Backlit Keyboards
Accessories (Keyboards, etc.), Sales Strategies, Desktops and Laptops submitted by rarmasu
02/21/07 **PARTIALLY IMPLEMENTED**
I find myself many, many times in dark or poorly lit environments having to guess the various keys - would be fantastic to have a backlit keyboard - with backlit individual keys as the best option.
I would actually pay extra for that convenience if the option was available.
This could be done for desktops or notebooks.
Check out Vida_K's comment below on the New Latitude.
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Better Notebook sound and features
Laptops submitted by foxx
02/17/07
I was looking for a high end notebook for video editing. Every Dell model I looked at was missing something essential.
Most serious is the lousy sound. I can understand for low end notebooks, but high end need A REAL SOUND CARD. I would have been willing to buy a sound card, but that required a PCMCIA slot and you had elimintated those. I gave up.
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Backlit Desktop Keyboard
Accessories (Keyboards, etc.), Desktops submitted by jok3r
09/06/07
Hey,
When I play games, I like to play in the dark- because it lets me concentrate on the screen.
The annoying thing about that is that I have to try and touch type- which I'm not very good at- because I haven't got a lamp or anything. (And no, I don't really want to go out and get a lamp- I'm a bit stubborn :P)
What I'm suggesting is a keyboard such as:
http://www.logicapproach.com/images/A-LG.jpg
With some media buttons added in and a blue light coming through the letters and around each key. I like the feel of these types of keyboards, but I can't afford the expensive one's- Logitech G15 etc.
Thanks.
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Option for 'Lap Friendly' underside.
Accessories (Keyboards, etc.), Laptops submitted by kwifler
09/03/07
I'm sure many of you have noticed some burn warnings for notebooks, and some cautions against setting them directly on your laps, but this can be minimized or even prevented.
Just add the option for an underside that uses special materials/gridlines across the bottom of the notebook to act like a radiator and minimize the possibility to trap heat. I am not sure whether this should be a snap-on design or a permanent shell-redesign.
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There should be an option of having no trialware on all computers
Software submitted by jervis961
08/23/07 **REVIEWED**
Here is a news article about trialware and how Dell feels that regular customers want it but small business ones do. Do they not look at the ideas here?
"Not interested in all of the trial software that clutters up new PCs? You're not alone: According to Dell's recent research in both focus groups and broader surveys, small-business users overwhelmingly view trialware as an irritant, not a benefit. That research has led Dell to axe the extras from its new Vostro line of small-business desktop PCs and laptops. Eliminating demo applications is a major step for Dell, which has caught flack for the quantity of trialware on its consumer PCs. (One frustrated customer went so far as to develop a "Decrapifier" utility. The company says that consumers who buy PCs for personal use do express interest in preloaded trial software, but that small-business users have different needs. By eliminating the trialware from Vostro machines, Dell says it has cut the system setup time in half. For now, Dell is the only major PC manufacturer to ship small-business systems without preinstalled trialware as a standard practice. (Some competitors, such as HP, allow customers to choose a no-trialware configuration.)"
Dell offers a broad amount of software choice and minimal software shipped. Read jeremy_f's post on the options we give our customers
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Stop Overcharging on Notebook RAM
Sales Strategies, Laptops submitted by realskript
08/28/07 **UNDER REVIEW**
Dell really... REALLY need to stop overcharging... and when i say overcharing... i mean atleast double what you would pay to pick up the ram yourself.
On XPS Notebooks... you are charging $500 for 4GB of ram... when you could easily go pick them up at your local computer shop for $250... and pocket the other half of the $500...
It would be nice if dell could save the customers as well as the company itself this hassle.. and start charging NORMAL prices for an upgrade in RAM.
thanks =D
PS..... PROMOTE THIS!!!!
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What is missing: Inspiron 1720
Inspiron products, Linux, Operating Systems submitted by albano
08/16/07
URGENT:
RAID support. It is ridiculous that a two HD bay notebook does not offer this;
Gigabit Ethernet. I don’t believe that my wireless LAN is fastest that my wired LAN;
HDMI / DVI support. A notebook with Blue Ray without HDMI. No comments;
Nvidia 8700M GT. The Windows Vista Experience Index is limited by the 8600M GT.
Will be a must:
Choice of OS. All Vista and Linux;
Car power adapter accessory;
Backlight keyboard;
Fingerprint scanner;
A bigger battery. It’s a lot of space in the back of this notebook to attach a bigger battery.
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Offer the new Nvidia 8700m GT graphic card on your new Inspirons
Accessories (Keyboards, etc.), Inspiron products submitted by benjesuit
06/14/07
The preliminary specs of your new Inspiron 1710 & 1510 system only lists the Nvidia 8600M chipset as that was what Nvidia released at the time.
Recently Nvidia released the 8700M GT chip with the following improvements over the 8600M series:
"Packed with the same 32 stream processors (unified shader engines) as the previous generation 8600M GT, the new 8700M GT boosts the core clock from 475MHz to 625MHz. The shader clock has also been increased from 950MHz to 1,250MHz and the memory clock has increased by 100MHz (from 700MHz to 800MHz). The memory bandwidth is up from 22.4GB/s to 25.6GB/s and the texture fill rate provides an impressive 10 billion instructions per second (up from 7.6 billion instructions per second in the 8600M GT)."
Please don't make this chip exclusive to the XPS line.
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nvidia 8700m in Inspirons
Accessories (Keyboards, etc.), Gaming, Inspiron products submitted by real_df
08/03/07
Dell should have the option of putting an Nvidia 8700m w/ 512MB VRAM into the inspirons. the 8700m is the same hardware as the 8600m just overclocked a bit and with more memory so there shouldnt be an issue with fitting it into the chassis. if battery power is the issue... then idk. ive never gamed on my laptop without first plugging it in.
or at least give Inspiron purchasers the option of a 512 video card.
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A frustrated customer
Dell Web Site, Service and Support, Small Business submitted by sharoz
07/18/07
I recently received a new inspiron 1720, and I must say that I am not satisfied. My company has bought over one hundred Dell computers, laptops, and servers, and this last purchase has left me with a somewhat sour taste.
I am doing some development with the nVidia G80, and I need a laptop with the new shader capabilities. Having heard the rumors on various web sites, I went to order the laptop as soon as the announcement was made official. Unfortunately, I could not find the system anywhere on the website. After much digging I found it under the Home section of the sales. Needless to say, I do not understand why the laptop was not available under the small business section.
After finding and setting up the specs for the laptop, I called in the order. Unfortunately, the small business salesman was unable to make the order. He was very nice and polite, but he had to transfer me to someone in home sales. Apparently, the small business unit cannot even sell a laptop that is not considered to be for small business. The person in the home sales was again very apologetic for the transferring, but the order was placed quickly.
The first real problems started next. The laptop’s estimated delivery date was two week later. However, the estimated ship date for the carrying case was over a month later. The carrying case is what makes a portable computer portable. I will probably have to just buy one separately.
When the laptop arrived, I was initially pleased, but I quickly became annoyed. The first problem is that the battery sticks out in inch in the back. The online images (http://i.dell.com/images/global/products/inspnnb/sv_inspnnb_leftsideclosed.jpg) do not have anything protruding from the back, so this was definitely a surprise. After looking online, I learned that the extended batter is larger, but at no point during the component selection did I see an option that told me the laptop’s size would grow!
My next frustration lies with the VGA port. Why not include DVI? DVI is the latest standard, and some of the newer monitors (including the one on my desk) don’t have a VGA connection. Including an adaptor would have been appropriate. The only adaptor that I can find on the Dell accessories site costs over $250.
After booting the computer for the first time, I was greeted by the expected barrage of bloatware. The Dell software removal tool is a step in the right direction, but the correct approach is to either not include it or put it all on an “extra software” CD.
I was not too concerned with the bloatware because I intended to repartition the drive. I needed a separate partition for my data, as software development can frequently necessitate reinstalling the OS. After checking that all the disks were present, I proceeded to reinstall the operating system onto a smaller partition (40GB). The installation appeared to go smoothly until the final step, “completing installation”. After letting it remain at that step for over two hours, I started over, but the same thing happened again. I have installed Vista many times, but I’ve never encountered this problem. I called tech support, and the person clearly had no idea what she was talking about. Although very polite, she was simply reading the steps from a guide or manual, so she couldn’t explain to me what was going to be different during this reinstall. I then spent an hour entertaining her idea that if I reinstalled Vista using her instructions, it would work. It did not, and I had the same problem. I was then called by one of her colleagues. According to them, they cannot transfer me and do not have phone extensions (so I can’t directly call a particular person). This next person then had me wipe all of the partitions off of the drive. I asked how I would be able to regain Dell’s recovery and MediaDirect partitions, and he said that they aren’t necessary (but they still might be useful). I then reinstalled vista, but it still did not work.
He said the drive might be the problem, so he sent me a new one and said that he would call back in a couple of days. I could not call him because he has no way of being reached other than by email.
While waiting for the drive, I decided to Google the problem. I eventually found that several others were having the exact same problem. In other words, a new drive would not likely solve such a systemic problem. One person luckily found the solution:
1. Re-install Media-Direct first. This re-creates your Media-Direct partition.
2. Load the SATA driver from the driver disk during the partition selection process.
Did no one at Dell try to reinstall the OS during the testing phase? Why were the tech support personnel not made aware of this problem and the steps to correct it? Reinstalling or upgrading an OS is not terribly uncommon even for a home user. The above instructions should have been printed DIRECTLY ON the OS reinstall disk.
Despite my frustration, I am keeping the laptop because I need it for an upcoming trip, and we don’t have time to order a laptop from a competitor. Hopefully, Dell can improve these problems and provide a better customer experience in the future.
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DVI or HDMI out on all laptops models?
Accessories (Keyboards, etc.), Laptops submitted by tommarnk
07/06/07 **PARTIALLY IMPLEMENTED**
this would be a big jump, if dell add "DVI out" on all dell laptops, so people can connect to there LCD Displays or LCD HDTVs natively
the picture quality will be grealy improved
this should be easy to do as most of new chipsets has dvi out
not many laptop manufacturers add "dvi out" to there lower end products, so it might be a wise move to do so
all LCD monitors and lcd hdtvs has dvi or hdmi in so it might work well
and meybe remove the old VGA out and put a singel DVI-I, it can be used as analog (VGA) to, by using VGA-to-DVI-I adapter like tose used on
standard computer graphic cards for years now
many people like me connect monitor via dvi or hdmi to get the best picture and color quality
The offerings for the XPS M1730: Dual-link DVI-I (support for 30-inch displays) and HDMI via DVI adapter. Check out all the specs for the new systems.
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Bring back DVI and better video card options on the Inspiron/"Vostro" line.
Inspiron products submitted by adorettic
08/13/07
The removal of a DVI port on all of the Vostro / Inspiron line is ridiculous. While the rest of the world is moving towards DVI dell is moving away from it. Also bring back the options for DX9 cards on these laptops because the current dx10 offering is worse than the card I bought on my Inspiron 9300. Leaving the DVI port only on the XPS laptops to force people to buy them is a really shady practice. Some people don't want to spend double the money of an inspiron 1520 or 1720 on an xps system to be able to play games playable on a 3 year old system.
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