Let Home customers know it's OK to buy from the Business section and vice versa.
Advertising and Marketing, Sales Strategies, Small Business submitted by jmxz
May 7
From a conversation with Dell's robert_p, under a different Idea it seems that "Home" customers are welcome to buy from Dell's "Small & Medium Business" section, and Dell's "small and/or medium business" customers are welcome to buy from Dell's "Home & Home Office" section.
This is very useful since often computers in the "Small Business" section may be more appropriate for home use (the Latitude's light weight and reliability make it a great college computer); and often computers in the "Home" section may be more appropriate for office use (where the better graphics options in Home are valuable for graphical visualization). It's also useful because an identically-spec'd system may be cheaper the Home Section one week, and then be cheaper in the Small Business section the next.
I think many Dell Business and Home customers are missing out on the best deals and failing to find machines that meet their needs because the home user's are afraid of falsely claiming to be a business and because the business customers are afraid of falsely claiming to by buying systems for personal use.
So a few ideas:
1. Assuming robert_p's right in saying Home Customers are welcome to buy from Small Business - add links to the Home product pages saying "If you don't see what you need here, check out Dell's Small Business section. You're welcome to buy those for Home use too".
2. Assuming robert_p's right in saying Small Business are welcome to buy from the Home section - add links to the Small Business product pages saying "If you don't see what you need here, check out Dell's Home section. You're welcome to buy those for Business Use too".
3. Extrapolating - if it's also OK for Home an Small Biz customers to buy from Dell's "Large Business" and "Government, Education, Healthcare & Life Sciences" section, add those links too.
4. Make a price comparison engine that compares the prices of an identically spec'd system from each of Dell's sections so I don't have to manually dig through all of your painful to navigate website sections to compare Home vs Small Business myself.
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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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Make Linux and no Operating system standard options on all future products
Operating Systems submitted by jervis961
08/17/07 **REVIEWED**
OK Dell you have committed to supplying Linux options in limited form. Since you have laid the groundwork already here is the next step. Every new product you release that needs an Operating system should have Linux and also no Operating System as an option in the configuration along side Windows. Since you have to write drivers and test compatability for Vista when making a new product just make it compatable with Linux at the same time. There will no longer be a need for a seperate sections for Linux or no Operating system since all of the products will have the option. this will help make your site easier to navigate for you customers. You can also create an ACCURATE help me choose section for the OS choices.
Check out what daniel_j has to say on the options we offer.
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MODULAR LAPTOP (Swappable Screens)
Monitors and Displays, New Product Ideas, Laptops submitted by labtroll
03/13/07
Laptop consisting of two modular parts: (1) Body (2)The Screen
1) Ability to buy an ultra-portable and be able to change the display size without lugging around a giant laptop. The larger screen will have it's own power supply and can also stand-alone.
<tab>possible uses:
a) laptop on the go, but can be use around home with larger screen swapped in and still portable around home. (battery power might also be included with screen)
b)Meeting with clients, and screen is too small... swap a bigger screen... or use it stand-alone (has it's own power).</tab>
2)PDA sized laptop, and just carry larger screen with you. No need to pull out a big laptop all the time. Just slap on the larger screen when needed. (keyboard optional too)
3) Removing screen for a clean docking into a desktop to act as extra storage or auto synchronizing/backing-up of data. (adding processing power may also be possible)
4) External optical drives: have some ability to just "clip and lock" onto the laptop for better "integrated" feel.
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Modular, upgradeable laptops
Laptops submitted by speedeep
03/13/07
In concept, you'd be able to drop in a new package of internals (motherboard, CPU, heatsink), connect keyboard, screen internally and you've got a spiffy new, faster laptop. Similar to a desktop motherboard replacement. Standardize basic laptop layout so that motherboards can be exchanged easily.
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Modular Laptop
Laptops submitted by garym
02/21/07
The time has come for a modular laptop design. One that is upgradeable by the user and its modular components can be interchanged with a modular display counterpart (ala 24" iMac).
Let me explain.
The basis of the modular laptop is a mechanical assembly incorporating the display, keyboard and trackpad. The modules are a CPU/GPU/memory module (PICe interface), an I/O module (PCIe interface), a disk drive module (SATA interface), an optical drive module (SATA interface), battery module and AC adapter module (no more separate bricks!).
The modular display contains slots to plug in the modules from the laptop.
When in the modular dispaly, the CPU/GPU/memory module runs at full speed. In the laptop it is power managed to run off the battery and to minimize heat generation. The disk drive and optical drive modules can be shared between platforms (the user need buy only one BluRay module).
When operating from wall power, the battery module could be removed and replaced by a second disk drive module.
A modular laptop design allows a user to upgrade components independently. Why throw away your 17" laptop display and keyboard to upgrade to Penryn? Why speed a day disassembling your laptop to upgrade the disk drive or optical drive?
You might ask "Why not just plug your 24" display into the DVI port of your laptop?"
This is a reasonable solution, but it doesn't enable the CPU/GPU/memory module to perform at full potential on the desktop. Sometimes you need a laptop, sometimes you just want to use a desktop.
Being able to modularly upgrade a laptop would be a true innovation. The challenge is to not add additional weight or size to the laptop. I think it is doable.
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