This was a great laptop at the time. I had one all throughout school in the late 2000s, but mostly used it to play so many games. It was my first real machine, and I have so many great memories from using it all those years.
@DLMtechgarage
2 жыл бұрын
Couldn't agree more!
@macmen007
9 ай бұрын
Reflowed the graphics chip pn my daughter's M1530 after it stopped booting up... installed Ubuntu... it was a good system for browsing internet and learning a Linux like OS.
@eg3730
10 ай бұрын
Great vid! Are used to work and collect over 20 of the 1330 and 1350s years amazing and still enjoy a couple for some 2005-2012 3-D gaming that still quite impressive!
@DLMtechgarage
10 ай бұрын
I use it for my retro pc gaming.
@chriscole9621
Жыл бұрын
My mom had one of these and I had her old hand me down laptop, The Touch sensitive buttons were so cool to me when I was a kid
@nushnume
Жыл бұрын
This era of laptops was the best. I still have my old 2008 Lenovo N200 that i got brand new,looks a lot like a Thinkpad but it's in the consumer grade category. It originally had a singlecore Celeron and 1GB of RAM,and i easily upgraded it to a Core 2 Duo and 4GB of RAM and it was usable for a lot of years compared to what it probably would have been if i left the Celeron in. Now you have to carefully pick what CPU you want otherwise you have to change the whole board to a higher spec one and disassemble the whole damn thing just to get to the hard drive and ram
@DLMtechgarage
Жыл бұрын
def don't make them like they used too!!
@mitbijotkar5651
Жыл бұрын
This is one of the best machine in today's time too for basic task You just need to upgrade it to ssd I'm using windows 10 32 bit on it and runs very smooth But it don't support Android os Please try if you can install then
@Nikkel144
Жыл бұрын
Mine has t7500, and windows 8.1 It plays Half life 2(100fps) and garrys mod(80fps)
@mfyapp1969
6 ай бұрын
I played crysis on my old xps
@whitebeartigtig
2 жыл бұрын
Dell retained CPU upgrades in some 4th Gen laptops such as the E6440 or the Precision laptops of the time. With those you need it to come with the M skus such as the i5 4310M, the U skus cannot be upgraded as they are soldered e.g. i5 4310U. One thing to note about the XPS M1530, the GPUs often died which was a major drawback to using one of these laptops. A lot of NVIDIA laptop GPUs of the time had this issue so it's not unique to the M1530. The Apple Macs released at this time were a very famous example of this flaw and even caused dispute between Apple and NVIDIA.
@DLMtechgarage
2 жыл бұрын
I have heard that alot lately, fortunately this one has not suffered the fate......... yet......... lol...
@adammarks4491
2 жыл бұрын
It's actually Intel who stopped shipping socketable CPUs with 5th gen. Thats why machines like Lenovo T440p/T540p or some business Dells/HPs of 4th generation Intel still have socketable CPUs on their "performance" tier laptops.
@HairyScrambler
Жыл бұрын
2:36 they don’t want you to upgrade because they realized they make more money just selling new laptops
@DLMtechgarage
Жыл бұрын
very true!!
@stamosmpanousis4970
5 ай бұрын
hello there! i have one more question what is the best affordable laptop to play games like fortnite csgo and more games that have many gb ?
@DLMtechgarage
5 ай бұрын
depends on the budget, you can find a used acer nitro with a 1050ti on ebay for like $300-$400
@stamosmpanousis4970
5 ай бұрын
Thanks very much for your help
@LilithTheAngeL18
Жыл бұрын
Oh fuck me dad just gave me one of these proooo i just want to play minecraft whyyyyy😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 Me first laptop is In short, a piece of junk
@stamosmpanousis4970
5 ай бұрын
i have the XPSM1530 i cant play anythink expect minecraft and the old csgo nothinking more but nothinking less.... :(
@cdog13headgamer22
2 жыл бұрын
Hey u do repairs could I send u my gtx 780 the capacitors on it burnt out exploded when I put it in if you can please let me know what shiping in cost is
@DLMtechgarage
2 жыл бұрын
email me @dlmtechgarage@gmail.com, pics of the board, the damage and capacitor and I will let you know.
@forty2retro
2 жыл бұрын
Maybe try primeOS on it to test out android, or Batocera Linux for a fun retro portable.
@DLMtechgarage
2 жыл бұрын
Gonna look into that prime OS. Thanks!
@stamosmpanousis4970
6 ай бұрын
hi ! the video was good i just have one question can the XPSm1530 run fortnite or somethink else that is a battle royal? 🤔
@DLMtechgarage
6 ай бұрын
nahh def too week
@stamosmpanousis4970
5 ай бұрын
thanks for the answer!@@DLMtechgarage
@STAR-fn1pi
Жыл бұрын
retro gaming with a that s video connected to crt 🤔
@DLMtechgarage
Жыл бұрын
never thought of that. That would be sweet!! thanks!!
@STAR-fn1pi
Жыл бұрын
@@DLMtechgarage make a vid pls
@DLMtechgarage
Жыл бұрын
@@STAR-fn1pi def gonna look into it!!
@elfedorausado
2 жыл бұрын
I understand Linux might be a good OS for this laptop but, for those unwilling to leave Microsoft, I believe Windows 8 would be a good option. Its WAY lighter on resources than 10 and much more secure than 7 [being supported until January 2023]. I flip PCs in Venezuela where Linux has no traction at all [beyond techies and enthusiasts], so I have found out that Win 8 allows me to save really old PCs running at least 1GB of DDR2 RAM [even with IDE HDDs] and sell them for a fair price for people who can't afford anything more modern. Many people here still use Windows 7, so using a supported OS is clearly not on their list of priorities.
@DLMtechgarage
2 жыл бұрын
good point, maybe need to start doing that on these older builds that have been coming in. Thanks!
@damian9303
11 ай бұрын
I wouldn’t install Windows 8 onto a Core 2 Duo personally, mostly because the available drivers are more than likely gonna be exclusively for 7 at the latest due to its stark similarity to Vista, but it works well for early gen Intel Core systems which can be had for just as cheap nowadays
@easycom65ify
2 жыл бұрын
Its called RAM NOT MEMORY
@Droogie128
Жыл бұрын
It's also called memory. RAM = Random Available Memory
@easycom65ify
Жыл бұрын
@@Droogie128 You gotta remember you're educating people there is ram and storage One is volatile one is non volatile so there is a Difference
@Droogie128
Жыл бұрын
@@easycom65ify no, there isn't. RAM is typically called memory. If you go shopping on any retail site, you'll find it listed under memory. I've been building computers for 35+ years, and I have never heard it referred to as anything but memory. No one refers to storage as memory except a random Craigslist post here and there.
@easycom65ify
Жыл бұрын
@@Droogie128 You are 100% right about that . But I started with windows 3.1 you used have Typing a command. To be able to log into windows
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