Larry, thank you for your interest in my problems with the M1330. I have the cooperation of my account team and work with the SPD/reseller division. Supposedly my issue has been escalated within Dell and I am awaiting a response. It is highly likely that both units will be sent back to Dell and a refund will be issued.
Assuming that the problem is in fact the SanDisk SSD I am hesitant to reorder the M1330 with a SSD and will likely go with a standard HDD. I cannot function properly without a working notebook.
As you can imagine I am frustrated and my team knows that. I will defiantly keep you in mind if they come back to me with information that is less than satisfactory.
Thanks, again.