Urk... what happened? PM me details my man...

In short, 3 factory visits in 8 months, AW kinda agree I received a lemon, while others have their systems for 2 years working flawlessly.

So they credit fund my laptop in full amount

I was in disbelief myself, apparently their CS has improved alot since Dell acquired them. So right now I am waiting for their brand new line ups which due like mid-Jan next year.

m15x

I am opting the 15incher instead of 17incher. The major drawbacks are obvious; too heavy and expensive. Since I have this budget desktop to cover up my missing laptop atm, so going for "desktop replacement" laptop isn't wise at all. If it's going to sit on the desk most of the time, it's better I fund up the desktop (which I already did, 8800gt is coming like tomorrow) for better gaming experience. The laptop shall be focus on-the-go purposes.

Luckily I bought the casing back then (if u still remember). I really had a bad dilemma on deciding which one I shall choose between the two new laptop lines, but when I saw the estimate price for 8800m gtx is like 500~600 USD per card, I think it's really a waste of money (with condition that I have a desktop in my workstation). Desktop's 8800gt is more or less better in terms of performance compared to 8800m gtx, and obviously much cheaper (like 240 USD with shipping and all). That saves a semi-road warrior like myself lots lots of money (like 250 USD; somewhere around RM838 as for today's currency rate).

This post has been edited by derred: Dec 20 2007, 12:26 PM

wow .... it has been a long time since i last visited this thread.
More useful information on XPS M1210 can be found now.

O_o

well. i like dell lol. i've been pushing dells instead of toshibas, compaqs and acers. all i say is the after sales service is good

pls dont die...this thread wont die...where have all the 1210 user went?no complain anymore huh?all 1210 in m'sia working fine?

Hi, Had my XPS M1210 since dec 2006. Its one year now and its still great....waranty's over for me (keep fingers cross that nothing will happen). besides the darkening stains on the palm area below the keyboard and a dent at the righthand bottom corner everything is in great shape. I've even put mac OSX tiger on it half a year ago and just added a 2gb sodimm 2 weeks ago. No complaints what so ever

don't worry we're still here...and nope not having any issues with my xps...just upgraded to ultimate a month back and 2gb ram...only problem sems to be that BaoFeng codec im using seems to have some issues with vista dreamscenes...as i cant play some of them...and temperatures running a little high even when idling...but i guess thats due to dreamscene which uses up gpu and cpu power

Yep, nearly 7-8 months later (+ one fall) and everything's just peachy...

No complaints make a good laptop, rite? Myself I'm still head-over-heels for my Axim (which is also rock solid, albeit as quirky as the M1210), and my laptop has been tinkered with enough (runs stable with Bioshock nVidia drivers + all the latest Vista updates - except the nvidia ones - + SharpE TD3... Plays COD4 online without any hitches, what more can I ask for?)...

Temp's a bit high? Like I said, our M1210s are a bit quirky indeed...

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Added on December 31, 2007, 3:54 pmCurrently testing SharpE TD4, the latest release... Still as stable as ever, and eating only like 60-70% of the RAM explorer used to eat up... It's even Vista-friendly!

This post has been edited by Eiraku: Dec 31 2007, 03:54 PM

idling with dreamscene cpu and gpu sometime go as high as 79C >_<

Edit:

uh...any of u guys have problem transferring files to pendrives?...i tried transferring files from kingston data traveller 2gb to my other 4 gb one and it always stuck halfway...after force quit the transfer windows cant detect one of them and the other one simply got relabeled as "removable drive"

not sure whether usb driver issue....pendrive driver issue or one of my pendrive going to see the big man in heaven...any ideas?....ive googled for info but so far come up with nothing relevant

This post has been edited by AzeL: Dec 31 2007, 08:24 PM

hoho..anyone tried OC their gc before? darn..im still on 1.5gb on vista..will change to vista once sp1 is out & wanna pump get another 2gb ram..say bye bye to both of dell 512mb ram...

still got 2yrs warranty to go..haha & plan to extend it further

Well, about OCing... Don't try if you don't want to potentially see your M1210 going up in smoke... Another thing is that it voids our precious CompleteCovers, and if you think "nah, they can't find out", they WILL when they come to your house to replace your burnt out motherboard and see the graphics chip scorched...

Besides, the potential increase in graphics performance is not that much to begin with (and yeah, I've tried)... The 7400 isn't known for its overclockability... 7900s are a different story though...

This post has been edited by Eiraku: Jan 4 2008, 12:09 AM

Ladies and gentlemen, some breaking news (or rather, heart-breaking news)...

My M1210 just simply died on me yesterday morning... It just refuses to start up, not even into the "Dell" BIOS POST screen...

Which leads me to conclude that my motherboard's probably fried golden...

While that is a cause of much sorrow in itself, it DOES give me a good opportunity to experience the much vaunted "Dell Service" by myself, to see if the truth lives up to all the hype...

Currently making due with my trusty rock solid Fujitsu C2220 (now I know why the huge darned obsolete Fuji-Tan was soooo expensive - it was an RM6500 Pentium4 lappy at the time when even Centrino Acers went for a few thousand cheaper... and it's probably outliving those Acers as we speak), and thus will report any and all going ons in terms of my Expee-Tan's repair and service...

I just sent my trusty SA an email a while back... Lets see how fast they are able to respond...

And while they're taking their sweet, sweet time (don't blame them, it's the weekends for Pete's sake), I'm getting myself a SATA 2.5inch HDD enclosure in a bid to rescue (and at the same time, create a long overdue backup of) the precious data still left inside my Expee-Tan's HDD...

Provided the HDD didn't crash along with the motherboard (or whatever else that crashed inside my Expee-Tan)...

And to derred, does this make us lemon buddies now?

For the rest of us, this is why CompleteCover (and more importantly, regular data backup) is so important... Now lets see if the CC was worth the investment...

This post has been edited by Eiraku: Jan 5 2008, 03:57 AM

Yeah kinda of.

Man that sucks. I feel for you. I've been there. Still, can't wait for CES which is only days away.

Darned... CES... Do you have access or is it free for public consumption? If you can get there, snap me a whole bunch of gadget pics, zip em up and mail em to me pretty please?

LYN's most probably not crazy enough to send their lone freelance intern out to the US to cover CES to begin with (although I never give up praying), so a bunch of pics from the scene should help ease the pain (of a tech writer who can't reach CES - or CEBIT - even if he tried)...

This post has been edited by Eiraku: Jan 5 2008, 04:29 AM

hello Eiraku and derred!!!...long time didn't dropped in this thread...(where have i been to? )

to Eiraku...sad to hear your M1210 died...anyway do share all the experiences you got from the beginning till they replace yours with a new one...
possibility of getting M1310?....but don't ever forget your first love(M1210 or is it Fujitsu C2220) if you got the chance having M1310...

to derred...as what Eiraku mentioned...do captured nice pictures when you entered CES...be an agent for LYN...if you don't mind...
owh...sorry about the sad story happened on your notebook also...anyway...the new line-up of AW notebook looks cool!...it's keyboard looks very attractive and attempting...
don't forget to share something when it reached your hand...

@Eiraku and unknowndevices,

damn I wish I am at Vegas now to cover it up. I damn wish I could be there for only an hour (one specific hour each day which Alienware will let people TRY their brand new m15x laptop). Some of my friends were there for vacation and trust me, they have no interest about CES (I bet they don't even know what is CES). I checked back my pocket and pfftt, no luck visit CES this year. Plus I just spent couple of hard earns on tour just few days ago. Sorry if I did gave some empty hope to you guys.

I am indeed waiting for CES which Alienware will announce their new lines. There is some ups and downs that my m9700 went dead on me although it only took few months of ownership. Good thing I don't have to spend anything for the new upcoming LAPTOP and bad thing I don't have laptop for now.

I was planning to prepare it with some "out-of-the-box" benchmarks and stuff, but I could see a reason I wouldn't be doing that since I think I will be busy by the time the laptop reaches me. But we'll see. Maybe I should prepare now or maybe by the time the laptop reaches me, shouldn't I?

at Eiraku, hang in there mate. At least you got backup system to work with. I remembered I was without computer for like a month. Damn those hard times.

On the good side, those problems keep us intact and gathered which we haven't done for like a long time.

Eiraku: how is your m1210?

Ahh... Sorry for not replying for so long... The USB Wireless adapter on my Fujitsu was playing hide-n-seek with the net line here in my college, so got some problems even reaching the net...

But, that's old news... My M1210 is back from the dead, courtesy of a new motherboard and 2-sticks of brand spanking new SODIMMs... Truth is, as I thought, only my motherboard got fried - but they changed my RAM to new sticks anyway...

I also found out the reason why my M1210's MB died off so quickly: A HUGE PIECE OF DUST WAS STUCK IN THE VENT NEAR THE FAN...

So people, take some time to unscrew the keyboard off and clean the vents (check the manuals, I don't think it voids any warranties as it's actually necessary if you want to get to the 2nd SODIMM RAM slot... ), at least once in a while...

Noted though, the fact that my M1210's new MB was a refurb, but you can't really expect a discontinued laptop to still have new parts now, can you?

And one other thing was that it took Dell around 2 weeks after my first "help me" email to my old SA (which was never replied, I think it got lost in the mail on the other side), and around 5 days from my "help me" request on Dell's support side for them to even get to repairing my XPS-tan... I don't know who's to blame (maybe it's just me), but that's sure a bit longer then "next business day"...

But then, it's all working and dandy now, so let's just let that slide, for now...

Now back to over-working my M1210! *readies whip*

This post has been edited by Eiraku: Jan 16 2008, 02:04 AM

wait...how long have you had your m1210 running? (cause im starting to worry LOL)

i will call them up every time..save up my time