review: dell xps m1330 notebook

so my lappie has arrived and wanted to share my thoughts.

the first thing that strikes you when you open the box is the lovely dell laptop slip and a wonderful little leather organiser to keep all of your manuals and back-up disks. first thing i'm thinking is thats cool, the last laptop i bought came in a polythene bag!

opening up the slip and pulling out the m1330 you instantly see that dell has put a lot of thought into its flagship range and hasn't compromised on build quality. the shell is coated in beautiful matt black framed by brushed aluminium, and again when you open it up the brushed aluminum has continued through to wrap the keyboard and cover the palm rest.

pressing the on button sees the wafer thin screen light up which in incredibly bright. this is due to the way the screen is backlit using tiny leds as opposed to a long light tube at the base. to be honest i still can't get over the screen, the colours feel so vivid due to the brightness and its leaps and bounds ahead of my toshiba protege which i use for work. doesn't really make pokerstars look any better though, its still a naff 2d table, but at least its slightly brighter!

once booted up its pretty standard. its a vista machine, which i love, and it has all the bells and whistles you would expect. there is a tad to much dell software on there but i'll get round to uninstalling all that soon enough. i've ramped it up to have 4gb of ram and it is quick. i can easily multi table my 2 tables and play music at the same time! that was a joke people in case you weren't sure. i don't suppose i'll ever need 4gb for pokerstars software but its there just in case!

so in conclusion if anyone out there is looking for a new laptop i would thoroughly recommend the xps m1330 and the entire dell xps range. you get exceptional quality and power for what i feel is a reasonable price. plus the m1330 is under 2kg so easy to carry about if required. i've also upped my poundage at the gym so with bigger guns it should feel even lighter!

all i need to do now is cover the cost through poker! lol