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Pre-Installed OpenOffice | alternative to MS Works & MS Office

Software, Desktops and Laptops submitted by dhart 02/17/07


Provide OpenOffice.org for free pre-installation alongside Microsoft Works and Microsoft Office. OpenOffice.org is more capable than Microsoft Works, and a serious competitor to Microsoft Office, at a fraction of the cost (it's free!)

OpenOffice.org can open, create, edit and save Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint files.

Provide as OPTIONS for pre-installation many other high-quality free software programs such as:
- Firefox: web browser with popup and privacy controls; say goodbye to Internet Explorer infections!
- Thunderbird: email program with free anti-spam and privacy controls
- Pidgin: instant messaging all-in-one program for popup-free MSN, Yahoo, AOL and others
&nsbp;[ed: GAIM was renamed Pidgin in April 2007 to settle the issue with AOL's trademark on AIM]
- PDFCreator: creates Adobe PDF files from any program
- Scribus, Inkscape & GIMP: desktop publishing, freehand drawing & powerful image editing
- Audacity & VLC: multi-track audio editing & universal all-in-one media/video/movie/DVD player
- Stellarium & Celestia: planetarium viewer & outer-space mapping, like Google Earth, but for our Solar System

Pre-installed quality free and open source software drastically lowers the cost of new PCs, and helps prevent software piracy. Cast your vote for Linux and other free software. Cast your vote for the Universal Education PC [ed: article removed/merged by dell_admin] utilizing free software.

CHOICE is what consumers want on their new PCs, not annoying surprise circus-ware (the typical smattering of confusing 3rd party popup-infested software found on most new Dell PCs). Quality free and open source software is well behaved, and may be legally pre-installed on PCs, and legally shared with friends and family, sharing is encouraged! Cast your vote for consumer CHOICE and public transparency at Dell.
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Get GNU/Linux Machines in Retail Stores

Linux submitted by dpic Feb 14

Imagine how successful Dell's Ubuntu offering could be if just one Dell Ubuntu machine was put in retail stores. If people knew of an alternative to Windows, they would go for it! So what do you say, Dell? Why don't you try to put at least one of your Ubuntu machines offered in retail stores? 736 Comments »

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XPS M1530 Led Monitor lighting

Monitors and Displays, XPS products submitted by valerio.gioia 12/27/07

Led lighting for XPS M1530 displays would be a really interesting option. Many people would choose that display since there is less power consumption and led life is really higher than CCFL tubes! 23 Comments »

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Add newer processor for a reasonable price like LENOVO

Accessories (Keyboards, etc.), Sales Strategies submitted by busterlee Feb 20

The following link shows how logically prices and current LENOVO has priced its upgrades. Dell should immediately upgrade to the current processor, remove all the extra overpriced memory on the package deals, and have reasonable pricing for upgrades.

LIKE

http://shop.lenovo.com/SEUILibrary/controller/e/web/LenovoPortal/en_US/system...: 3 Comments »

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Make "Plant a Tree for Me" available to all customers and for all systems

Advertising and Marketing, Environment, Desktops and Laptops submitted by alan.price Feb 22

When Dell started the Plant a Tree for Me campaign, I was exctied. I'm completely willing to spend a few bucks extra to plant a tree (or two or three) to offset my CO2 emissions. That's why when I bought 15 new desktops for my college I was glad there was an environmental option.

But wait! There wasn't. Plant a Tree for Me isn't available to all types of customers or on all types of systems. I'll be advocating for Dell systems in future purchses, but it would be fantastic if I could plant a tree (or a few) with any system.

So Dell, please make the Plant a Tree for Me compaign open to all customers. Maybe it already is, and if that's the case, increase its visibility. I'd really like to plant some tress with my next order. 2 Comments »

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Don't multiply votes by 10

IdeaStorm submitted by badblood Feb 18

When you cast a vote the idea gets +/- 10 points, while the user who submitted the idea gets 1 point. This distorts the real number of votes and voters.

Please give an idea +/-1 point for 1 vote and don't multiply by 10. 13 Comments »

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Global Purchasing and Support

Dell, Service and Support submitted by albertane Feb 22

One thing that would make Dell invaluable as a business partner to medium and large business customers would be to offer global purchasing and support.

Our company has offices and sales reps around the world and they all need computers. Right now, we have to get our Dell Sales Rep in the US to give us contact information for a Sales Rep in whatever country we need to purchase for. Then we have to work with that Sales Rep, who usually has poor English skills to get new computers specified, quoted and ordered. This is very long, error prone process.

Dell should work to allow US Sales Reps to order systems with localized OS, applications, keyboard and power and for them to be able to ship anywhere in the world.

We should be able to call up our US Sales Rep, order a notebook with a Traditional Chinese OS and Office, and a Taiwan keyboard and power cord and have it shipped directly to our employee in Taiwan.

Please standardize the models and options that are available in different countries so that we can have a worldwide standard for our computers and don't have to choose different configurations for each country.

You should also provide global support so that we don't have to transfer warranties around if we move systems between countries or if an employee is traveling overseas and needs their computer fixed while they are away.

If Dell could do this, it would be invaluable to our company and would save us tons of time and money and give us more reason to continue purchasing from Dell. Comment »

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GPS Tracking / GPS In All Laptops - AntiTheft

Laptops submitted by bmr777 Feb 22

I think that Dell should offer the option of including a GPS tracker in all of their laptops. As a college student, I often worry that my laptop will be stolen and I'll never see it again. It would be great to have a built in GPS chip that could track down my laptop if it were ever stolen. Software like LoJack for Laptops does exist, but it won't work without an internet connection. What if my laptop is stolen but the thieves don't have an internet connection? What if they reformat my hard drive? What if I want to put a BIOS password on the laptop? Software won't work under those cases. Even my $20 cell phone has a GPS tracker in it, so why shouldn't my new laptop have one? I would like to know that if my laptop is ever stolen I could simply log on to dell.com, enter in my service tag and find out where my laptop is. Even if this is only available for an additional fee I am very sure that many people would find this totally worth it. 9 Comments »

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Driver updates

Dell Web Site, Laptops submitted by alexb Feb 18

Dell should update their notebook drivers more often.
For example their current ATI display drivers for Windows Vista were released in the middle of 2007.
I feel that many people are frustrated because drivers are not updated to get more features, better performance etc.
I'm sure that if Dell commited to update notebook drivers regularly people would be more likely to buy Dell in the future for support alone. 6 Comments »

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Implement an Option of an Intel Core 2 Extreme and a Intel Core 2 Quad processor and the new PENRYN processor on XPS 1330 and 1530 and a higher Graphics Card 8700gt or above

Sales Strategies, XPS products, Laptops submitted by bryan14c Jan 9

dell should implement a Core 2 extreme processor as an option for the XPS 1330 and 1530 and a first quad core notebook , because the high end models have this , why not on the 1330 and 1530 XPS is high end right? and also why stick to 8600gt that there is a 8700gt or above graphics card , well the XPS 1530 and 1330 overall design is great slim light, well as an addition dell should also implement a PENRYN processor

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IMPLEMENT the INTEL PENRYN 45nm Processor on Dell's Notebook and Desktop it require less power more performance NOW!!! Dell is behind from HP

Desktops and Laptops submitted by bryan14c Jan 9

Dell should start to sell notebook with Penryn processor because it require less power more performance
T9500 6MB L2 2.60 GHz 800 MHz
T9300 6MB L2 2.50 GHz 800 MHz
T8300 3MB L2 2.40 GHz 800 MHz
T8100 3MB L2 2.10 GHz 800 MHz
specially on the XPS line etc... , well i hope DELL would not overcharge the consumers , dell can you sell this to us right now!!! for now it seems dell is falling behind again , well they have catchup with their design but somehow they fall behind with the power inside the laptop especially the penryn processors , dell hear us now implement the PENRYN processor , your behind from HP now , if you have gone to hp website and choose the dv9700t and dv6700t model you will see that HP is getting started about the Intel Penryn T9300 6MB L2 2.50 GHz as an option, , i dont know why DELL is Behind they should implement this now!!!

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System Update

Dell Web Site, Service and Support submitted by ahazan Feb 9

Crrently in Dell software & driver support dell takes your system tag and shows all available drivers and software for all peripherals that were offered on that system. that could mean 5 video cards 3 wireless nics, 4 CDR drives. It should be more like windows update or Lenovo thinkvanatge system update where it detects what hardware you have (or looks up what was shipped by service tag) and offers you only software and drivers for WHAT YOU HAVE. and also only offers drivers newer than what's currently installed 9 Comments »

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DELL shouldn't charge $150 more for their (PRODUCT)RED model and only donate $50 to Africa

Dell submitted by jaylus12 Feb 16

*** UPDATE: ***
I didn't look close enough. The (PRODUCT)RED model includes Windows Vista Ultimate. The other model comes with Home Premium, and costs $150 to upgrade to Ultimate. So DELL is not actually charging more for the (PRODUCT)RED, they are just forcing a Windows upgrade on you...

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While all other companies charge the SAME price for their (PRODUCT)RED model, and donate a percentage of the proceeds to fight diseases in Africa, DELL charges $150 more -- the specs are identical mind you, and only donates $50.

So where is the other $100 going?

You can see this here:
http://www.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/xpsnb_m1330?c=us&cs=...~ 22 Comments »

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Non-Glossy Screen on the XPS 1530

Sales Strategies, XPS products submitted by zero79 Feb 17

Glossy screens are reflective. This is bad. Please provide a non-glossy option on the XPS 1530. 11 Comments »

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Make a calendar with all COMING SOON and IN PROGRESS ideas

Advertising and Marketing, IdeaStorm submitted by krasmussen 09/22/07 **REVIEWED**

One of the biggest annoyances with IdeaStorm is that the horizon for an idea being implemented is very blurry, if at all existing. If you're lucky, you get "third quarter 2009", but mostly, there is no timeframe at all. This leads to the feeling that not much is being done, and exactly that feeling is what IdeaStorm should be eliminating.

Therefore, I propose that you make a list or calender with all the COMING SOON and IN PROGRESS ideas with timeframes for all of them. Just a "december 2008" would be nice, or better yet, "deadline 31st november 2008".

I don't know if this is connected with some goal management inside Dell, if it is, maybe you should work on improving that, too?






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Give XPS Notebooks Gigabit Ethernet

XPS products submitted by croftki Feb 17

I understand that Dell market research says home users in general are not interested in gigabit ethernet for home networks. Those who pay for the premium design in the XPS line, however, are more likely to want gigabit ethernet. I would rather buy something more exciting than a business class notebook, but I want to build on my home technology with each purchase I make. XPS Notebooks unfortunately do not help me do this. It seems my only option is to buy a Latitude. 28 Comments »

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Start Warranty periods when the system is received, not shipped!

Service and Support submitted by markj2k Jan 31

I have purchased several Dell systems over the last month or so for myself, and some consulting clients. I've noticed in each case that the warranty start date is the day the PC shipped, not the day the PC was received by the purchaser. This needs to be changed. The order status page changes to show when the system was delivered, so Dell knows when the delivery date is. That is the day the warranty should start.

It might even be required from a legal standpoint in some areas, not sure about that. 15 Comments »

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Let Us Build A PC Without Microsoft Works or Office!

Software submitted by aikiwolfie 12/22/07

Dell I have absolutely no need for Microsoft Works 8.0. Especially on a PC designed for multimedia entertainment! Please give me the option of having a PC without any office software at all.

Please SIMPLIFY MY IT experience by giving me the opportunity to avoid the uninstall process. 26 Comments »

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More feedback from Dell on popular ideas

IdeaStorm submitted by pjeff Feb 15

I would like to see more (official) feedback from Dell on popular ideas eg. +1000 ideas.
For example, many people have been requesting an LED backlit screen for the XPS M1530. Look on any forum where this model is being discussed and you will see people saying that they are holding off on purchasing until it becomes available (I'm one of them!) so it would be helpful to know what is happening.

Another example would be illuminated keyboards. Saying it is "partially implemented" doesn't really tell us anything. We know you have done that! If a popular idea is not practical or its implementation is problematic for whatever reason, communicate back so discussion can take place. This is how brainstorming works!

I also wonder how many good ideas are overlooked because Dell believe the cost would be too great for the product in question. Be upfront about your concerns regarding costs. For example, you may find that Inspiron/Vostro customers would not be prepared to pay extra for a premium screen and illuminated keyboard but XPS customers are. Post polls so that members can vote on these issues and provide you with accurate data. We are here to help so use us. 7 Comments »



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