House mobilty
New Product Ideas, Laptops submitted by shaktia61
02/17/07
OK, here is the stupid idea. Have a notebook with just a screen/mouse/keyboard, and everything else on a desktop system so I can really be portable throughout the house and not have a battery only last a maximum of 5 hours. With N wireless the computer graphics can easily be transmitted to the gutless laptop screen. And please have the notebook have a carrying handle (when closed) for ease of portability. I can't believe only 1 small manufacturer has thought of that idea. The hard drive/ graphics processor/ processor/ memory/ DVD drive can all be in the desktop plugged into the wall. A manufacturer is already touting a system like this on the HGTV show for the kitchen it also displays television channels wirelessly to the kitchen screen. The only gripe I have is it is a touch screen which is a waste.
Now if you were able to develop something like this, then the next generation would be 1 desktop system with multiple virtual machines running so each family person would have their own portable laptop connected to the same desktop, but running their own virtual environment on it with each enviroment having it's own dedicated software. Since we are now going eventually to Quad core processors this is very viable now.
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DELL UMPC
Desktops and Laptops submitted by haveacoke
02/19/07
I've been wanting a UMPC since I heard about them, but I can't find any that has what I want and with the power to back it up, Dell could definitely pull it off... and here is what I'm looking for in a Dell UMPC:
*The usually Dell customizability
*Microsoft Windows Vista (any version that supports tablet)
*Core Solo/Duo/2 Duo+ Processor
*1Gig+ Memory
*60Gig+ Hard Drive (ReadyDrive would be nice)
*Touchscreen/Bluetooth 2.0/Wireless 802.11N/GPS
*Optional Cellphone Internet Service (already available on their laptops)
*2-3+MP Camera/Video
*NVIDIA Video Card (very important - would be first)
*DVI or HDMI Connections
*7.1 HD Audio Out
*Card Reader/USB (at least 2-4 ports)
*Windows SideShow Support from Dell
Blow the competition out of the water!
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Make an Axim with a bigger screen
Broadband and Mobility, Monitors and Displays submitted by tmcqueen
02/23/07
Wouldn't it be great to have a real tablet that you could use to take notes on? The reason that tablet PCs didn't take off was the price. I would love to see a handleld PC/Mobile device that had a screen that was big enough to use! Why do all Windows Mobile (or PalmOS, etc.) devices have to be 3x5? You can't do anything comfortably on that. I would like to see a Windows Mobile device that has a 5x8 or even an 8.5x11 display.
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Bottom Line (and this ain't pretty)
Dell, Service and Support, Desktops and Laptops submitted by wasabi
02/21/07
The Bottom Line is this (and it won't be pretty):
Dell is in pretty serious trouble at the moment. From the point of view of Dell Products, some of the major problems are: 1) Customer Support. The Customer Support at Dell is bad to terrible. My roommate was not able to get through to Customer Service until 2am, and now a week later is still waiting on parts, not to mention the technician (who are not rated very highly) to come by and install the part. This is a major problem and needs to be rectified in the very short term. The customer service from Apple, Lenovo, HP, and Sony are all better.
2) Computer Design. Dell needs to invest a great deal of money into the design of all of the Dell computers. The keyboard on Dell computers are not very good (average at best). Given that Dell's main competitor, HP, has spent a great deal on improving the design of their computers, Dell is in grave danger of being left in the dust. I like that there is no flex on the monitor display, but there is definitely some flex on the keyboard, which on a "professional" grade computer is unacceptable. The Inspirons look cheap and not very durable. The Latitudes look pretty decent, but could use some work (better keyboard, and a metallic chassis all around would be good). The lack of a glossy screen is also a drawback (HP has this option, as do most other laptop producers).
3) Lack of a tablet notebook. Get with it, most of your competitors have this as an option, and there is a market for it.
At this point I think that Dell needs to take a long look at the product that they are offering on the market and the customer support for these products, and compare it to what some of their competitors are offering. At this point, Dell is clearly behind the competition, in just about all of the major categories (Design, hardware offerings, customer support), and this is being reflected in the loss of market share. I am an avid Dell fan and will stick with the line for now, but if major changes are not made in the short term, then Dell will continue to lose market share to companies like HP, and will end up being garbage like Gateway. Dell you have been warned. BEWARE!
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Graphics Tablet PC
Desktops and Laptops submitted by ozzimundi
03/01/07
An extremely obvious market for Tablet PCs are designers and artists! I am pining for a Tablet PC with a decent graphics card and greater pen pressure sensitivity and accuracy than what is currently available on the market. To be able to draw directly on the image and fully utilize the effects of software like Corel Painter... (or even to be able to play games on a Tablet like an extra-large Nintendo DS would be pretty neat.)
I don't understand why no one seems to be appealing to this market - is the technology not small enough to work within the confines of a decently sized laptop? That's my theory as to why Apple hasn't done this already...
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Solid State Drive as option in Notebooks
Accessories (Keyboards, etc.), Laptops submitted by tablet205
03/28/07 **IMPLEMENTED**
Definition
A solid state drive is primarily a data storage device, for use in computing applications that traditionally use a hard disk drive.
A solid state drive is based on non-volatile memory instead of the spinning platter and mechanical-magnetic head found in a conventional hard disk drive. With no moving parts, a solid state drive eliminates seek time, latency and other electro-mechanical delays and failures associated with a conventional hard disk drive.
Advantages
* Faster startup - Since no spin-up required.
* Faster read time – In some cases, twice or more than that of the fastest hard drives.
* Low read and write latency (seek) time, hundreds of times faster than a mechanical disk.
* Faster boot and application launch time - Result of the faster read and especially seek time. But only if application already resides in flash and is more dependent on read speed than other issues, eg. OS bootup that detects devices will not be significantly sped up even with faster seeks & reads.
* Lower power consumption and heat production - no mechanical parts results in less power consumption.
* No noise - Lack of mechanical parts makes the SSD completely silent.
* Better mechanical reliability - Lack of mechanical parts results in less wear and tear. High level of ability to endure extreme shock, vibration and temperatures, which apply to laptops and other mobile devices, or when transported.
* Security - allowing a very quick "wipe" of all data stored.
* Deterministic performance - unlike mechanical hard drives, performance of SSDs is constant and deterministic across the entire storage. "Seek" time is constant, and performance does not deteriorate as the media fills up (See: Fragmentation).
* Lower weight and (depending upon type) size
* Faster than conventional disks on random I/O
Check out the Idea in Action on the SSD enhancements Dell is making.
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Usable Docking Station
Accessories (Keyboards, etc.), Laptops submitted by jmecc
02/27/07
Please make a real docking station for the Inspirons, not a usb port replicator. I was thinking of using an Inspiron as my main computer if I can just dock it when I get home. The ability to connect to 2 external monitors would allow me to use the notebook as my primary.
Thanks.
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Streamline the MS tax refund
Sales Strategies submitted by polarwolf
02/28/07
This one is a short and easy one...if Dell doesn't want or can't offer OS-less consumer PCs or laptops, at least make it easier for customers to claim the refund they're intitled to in the Microsoft EULA if they don't accept the terms of the license.
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GPRS NOTEBOOKS
Broadband and Mobility, Laptops submitted by petzymathuram
02/28/07
Hi,
With GPRS reigning vehicles, Nike shoes, how about a notebook with a GPRS?. Executives who need their laptops to be very secure with valuable documents can own a Dell with GPRS. Will it work? ;-)
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Flexible Ordering (Internet)
Dell Web Site, Sales Strategies, Service and Support submitted by wieschiolek
02/28/07
I would like to have more flexibility in the ordering process.
Basically Dell offers pre-configured systems and the customer can chose certain options. More often than not, I dislike all options. Example: I can choose from 2x 320 GB disk or 2x 500 GB striped disk. But that's not what I want! I want a single disk, because I need the free slot. This means to stop the whole configuration and to start anew with another basic configuration, which might lead to another unwanted choice (e.g. which 2 DVDs).
Isn't it possible to be more flexible and offering more choices in one configuration?
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Smaller poweradapters
Accessories (Keyboards, etc.) submitted by -walle-
02/28/07
I'd really like to see some smaller power adapters with dell notebooks. The pa-12 is small compared to a pa-10 or older powersupplies from other manufacturers. But it's about twice the size of the powersupply that my lenovo laptop uses and they have almost the same powerspecifications.
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Notebooks: 14.1" & 15.4"
Accessories (Keyboards, etc.), Monitors and Displays, Sales Strategies submitted by jj1908
02/28/07
To: Dell Dudes,
There are those who loves 12.1" & 17" screen sizes, but like me, there are also others who finds 12.1" too small & 17" too bulky & heavy to carry around and would prefer mid-sized screens.
We would like to see the ff. items offered on your 14.1" & 15.4" notebooks:
1.) Integrated Webcam (minimum 1.3 megapixels)
- currently, this is only available on Dell's 12.1" XPS.
2.) Higher End Dedicated Graphics Card (say: ATI X1700 or NVIDIA 7700 - 512MB = 256 dedicated + 256 shared)
- for almost a year now, Dell has been offering integrated graphics card & ATI X1400 & NVIDIA 7300 which has only 256MB = 128MB dedicated + 128MB shared. Dudes, as you all know, in a notebook (unlike desktops), we can easily upgrade the memory & hard drive, but graphics card is very difficult to upgrade or cannot be upgraded at all. I'd rather get a higher end graphics card now for my baby for the next 2-3 yrs.
3.) DVI Port
4.) Change your notebook look/design
- Dell's Inspiron looks has not changed for almost I think more than 2 yrs now.
5.) Provide Incentives/Rewards to Loyal Customers
- you gotta keep customers happy.
My notebook is now due for replacement, but Dell cannot offer items 1 to 4 above. This time my notebook will not be Dell...
Other brands had started offering the above options since last year...
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Seperate the Documents and Settings folder from the Windows Partition
Software submitted by musictech
02/28/07
I have recently changed all of my computers to this configuration, after my work computer came preconfigured this way. Move the entire Documents and Settings folder off of the C Drive and place it on a separate partition. There are multiple benefits to doing this. Mainly, if windows must be reloaded, all favorites, documents, emails, etc are safe from the wipe.
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Dell TV - Programable Source Input Identifiers
Broadband and Mobility submitted by blackknight
02/28/07
Dell TVs currently display "Component", "Composit", "S-Video", "Antenna", etc for the source input selections. Make the systems more customer friendly by providing a Setup option to re-label the source input identification. I.E. - "TIVO", "Satellite", "Cable", "DVD Player", "Gamecube", "PS3", etc. It'sa the little things that make life worthwhile...
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Large Not-wide-screen notebooks, possibly tablets
Laptops submitted by sjss
02/21/07
For the visually impared, wide screen can actually be more of a challange, because the pixels tend to be narrower on what is already the shortest dimension, the vertical, and if you run at lower than normal resolution, the fuzziness still makes it look ugly. I'd like a 15" or 17" monitor (14" if it is a tablet) on my notebook, that isn't wide screen, it would be so much easier for me given my vision, and for any other visually impared (nearsighted/retina damage) user.
Note: I am very much NOT advocating this on all models, but I would like to see such models available. Additionally, it'd be nice to see the extra-bright, extra-contrast options for the monitor on low resolution notebook TFTs.
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No OS Preloaded
Linux, Operating Systems, Sales Strategies submitted by agreer
02/17/07 **PARTIALLY IMPLEMENTED**
I have a XP Pro retail copy, will soon buy retail vista, I also like Linux: Make WINDOWS-FREE, and OS-Free an option for more than just expensive business lines.
Dell has systems available that do not have an OS pre-loaded called N-Series line. You can check them out at www.dell.com/nseries.
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Stripped down, fast Linux Box
Accessories (Keyboards, etc.), Desktops, Linux submitted by pawprintz
02/17/07 **REVIEWED**
How about a fast, Internet ready Linux desktop. Small form factor, pretty monitor, mouse & keyboard, the O.S., OpenOffice & Firefox. Cheap'n'fast
Dell sees the value of this idea, and is keeping the sugestions for a Linux small form factor on the radar. john_h will let the community know of any new information as it comes.
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Cutting-edge components
Desktops and Laptops submitted by ridesim
02/18/07
Dell Computers should be more agressive in implementing cutting-edge technologies as they become availible.
New developments such as hybrid hard-drives and new RAM types should make it to Dell's marketplace as soon as they can. If Dell can adopt a reputation of being the company that has the most recent technologies, people would be able to buy a new Dell computer with the knowledge that their purchase won't be obsolete within three weeks.
As it stands now, it takes quite awhile for new technologies to make it to the Dell marketplace.
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