Jack's Custom Desktop Build
Custom Built Desktop
ECS Motherboard 865G-M8
Intel Pentium D 950 Presler Dual Core 3.4G
2 GB Dual DDR400 SDRAM Memory
2 S-ATA-150 x 160GB cold swap HDD
Radeon X1950 Pro 256MB GDDR3 AGP
APEX / ALLIED 500W PSU
HP 21" LCD Flat panel (1680 x 1050)
2 - Sony DRU-510A DVD±RW DL Writers
Creative Extreme Music Sound Card
Logitech X-530 (5.1 Surround Sound)
WinTV-PVR-150
6 fans for cooling
OS WinXP Pro Media Edition
Jack's Custom Notebook Paint Jobs

HP Pavilion dv4000
Pentium M 1.73 GHz Intel Centrino
1024MB 533MHz DDR Memory
80GB (5400RPM) HD
Double Layer DVD±R/RW and CD-RW
15.4” WXGA+ BrightView Widescreen

I thought my new XPS m1530 tuxedo black was a little bland, so I painted mine Metallic ruby red. Sort of in-between the Current XPS m1530 & the older XPS 1710 style. I took my sweet time masking it perfectly, then I painted 4 coats of primer, 4 coats of base, sanded in-between w/2000 grit and then 2 coats of clear, then I baked it with a heat lamp between coats.
Click to see The "before" shots & XPS review here:
Masking

Primer: 4 coats, one hour between, light 2000 grit sanding in-between

Base coat: 4 coats, light 2000 grit sanding in-between, Clear: 2 coats

(Base coat was Ruby Red Metallic by Dupli-Color Auto Spray)

Sunlight photo

Indoor lighting

My favorite of all time: the XPS 1710

Dell XPS m1530
Core 2 Duo T7500 2.2GHz
3GB DDR2 sdram at 667MHz
160GB 7200RPM sata hd
256MB geforce 8600M GT (DDR3)
15.4inch lcd lg 1440x900
Slot Load dvd+/-rw
85 whr 9-cell & 6-cell Battery

Click to see The "before" shots & XPS review here:

Software Installed in both systems
OS WinXP Pro Media Edition 2005
O&O Defrag
avg70free
Spybot - Search & Destroy
Several Data Recovery programs
aida32-detailed system specs
EUDORA 7.1
Adobe PhotoShop 7.0
Adobe ImageReady 7.0
Adobe Photoshop CS
PhotoPaint 9
CoreDRAW9
Jasc Paint Shop Pro 8
Macromedia Dreamweaver 8
Macromedia Fireworks 8
Macromedia Flash 8
Adobe Reader 7.0
Animation Shop 3
Nero - Burning Rom
PowerDVD
DVD Shrink 3.1
Microsoft Word
Microsoft Excel
Microsoft Publisher
Microsoft Access
Microsoft Outlook
coffecupFTP
CuteHTML

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