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Performance Tablet/Thin and Light

Gaming, Laptops submitted by chungng 02/17/07

What I'd like to be able to buy from Dell:

13.3 ~5 lb Performance Tablet PC with great discrete graphics options (x1700 or GeForce 7700) possibly even upgradable.
Possibly a dual graphics chip option similar to the Sony SZ line to help with battery life.
A nice high res wide viewing angle screen WXGA+ or better option for working with multiple text files
9 Cell (or larger) battery options to get 5+ hours of life
Built in optical drive with swappable drive bay battery options
Latest WiFI (802.11n) and bluetooth
Great keyboard with trackpoint nub and touchpad.
Non-plastic case options. Carbon fiber, magnesium alloy... whatever... just something without the cheapy plastic feel.
Backlit keyboard
All the little extras
- SD card reader
- finger print scanner
- extra usb ports
- firewire
- PCMCIA (for corporate smart card readers) and ExpressCard

External docking station
Possibly a camera options
Possibly a non-tablet version as well 9 Comments »

Solid State Drive as option in Notebooks

Accessories (Keyboards, etc.), Laptops submitted by tablet205 03/28/07 **IMPLEMENTED**

Definition

A solid state drive is primarily a data storage device, for use in computing applications that traditionally use a hard disk drive.

A solid state drive is based on non-volatile memory instead of the spinning platter and mechanical-magnetic head found in a conventional hard disk drive. With no moving parts, a solid state drive eliminates seek time, latency and other electro-mechanical delays and failures associated with a conventional hard disk drive.

Advantages

* Faster startup - Since no spin-up required.
* Faster read time – In some cases, twice or more than that of the fastest hard drives.
* Low read and write latency (seek) time, hundreds of times faster than a mechanical disk.
* Faster boot and application launch time - Result of the faster read and especially seek time. But only if application already resides in flash and is more dependent on read speed than other issues, eg. OS bootup that detects devices will not be significantly sped up even with faster seeks & reads.
* Lower power consumption and heat production - no mechanical parts results in less power consumption.
* No noise - Lack of mechanical parts makes the SSD completely silent.
* Better mechanical reliability - Lack of mechanical parts results in less wear and tear. High level of ability to endure extreme shock, vibration and temperatures, which apply to laptops and other mobile devices, or when transported.
* Security - allowing a very quick "wipe" of all data stored.
* Deterministic performance - unlike mechanical hard drives, performance of SSDs is constant and deterministic across the entire storage. "Seek" time is constant, and performance does not deteriorate as the media fills up (See: Fragmentation).
* Lower weight and (depending upon type) size
* Faster than conventional disks on random I/O
Check out the Idea in Action on the SSD enhancements Dell is making.




49 Comments »

Open standard for laptop styling

New Product Ideas, Sales Strategies, Laptops submitted by pentox 09/28/07

Since the look and feel of a laptop affects many people's opinions of the laptop I think it would be a good idea to make a laptop that had an open format for styling it. Similar to how there were snap on color/image tops for inspiron laptops take it one step further and allow 3rd party companies to design their own shells for laptops. Then just sell a laptop without or with a basic shell and allow the user to change it to their preference. This would allow the customer to style their laptop with something lighthearted like a white plastic shell or a more business like feel with black rubberized plastic, or you could go shiny and modern with a metal such as stainless steel/aluminum/titanium, etc.

This would allow your laptop to reflect who you are and what you want to say with your laptop without having to change which model you're buying to suit your design desires. 3 Comments »

Dell Digital Camera

Accessories (Keyboards, etc.) submitted by darrenreinhardt 02/17/07

It would be great to see a Dell camera to compete with the Canon Rebel market... it could also help increase Dell Printer sales. 2 Comments »

Stop trying to be Apple

Dell submitted by jbuchta 09/29/07

Lincoln never could out-Cadillac. Dell cannot out-Apple Apple. Stop trying. Be Dell. Define the next round of cool. Chasing your competators is the wrong side of the business. 23 Comments »

Graphics Tablet PC

Desktops and Laptops submitted by ozzimundi 03/01/07

An extremely obvious market for Tablet PCs are designers and artists! I am pining for a Tablet PC with a decent graphics card and greater pen pressure sensitivity and accuracy than what is currently available on the market. To be able to draw directly on the image and fully utilize the effects of software like Corel Painter... (or even to be able to play games on a Tablet like an extra-large Nintendo DS would be pretty neat.)

I don't understand why no one seems to be appealing to this market - is the technology not small enough to work within the confines of a decently sized laptop? That's my theory as to why Apple hasn't done this already... 13 Comments »