I have the 420 (weakest) one and it sails through COD4, COD6, Mafia II, BF:BC2.

Get the Cooler Master U2, and if you want, even the U3. More fans = more cooling.

Just a tip: the U2 has detachable fans so you can shift it to accustom. Put it under the RAM exhaust vent and processor vent, and the last one can go at the RAM intake vent. There are 2 vents for the RAM - the warmer one is the exhaust and the cooler one is the intake vent.