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More affordable accessories

Accessories (Keyboards, etc.) submitted by undead999 10/25/07

http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/productdetail.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=dhs&cs=19&s...
http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/productdetail.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=dhs&cs=19&s... 3 Comments »

Eject button for hard drives

Desktops submitted by badblood 10/26/07

Put a little button on desktop computers to eject the hard drive out the front of the computer. I reckon this would be handy in case of a house fire.

The little panic button could be used to erase everything in case of a raid.

You might want to put the buttons under a little cover so that you don't accidentally erase everything or eject the hard drive in the middle of a game.

The buttons could be on the case or on the keyboard, as you like.

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Bring back non-glossy displays on the Inspiron notebooks!

Inspiron products, Monitors and Displays submitted by blomster 10/26/07

The only display options showing today (10/26/07) for the 1420 and 1520 notebooks are all glossy screens. ARGH!

I want to buy an XPS M1330, but the glossy screen is a deal breaker for me. Then I was looking at the Inspiron 1420 because it had an antiglare screen available. Now the antiglare option is gone from the website.

Why, Dell? Why? 8 Comments »

Dell: When you finally offer the No-OS option on all your computers leave out the BloatWare, Thanks!

Operating Systems - Multiboot, Software submitted by jorge 10/26/07

So you don't get it wrong, when you finally offer the highly touted No-OS on all your computers on the Dell.com website and new 3rd party distribution stores and refurbished sites, leave out (don't include) the BloatWare you painstakingly include on your other bloat filled OS's. This included the FreeDOS CD by the way, the DellDiag CD/DVD is a welcomed option though. 8 Comments »

Include thermal grease with processor instead of motherboard

Service and Support submitted by soneil 10/26/07

Went ordering part or receiving part under warrenty. Dell include thermal grease with a new motherboard but don't include it with a new processor. 2 Comments »

Give us our points back

IdeaStorm submitted by badblood 10/26/07

Last night for some strange reason many of us lost lots and lots of points. No reason has been given. Are you a victim of salesfarce.com.
Dell give us our points back.
Also tell us what you've done with dell_admin1. We are concerned. Thanks 300 Comments »

IdeaStorm feature: Allow us to browse based on the Dell-assigned tags

IdeaStorm submitted by cosh 05/18/07 **PARTIALLY IMPLEMENTED**

Dell assign "status tags" to some of the popular/notable ideas on this website, but they are tiny little things under the title of each idea, and there is no way to search or browse by them.

If we had a page on IdeaStorm so we could see ideas based on each status tag it will let everybody see what effect IdeaStorm is having, in addition to the few ideas mentioned under "Ideas in Action". It might also reduce the number of duplicates for very popular ideas, if people can see what Dell has already acknowledged.

The status tags being used at the moment are as follows:

- Acknowledged
- Already Offered
- Coming Soon
- Fixed
- Implemented
- In Progress
- Not Likely
- Not Now
- Under Review (formerly, Under Consideration)
- Partially Implemented

You can see a sample of how this works on my categorizer web site, here. Some of the information may be out of date, but it works for most purposes.


Status tag links have been launched.
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Enable us to change an existing idea vote, if we make a mistake

IdeaStorm submitted by cosh 05/01/07

A few times I've accidentally clicked on the wrong button, or voted after reading the title of an idea but wanted to change it once I read the whole thing. Could you make it so we can still click the promote button after demoting or the demote button after promoting?

Better than having inaccurate vote counts because of clumsy people like me!

Thanks! 131 Comments »

Put a button on laptops to turn off the monitor

Laptops submitted by badblood 10/26/07

Put a little button or switch on laptops to turn off the monitor whenever you want.

Think about one to turn off the processor too, or even boost it.

Thanks 7 Comments »

Make the dell ubuntu models available through the main webpage

Dell Web Site, Linux, Sales Strategies submitted by rajeevbhatta 06/19/07 **UNDER REVIEW**

Instead of having the model listings on a different webpage ( www.dell.com/open) have these models available from the product search you have on the main page or a link available through the main page (www.dell.com)

When I go to dell.com and I search for the product model numbers I never can find them I have to go to the other page and then I see it. The only thing I saw on the main page is a small flash ad which then takes you to the page.

Why cant you place these models with the other models on your page.........





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Make the choice of Browser Optional or make it Firefox or Opera

Sales Strategies, Software submitted by badblood 10/26/07

Let us choose our default browser:

Or make Firefox or Opera the default browser, because they are better than Internet Explorer.

Please stop forcing us to use sub-standard software

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I know this is a duplicate, but it is one of the most popular ideas and has been under review for such a long time that I wanted to put it up again.

I don't know about you, but waiting for an answer to this idea is getting annoying.

Bye 3 Comments »

Define : "Coming Soon"

IdeaStorm submitted by badblood 10/19/07

A number of ideas have the status tag **COMING SOON**

I noticed one idea that is apparently 'coming soon' was posted on February 2nd 2007.

Please define how long 'Coming Soon' is so that we know how long we need to hold our breath. 2 Comments »

Allow Anti-Virus as Optional

Sales Strategies, Software submitted by rgb66rgb 09/20/07 **UNDER REVIEW**

Some purchasers already have subscriptions to anti-virus products that can be ported to new systems. Not having a 'no anti-virus' option on every system order page forces those users to essentially buy two licenses when only one machine will be used.







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No Extra Software Option

Software submitted by ootleman 02/16/07 **PARTIALLY IMPLEMENTED**

Would love the ability to have a clean Vista install. No AOL software, no earthlink software, no google software - just a clean, original OS.


Check out jeremy_f's update on our current software options.


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DELL, post own ideas here and see reactions of users

IdeaStorm submitted by millhauz 09/21/07 **ALREADY OFFERED**

Some icon could be used to let people know it's a DELL - idea. Then watch promoting/demoting and comments to see, if the feature is worth putting in production 22 Comments »

Dell: Support Open BIOSes for Linux

Dell, Linux submitted by phubert 10/10/07 **REVIEWED**

An Open BIOS for Linux would free it from the DOS legacy code and speed boot times.

The current BIOS is a legacy throwback... it's time to replace it!






Our current priority is to expand Linux availability by bringing more platforms and languages to market. Read what daniel_j has to say.





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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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Show power costs

Dell Web Site, Environment submitted by fleser 10/17/07

Since power costs are a significant part of total cost of ownership it would be helpful to see the power consumption of selected items in the shop.

Maybe you could also show the consequences of additional Memory, higher display resolution and different user styles (gaming, internet, fulltime office work, etc.) and provide a total power cost projection. 5 Comments »

Make XP/Linux drivers available for all model even if only Vista is pre-installed

Accessories (Keyboards, etc.), Linux, Operating Systems submitted by vineets001 09/24/07 **REVIEWED**

There are good hardware models coming out. And only Vista is pre-install option. If people want to wipe off Vista and install XP or Linux, let them do that. Make a commitment to have the drivers available.


We're working on having drivers for the hardware we ship more widely available. Click here to learn more from john_h.





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Tell us what WiFi chipset a laptop has.

Broadband and Mobility, Dell Web Site, Linux, Laptops submitted by tonyb2006 08/29/07 **UNDER REVIEW**

Tell us the WiFi chipset used in a laptop before we buy it so we know if the WiFi chipset supports a feature we want, or if it supports Linux or another operating system that we intend to use. The WiFi chipset being like "Intel ipw2200" or "Broadcom BCM4306", or "Ralink rt2500".







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