Hardware/Dell XPS M1330

Dell XPS M1330 Hardware Page

The major hardware components of this laptop basically work in Fedora 12.

CPU: XPS M1330 - Intel® Core 2 Duo Processor T7500 (2.2GHz/800Mhz FSB, 4MB Cache)
Memory: 2GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz
Display: Slim and Light LED Display with 0.3 MP (640x480) Omnivision Webcam
Graphics: 128MB NVIDIA® GeForce 8400M GS
Hard Drive: 160GB SATA Hard Drive (5400RPM)
Network Card: Integrated 10/100 Network Card
Optical drive: CD/DVD burner (DVD+/-RW Drive), slot load
Sound: High Definition Audio 2.0
Wireless: Dell Wireless 1505 Wireless-N Mini-card
Battery: 56Whr Lithium Ion Battery (6 cell)
Fingerprint Reader: Biometric Fingerprint Reader
Bluetooth: Built-in Bluetooth capability (2.0 EDR)
Other: 9-in-1 media card reader, IR remote that fits in Express PCM slot

1280x800 display resolution in X
Standard keyboard features
Trackpad, including scrolling regions and tap-to-click
Wireless
Media keys: eject, previous track, stop, play/pause, next track, mute, volume decrease, volume increase.
Brightness up/down keys (fn-up, fn-down)
Ports: ethernet, 2 USB, stereo headphones
Built-in speakers
Webcam
9-in-1 card reader (tested on 256 MB MultiMediaCard)
CD/DVD drive
IR remote control. The remote control fits in the express PC card slot. It works for volume control, forward-backward of presentations, and pause-play-next in Rhythmbox.
Hibernate/suspend key (Fn+F1)
Battery info (Fn+F3)
CRT/LCD key for VGA out (Fn+F8)
"Home" media button to open nautilus in home folder
CPU scaling
Fingerprint reader
Wireless Kill Switch

This can be enabled with ndiswrapper and a Windows driver. See http://alumnus.caltech.edu/~hamkins/M1330_fedora_12.html#wireless for details.