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Accessories (Keyboards, etc.), Laptops submitted by omaha 02/20/07

4 items that should be standard issue on laptops:

- Bluetooth with stereo support
- 1 gig minimum memory
- Separate graphics memory
- DVI instead of VGA external monitor
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Laptop Port Rethinking

Inspiron products submitted by ari_g 02/20/07

I have been using an Inspiron 700m for almost two years now, and I wish that some of the ports were either different, or arranged differently. Most notably, the headphone port; it is in the very front of the laptop when you are using it, which makes it very awkward to have headphones plugged in while resting the laptop on your lap.

After that, and I think that this is true for almost all laptops, dropping the standard VGA video output in favor of either a DVI or some sort of mini DVI output, much like the Apple laptops. I say this because it is not difficult or expensive to have a dongle/adapter to go from the DVI standard to VGA, S-Video or Composite video. Add to that the fact that a mini-DVI port would take up less room than a standard VGA output.

To be fair, these are minor things, and I have been quite happy with my little Inspiron! 1 Comment »

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More inputs on your 30" widescreen flat panel

Monitors and Displays submitted by lussier 02/26/07

DVI only really hobbles this product. While you're at putting s-video and vga on it it would be really nicke if you included a composite input 1 Comment »

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Be able to connect the 30 inch LCD to XPS notebooks

Accessories (Keyboards, etc.), Monitors and Displays, XPS products submitted by dellbuyer 07/03/07

Is there a way to get a video card that allows the XPS notebooks to connect to DVI-2 monitors? I really like Dell laptops but want to be able to connect them to a 30 inch monitor at home. 1 Comment »

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HDMI on all laptops

Inspiron products, Monitors and Displays submitted by blackkitty 06/27/07

I would like to see all Inspiron laptops have HDMI connectors standard, or at a minimum make it an option on the 17" screen version. 3 Comments »

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Drive adoption of up-to-date hardware (no more legacy ports!)

Accessories (Keyboards, etc.), Desktops and Laptops submitted by fabricationarbory 02/19/07

There's an analog VGA port on my brand new Latitude. A serial port. A 56K modem. This is on a laptop purchased in 2006!

Where's my Firewire, my digital DVI, my optical audio-out jack? My Mom's iBook seems more advanced than my $3000 Latitude.

I'd like to see Dell building ALL of its desktop and notebook machines, even the cheapest, with up-to-date hardware interfaces.

Beyond that, take the lead! Standardize smart-card readers and fingerprint readers on both consumer and business machines. Maybe microphones and webcams on consumer models. Drive adoption of these technologies and see where it takes you. Show some vision.

I know that businesses want backwards compatibility, and that's what converters are for. Need a serial port? Order a $5 USB-serial converter. Got an old monitor? $2 DVI-to-VGA thingy.

Come on, Dell, use your market position and drive adoption of up-to-date hardware standards! 9 Comments »

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Large Monitor Support for Laptops

Monitors and Displays, Laptops submitted by billdenney 02/23/07

Allow Dell laptops or notebooks to drive large displays or monitors such as the 30" Dell 3007WFP. This could be done most easily by redesigning the docking stations to support dual-link DVI-D graphics cards. A second, less desirable option (since it wouldn't help users who already own Dell laptops) would be to build dual-link DVI-D capability into future laptops. 3 Comments »

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DVI on my Laptop!

submitted by tiger46 05/28/07

And I want it now, because the qualitiy of VGA is in 80 % very bad! Comment »

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Dual-DVI for docking stations and laptops!

Monitors and Displays, Laptops submitted by bhumphrey 02/22/07

Dell needs to develop a docking station that is capable of displaying greater than 1920x1200 resolution using Dual-DVI outputs. Currently you can't use a Dell 30" monitor with a docking station at full resolution. I have to imagine that there are plenty of other programmers, designers and even gamers out there that want to use their laptop with a nice 30" monitor. Cmon Dell community, make it happen! 3 Comments »

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New Inspiron 1720/21 - DVI-D or HDMI port.

Accessories (Keyboards, etc.), Inspiron products submitted by benjesuit 06/26/07

Ummm.... What happened Dell? No DVI-D or HDMI port? 11 Comments »

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DVI on the XPS M1210

XPS products submitted by lwinston 05/29/07

The day you put a DVI port on the ultraportable XPS notebook is the day I buy another one (I already bought one for my wife) and a 27" monitor as well.
You could could lose the modem and offer it as an optional pc card for those who still need one. Comment »

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DVI-D on Latitude

Accessories (Keyboards, etc.), Latitude products, Laptops submitted by froderor 02/28/07

Please include DVI-D with HDCP on nex-gen Latitude D630 laptops. I guess you have already decided to go VGA-only on D630 - but for D640 it's a must have! Comment »

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DUAL DVI ON LAPTOP & PORT REPLICATOR

Monitors and Displays, Laptops submitted by jsun9 02/24/07

THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO REASON FOR A VGA PORT ON LAPTOPS AND PORT REPLICATORS.

The laptop/replicator should come with two (2) DVI ports and the ability to add an adapter for VGA (DVI to VGA).

The dual DVI should allow for dual monitors and larger 30" monitors. 2 Comments »

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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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No more VGA ports / Promote DVI and HDMI ports on laptops

Accessories (Keyboards, etc.), Laptops submitted by jeff_c_brown 02/23/07

VGA is dead why keep it alive? Please provide DVI and HDMI ports on your laptops. 8 Comments »

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Make External Video DVI

Accessories (Keyboards, etc.), Laptops submitted by rockettech 05/03/07

Simply put, delete the VGA external video on all but bare-bones models and use DVI for external video. DVI can always be adapted to VGA, but not vice-versa. DVI can also be used to breakout to composite and component video. There is alot more flexibility with a DVI connector. And don't you dare use a proprietary connector on the notebook that requires an adapter, like the Apple iBooks and MacBooks. 15 Comments »

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DVI ports on notebooks and tablets

Laptops submitted by sjss 02/21/07

With modern monitors and equipment shifting more and more towards DVI connections, and the fact that a DVI to VGA convertor is trivially obtained, but there are no VGA to DVI convertors easily obtainable, it makes sense to move notebooks to DVI. Those with VGA monitors can still easily connect them to their monitors, and those with DVI monitors will be able to use their monitors as well. 5 Comments »

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DVI (incl. DVI-D) for _everything_ please

Accessories (Keyboards, etc.) submitted by pstader 02/20/07

Too bad our purchasing missed to order the DVI Riser Card with our Optiplex. The guy who ordered extra picked Ultrasharp Displays with DVI input, which we have to use via the analog connection. No warning, no nothing during the order process. Why even sell computers without DVI ? Analog connections might have been alright for everything up to 1024 * 768 resolutions but everything above that really benefits a lot from dvi. So please. Make DVI standard and not optional. Would love to see Notebooks with Dvi connector too. 4 Comments »

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DVI for Notebooks

Sales Strategies, Laptops submitted by dellmanfred 02/20/07

I cannot understand why we still have to be punished with these vga plugs build into notebooks. Who's actually buying a CRT monitor these days so that he/she would need a vga plug?!?!
On top of that it must be cheaper too to have a straight digital ouptut without a D/A converter. So please, get rid of the vga plug and put a proper DVI plug into your notebooks. For the sake of our eyes!!!! 10 Comments »



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