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Standardize Power Cables for Laptops

Accessories (Keyboards, etc.), Laptops submitted by badblood 08/27/07 **UNDER REVIEW**

Nothing is more annoying than laptop power cables that are not interchangeable from one computer model to another or from one brand of computer to another. Power cables have been standardized on most electrical applicances, including desktop computers for decades.

Make an effort to promote and implement standard power cables for laptops.


Please see dawn_l's comments below.
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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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Use magsafe power connectors

Laptops, Laptop Power submitted by badblood 05/20/07 **UNDER REVIEW**

MagSafe power connectors, by Apple, are magnetic power connectors that pull out harmlessly when the cord is tripped upon.



They are very cool and quite sensible.





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switch to LED monitors

Monitors and Displays, Laptop Power submitted by yardsale Jan 16

I dont know why dell hasnt done this yet. switch all monitors on desktops and notebooks to LED. did you know that you can run an LED screen at full brightniess and it uses less power than a LCD monitor at the lowest brighting level?!? its cheaper, its energy efficent, and it needs to be done! promote this, if you demote i wanna know why! 63 Comments »

Don't put the Dell logo upside down on the Mini Inspiron

Laptops submitted by jervis961 May 29

I didn't notice this last night as I was checking out the pictures of the new Dell Mini but it was pointed out by JamesWeb on Dell's "yourblog" that the Dell logo is upside down.



Please don't leave the logo like that, it looks bad. 82 Comments »

Reduce call wait times for XPS Support

Service and Support, XPS products submitted by reptile_abhi Jul 1

Please reduce call wait times for XPS users since all worldwide calls are routed to Malaysia.

Perhaps you could create an alternate center and/or add more staff?

Current call wait times from India (Delhi) are 60 mins+ on 5 repeated attempts over a period of a week 1 Comment »

XPS M1530 Product Red w/ LED

XPS products, Laptops submitted by sgogeta4 Jun 28

Why doesn't Dell offer the XPS M1530 15.4" LED WXGA+ option with the Product Red? I've chatted with 5 XPS salespeople through the online chat and over the phone and none of them can explain to me why they cannot let me configure it the way I want and why there isn't on the online configuration. The best explanation I've gotten is "Sorry, it's just not available for our product red promotion." Maybe offer the red cover for an additional price? I hope a mod or someone from Dell can help me with this! 4 Comments »

XPS notebook feature refresh

Sales Strategies, XPS products submitted by atxguy512 Jun 22

With the pending release of the "Studio" Line of Inspiron notebooks, it appears that Dell is looking to take back the notebook market. There are new design features that put the "Studio" notebooks on par with Macbook Pros... slimmer/update design, slot loading DVD +/- RW and/or Blu-ray drive, BACK LIT keyboard, eSATA drives and a host of color options.

For info on "Studio" Dell see: http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/15/even-more-on-dells-studio-1536-1536-and-th...

I'm an XPS fan, so please consider bringing the same options to the m1330, m1530... especially the BACK LIT keyboard. This is the one feature I love about Mac(s). Also, consider uping the video options on the m1530 to offer a 512MB option from nVidia. 2 Comments »

Please stop using cheap LCD panels on your flagship XPS laptop line.

Monitors and Displays, XPS products submitted by tcpaulh Jun 3

Please stop using cheap LCD panels on your flagship XPS laptop line.

For example the M1530 although specified with 90-100 degree vertical viewing angles, the reality is that there is at best a 15-20 degree vertical viewing angle before colour inversion occurs.

Vertical viewing angles at present do not appear to conform to stated specifications!

Dell have been promising better viewing angles since 2002 with Ultrasharp screens but these screens are still not available across the XPS line of laptops.

Please sort it out Dell and stop using the cheapest screen technology in your premium products.

Thank you. 9 Comments »

XPS 830 H2C (QX9650 + quad SLi) !

Desktops, Gaming, Sales Strategies submitted by zanlok Mar 10

Do this again, Dell. Release a killer system with standard features and an awesome paintjob. Don't shunt (shun) serious gamers off into Alienware systems. Nvidia has enabled tri- and quad- SLi for a while now and still nothing. You've put SLi into notebooks - great. Now start maxing out SLi in the Desktops! Furthermore, don't make us trick out a base model with a low teaser price just to find out what a REAL rig will actually cost. Have a system actually starting at the $4,999 pricepoint with a great package starting at:
      •   Penryn Extreme QX9650
      •   Standard 8800 GT quad SLi
      •   4GB RAM

It should really only be offered with Vista64 Ultimate because the addressable / available memory should be the full 4GB... and make available an option to upgrade to 8GB. Also offer an upgrade to quad GTX cards (and the 9800 GTX whenever that's available). Offering a motherboard with dual-proc abilities would be awesome, as well.


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Upgradable graphics in the m1530!!! (no more soldered cards)

Gaming, XPS products submitted by theideasman Mar 4

Im sick of my laptop graphics getting old and then finding that i need to buy an all new system. Cant the xps come with modular cards (mxm) that can be upgraded direct from dell if the consumer requests a graphics upgrade. Of course there will be a cost involved but surely it will be better than having to buy an entire new system! 4 Comments »

Updating XPS M1330

Advertising and Marketing, Gaming, Sales Strategies, XPS products submitted by gattomorbido 12/13/07

Only few days (15 gen 08) and Apple will presents the new 12/13.3" MacBook (Pro?):
thinner, lighter, more powerful.

M1330 will lose the 1st position?
No longer the best e thinner 13.3" notebook ever?
Absolutly no! Don't!!!
M1330 was the best and should remains!

Again, who says little size = little powerful?

Let us choice if we want power or battery duration!
We need a very portable system yes, but it must be full powered!!!

Little AND powerful!

So, Mr. Dell, please updating the M1330, the REAL competitor of MacBook (pardon, Macbook was the competitor... :) with thin features:

- video card 8600gs or superior (see LG P300: they made it!)
- gigabit lan (why only 10/100 lan? chipset support gigabit!)
- webcam better, at least 1.3mpx (LG P300 again)
- no glare effetc option (I want to see what happens on screen!)

I'm waiting your updating BEFORE buy my next Dell notebook.
I must change my Inspiron soon, very soon, so be quick! 8 Comments »

More Choice of Graphic cards on (Home & Home Office) Laptops and Desktops.

Desktops, Gaming, Inspiron products submitted by fahdriyami Feb 3

Sometimes when looking for a reasonablly priced notebook or desktop i would go for the Inspiron range, and im a gamer, when customizing my pc i just wonder why is there only one or two choices of graphic cards?!, most of them support the same bus type, so why not offer them?! eg, the best Inspiron notebook you offer only comes with a GeForce 8600M GT, can you just offer an 8700M with it at least? i know you did it for a reason and its probably a good one but im just curious...thinking of it, an Inspiron with an 8800M sounds ok :D 12 Comments »

Give a choice of either Ati or Nvidia gpu's

Gaming, Desktops and Laptops submitted by theideasman Mar 23

Everyone is a fanboy to one particular brand and prefers their products, so why do some desktops and a lot of laptops only have one option. There should be at least one Ati card and one Nvidia card available for each machine so people dont have to go for the brand they dont want. Its only fair... 7 Comments »

New NVIDIA Geforce GTX 200 GPUs

Accessories (Keyboards, etc.), Gaming submitted by helmecj01 Jun 18

The GeForce GTX 280 GPU has 240 multi-threaded processing cores, and can convert high-quality video more than 18 times faster than the latest CPUs.



The new GeForce GTX 280 GPU can support 3-way NVIDIA SLI technology, delivering amazing performance scaling for the world's fastest gaming solution under Windows Vista.



http://www.nvidia.com/object/io_1213610051114.html 8 Comments »

Have Firefox pre-installed as default browser

Software submitted by robinjfisher 02/19/07 **REVIEWED**

Does what it says on the tin! Most people only use IE because they aren't aware of other browsers - they think Internet Explorer is the Internet! What would really drive take up of alternative browsers is if Firefox was pre-installed as the default browser so that when people look for the "Internet" in Windows, they are using FF.
Firefox advocates at Dell have initiated discussions and driven action around exploring alternative internet browsers and experiences. As you can tell from our response to the Linux community, open source continues to be a part of our conversations about new products and services.





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Make Next-Gen Connectors Standard on all XPS Models

XPS products, Desktops and Laptops submitted by icarus75 Apr 15

Dell, please make these connectors STANDARD on all upcoming XPS Desktops and Notebooks:

1) eSATA (Self-Powered)

2) DisplayPort 1.1 and / or HDMI 1.3b (both with Audio)

3) FireWire 3200 - IEEE 1394c (9-pin Powered)
or at minimum, FireWire 800 i.e. Alienware m15x

Please kill off 4-pin Firewire ports. They're unpowered, relatively slow, and flimsy.

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Also, of less importance, please make the following available in an XPS Cable Package (add $40):

a) HDMI (Category 2) to Dual-Link DVI

b) DisplayPort to Dual-Link DVI

c) 9-pin to 6-pin FireWire Cable (1934b/c to 1394a)

d) 9-pin to 4-pin FireWire Cable (1934/b/c to 1394a mini)
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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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XPS laptops should have more designs to choose from

XPS products, Laptops submitted by james-94 May 19

XPS laptops should have more color choices and more designs.
Dell should make some more cool patterns like what HP has or add some of the designs and colors from the Inspiron notebooks. 6 Comments »

XPS 1530 Lap Top - FIX the SLOT LOADING NOISE!!! AND increase ETHERNET SPEED

XPS products submitted by contrast123 May 30

Yes, ahem, please fix slot loading noise, on XPS 1530, I don't know if all xps models have this, but it would be nice to smoothly eject a DVD or cdr without having a stuttering noise emanate from the machine, EVERYTIME you eject something form the slot loader.

Ethernet, I still cannot believe no GIGABIT ethernet is available for the HIGH end laptop, XPS is suppose to be. If it were a TRUE multimedia home laptop, then you would have it networked with other home machines, meaning, you would LIKE to transfer files, via lan router to other computers.

I use the 1530 as a replacement, and having to tap your fingers while files transfer, is sad.

ALmost depressing considering that your new vostro line, is offering the gigabit ethernet. 2 Comments »