As almost all your competition now have Centrino 2 laptops launched, it is time for DELL to refresh the XPS Laptop line so I can buy a 13 inch XPS laptop with Centrino 2. 24 Comments »
I would like to see Dell come up with a touch screen computer . I have looked at HP's Touch screen computer and I am impressed. I know Dell could improve on this. 6 Comments »
I know this is a littel forward thinking of me, but I'd like to have a flat panel monitor that also has a built in tablet function. Oh, and have it all work wirelessly.
I know Wacom has a solution that builds a tablet into an LCD, but I'd like to be able to pick it up, lean back into a chair and do my graphics or CAD and not be tethered to the desk by a cord.
I can think of at least a few groups of people that would benefit from this ability, not to mention how nice it would be to not have any wires cluttering up your workspace, what with bluetooth, wifi, and wireless keyboards and mice. 4 Comments »
I think that someone should come up with a lighter laptop something that does not have a keyboard on it. It could have a virtual or interactive keyboard. Buisness people that travel tend to carry a separate bag just for the laptop with all the different cords you need to use. It would help if I could just pull out a screen turn it on and use touch. 2 Comments »
There's lots of ideas here for a back lit keyboard or for little lamps to shine on the keyboards of laptops, so that we can use our computers int he dark. Proble is, both of these can contribute to battery drain.
So why not put glow in the dark letters on the keyboard. Illumination from the screen should be enough to keep them bright and easy to see.
I think Dell should create some wireless speakers. I don't know if there is something like this out there, but Dell could do a pretty good job at making their own, I think.
I am specifically thinking of surround sound systems. Stringing wires around the room can become annoying and it doesn't look very appealing unless you have some way to hide them. But with wireless, it would all go away. This is how I would do it.
There would be a hub, sort of like a wireless router. You could make this a very low intensity signal so that it could broadcast through a room but not make its way through walls. Each speaker would have a small antennae on the back to pick up this faint signal. You could then place these anywhere you want in the room as long as they have line of sight to the central hub which would plug directly into your entertainment system or computer.
You would probably have to find a way to make several different sound channels. I am not a sound technician, but people have made different sound channels come through different speakers before. It should be able to be duplicated with wireless. 4 Comments »
Dell Corporation ought to have a look at interchangeable Master Channels (IMcs) in connection with the mini Inspiron. Interested parties can get a sense of the relationship between IMCs and another new idea (which like mini laptops is an idea) whose time has come: namely, two Internets, one public, the other private .This URL has a comment (#2) frelated to IMCs. The related Web address is: http://www.circleid.com/posts/do_we_need_two_internets/.
IMCs allow computer manufacturers to in effect bundle a private version of the public Internet into a software application that comes with the computer. The software app allows purchasers of the computers to set up their own thematically arranged "brand" channels where the term "brand channels" means level three channels that attach to the level two master channels in the dot-com name space.
The present network of IMCs has 750 master channels or "pods" layered across the public Internet in the dot-com top level of the Web. For example, airpod.com, bookpod.com, carpod.com and so on are examples of dot-com "pods" that are presently layered across the public Internet in connection with of the everyday products, services and topics that interest most of us.
Thus, owners of new mini laptops can aggregate thematically relevant content in their OWN level three master channels. Privately labeled channels can take the name of the new computer owner, or even the the laptop computer itself, which means that new computer purchasers can thereby begin the process of creating their own private Internets in the form of thematically arranged content channels that "reside" inside the public Internet, in the dot-com name space.
For example, myname.masterchannel.com becomes a private Internet channel where (for example) myname.airpod.com might relate to a new computer user who is interested in civil aviation and can also join other laptop owners in a civil aviation "airpod".
Content aggregations created by new laptop owners also allow (a) subsidized laptop prices for computer manufacturers by brand name entities that intend to encourage brand awareness among consumers, say, united.airpod.com; and (b) consumers who intend to aggregate thematically arranged content of various kinds can themselves liaise with brand name "sponsors"of the brand channels, in which case the laptops themselves can be used to make money which can gradually defer or even eliminate the entire cost of laptops for interested content aggregators.
The present network with the (previously mentioned) 750 IMCs or product and service "pods" in the dot-com name space can simultaneously accommodate almost every conceivable brand name entity anywhere in the world. The present IMCs network can never again be replicated on the public Internet. Comment »
A driver development kit for every peice of Dell hardware like Lexmark have, so if the driver doesnt exist you have the option of making it. 2 Comments »
Dell should bring back a handheld comparable to the Axim X51v, but with SDHC, camera, integrated USB, and a slideout keyboard like the Audiovox smartphones.
A more powerful processor, and more NAND memory would also put it in good market stead.
Look at Apple, Sony, Nokia, ASUS, Samsung, etc.
There is definitely a market here.
While the phone functionality is nice, it's not required. 3 Comments »
With the wave of support for the Linux kernel to power desktop PC's, I think its time for a company with the quality build that Dell has to provide users with PC's that work for them. The adoption of Linux to power Dell PC's would give Dell a greater freedom to move forward with innovation. With the adoption of a Linux kernel Dell would be able to sell PC to meet users' demands. Businesses demand different machines than home users, students demand different machines again, machines targeted at younger users, etc. 100 Comments »
ATI XGP™ technology (eXternal Graphics Platform) is an external graphics solution for notebook PCs. ATI XGP is designed to deliver dedicated GPU performance on a notebook PC equipped with an external PCI Express® 2.0 connector.
Dell should equip their latest notebooks (Centrino 2 refreshes) with this functionality. Or atleast for their enthusiast line (XPS) as it is what we, the enthusiasts, want. Imagine having true portability with the option to plug in more horsepower whenever needed without additional heat/weight. Once you have this installed it will be future proof as it is a new specification (PCI-e 2.0) and all you will need to do is swap out the existing graphics card for a future one, from its external housing, instead of buying a new notebook. How cool is that!?
This has ALOT greater performance than the unfinalized Asus XG Station! And it is available now!! Fujitsu Siemens have already implemented it into their 13" Puma. Do the same with the next M1330 and every other notebook. Make it a standard! 5 Comments »
Ever had to open the door for your cat, tired of putting food int he bowl or water.
Well how about creating a personal computer for cats with a touch screen ready made for paws.
Kitty can touch the screen to put more water in her bowl. She can enter her personal code to be let in the house without disturbing you from your television viewing. With an RFID tag you can track her too.
In the spirit of the previous idea about the napkin PC there is also a need for personal computers that adapt to the different environments that you use them: From home/office to bus/train etc.
To this end a couple of things would be useful: 1) A computer that becomes like an eBook when you want (i.e. without big keyboard and comfortable to read from for long periods. 2) A screen that changes size. This could be done using a simple sliding mechanism to show/hide the extra screen area as necessary 14 Comments »
HHO fuel cells are the future. Unless you have been living in a cave in Afghanistan you will have noticed YouTube is full of videos demonstrating this technology. Now choosing to avoid the nutters that are more likely to blow themselves and you along with them to kingdom come, I've choose a slightly more reputable video to get the message across.
So how green are Dells green credentials? Do you have the bottle to get really serious about green IT technologies? 26 Comments »
I would like to see that every state that every person with special ablites has a way to communitcate through various software programs: 1) voice software, 2) Speech recognition software and the right computers to install the programs. I belive that with the right tools that any person with special abliites can communicate using the computer. The reason for this idea that many people with special ablities need a way to communicate and I think that using the computer along with the software needed for any person with special abliites can use to communicate. 3 Comments »
Laptops have grown to be unuseable comfortably on a lap due to heat, screen position and keyboard ergonomics. I would like to retain the power of current offerings to handle video, computation and average games, but to be light and easily useable without a tray/cooler and to still have a good screen size (say 15" or so). As power efficiency gains are always used up by more powerful processors and more complex software I do not expect power consumption to be massively less than today's average Inspiron or Latitude, so the cooling system needs to be redesigned so the base is insulated from the lap and cooling air is directed away from the body. The screen should be mounted securely but it should be possible to raise the viewing height using some sort of cantilever mechanism. Alternatively it could be dismounted to place on a coffee table and again elevated using the same mechanism and communicate with a wireless or other means. One possible design could use a touch screen in the base replacing the need for a keyboard. allowing use with or without the other screen. It could be sold wth or without the demountable screen and could also be used with a much larger separate wireless monitor and /ro wireless media server. Comment »
Dell should begin offering the newer laptop processors (including the P7350, T9400 and T9600) as soon as possible as those processors are the first laptop processors with 1066 FSBs, and along with the new Quad Core Laptop Processor (due this fall) should be in the mix. I would offer at least the T9400 in particular on ALL Inspirion and Studio laptops as well as the new Studio 9" desktop. 1 Comment »
Offer a system that fully respects the freedom of its users. Use a free BIOS (such as coreboot- http://www.coreboot.org) a completely free operating system- Ubuntu is great, but it still contains proprietary software. Instead, use Gobuntu, a Canonical-sponsored Ubuntu derivative, if you have some sort of agreement with Canonical, or even better, the FSF-sponsored gNewSense distribution.
You should partner with the FSF is such an endeavor- I'm sure the would be happy to support any company that is trying to free computer users be offering a computer that truly respects freedom and openness.
Dell, this is a call to you to allow us to use software that does not force us to bind ourselves into EULAs, to use software that we can examine, and modify, and share, and improve, to use software that supports freedom and collaboration, rather than profit and restriction.
Right now, It is nearly impossible to get a computer like this, except by building it yourself. If such a computer were available from Dell, I would certainly purchase it the next time a need a computer, and I'm sure many other free software users would agree with me. Comment »
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