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Make the 'ideastorm' banner smaller

submitted by badblood 11/20/07

also make the 'post an idea' banner bigger - it took me like a second to find it. 12 Comments »

17" Precision with an integrated number pad

New Product Ideas, Precision Workstations submitted by wnahorn 11/20/07

Seeing as how all other manufacturers of 17" workstation class laptops have integrated numberpads, it strikes me as odd that Dell has not produced such a system. I was excited to hear about the M6300, and then disappointed to see that it was essentailly just a newer M90.

Those of us who spend large amounts of time dealing with numbers could really use a number pad that does not require the use of the [Fn] key. 3 Comments »

use open wireless cards

Broadband and Mobility submitted by bootdoc120 11/20/07

How about putting open source supported wireless cards in all you laptops and desktops so when some one wants to switch from winbloze to linux, the wireless config is painless! 1 Comment »

no more windows

submitted by bootdoc120 11/20/07

Stop selling computers with windows. You could start selling computers with pre-installed linux or with no OS. Let everyone who wants windows do what linux users have been doing for years, install it themselves! 27 Comments »

Stop recommending Vista

submitted by steveoc 11/20/07

One of my workstations died last week, so I quickly got to work on a replacement box. 5 year old machine, worked fine 24x7 for 5 years straight, and one of the capacitors was now ready to pop on the motherboard. RIP workstation.

I stopped by dell.com to check out the offerings, as I wanted something reliable, good value, and a quick and painless sale. Fortunately, Dell have many good products that fit these simple requirements.

However, the blatant and cheesy Microsoft 'recommendations' all over the site made me feel insulted. Im there to buy DELL hardware - NOT Microsoft software. I dont care about Microsoft, and I dont see why I should have to put up with seeing THEIR adverts all over YOUR site.

In the end I gave up, grabbed the car keys, and headed into town where I just bought the bits and prices that I needed to get the old workstation running again (new mobo, CPU, RAM). The whole exersize took a few hours, most of which was trying to find a park on a busy friday arvo, but basically the whole experience was pleasantly free of Microsoft adverts, so I didnt mind.

There was no sign on the parking meter saying 'Adelaide City Council recommends Vista', so I was happy to put money in the parking meter.

At the computer shop, I wasnt the only one with the same idea - the computer shop was absolutely chock a block full of people, all knowing exactly what they needed, and queuing up with armfulls of componennts and the cash to pay for them.

The computer shop had rows and rows of motherboards that were just advertised as motherboards - NOTHING there about Vista.

I grabbed a cheap dual core processor off the table, an AMD X2 4000+ for next to nothing. The packaging described it as a 64bit dual core processor, which is exactly what it was. Not a Vista processor - just a processor, which is all I was after. On the table next to the hard drives I noticed a big stack of free PCLinuxOS CD's with a simple note 'Operating System - Try Me - Im Free'. Nice work !

The RAM sticks I bought were just RAM sticks, not Vista sticks. Thats all I wanted, and so thats all I got.

I then drove back to work at the airport, where the signs all refer to airlines .. not Microsoft Vista. There is nothing at the airport about Vista, thank goodness. Put the workstation back together, booted up fine (into gentoo linux) .. and there was no mention of Vista anywhere in the BIOS boot messages, grub, or the linux kernel.

What is there not to understand ? A computer is a computer is a computer. It is not a Vista machine, its just a computer. We the customers want computers, so why cant you just sell us computers ? Whats with all this Vista nonsense that is not in any way relevant to what we want to buy ? Why should we have to drive into town and do it ourselves just to be free of Microsoft advertising ?

We, YOUR CUSTOMERS, are not stupid incompetent fools who need to be hand held and offered 'recommendations' for things that we honestly do not need. We are quite capable of making our own decisions about what software we need to do our jobs., and quite frankly, our choices with regards to software are not your problem.

Can you please stick to your core business and just offer us great hardware deals, and let us worry about how we use your hardware, without the inferred insult of a Microsoft 'recommendation'.

That would be awesome - Thank You. 18 Comments »

Local Production and Distribution Centers

Advertising and Marketing, Dell submitted by aikiwolfie 11/08/07

Dell could speed up the delivery of Dell systems to consumers by localizing production in places where there is high demand for Dell products.

For example I live near Glasgow in Scotland but all my Dell products seem to be shipped over from Ireland. Even though I can get to Ireland my self in a few hours it can take a month for Dell to build my system and ship it out.

Glasgow is a decent sized city with rail and road links to the rest of Scotland and a skilled workforce in need of jobs. Dell is a company with many customers in Scotland. It would seem to make sense to place manufacturing and distribution facilities where customers are.

As a plus point Glasgow's industrial areas are all fairly close to the city, major transport routes and retail parks. The distribution center could double as a factory outlet or a Dell store. 55 Comments »

Think OUTSIDE THE BOX! The IdeaStorm site is STILL broken!

IdeaStorm submitted by phubert 11/14/07

Dell HAS made real progress in the integration of IdeaStorm and Direct2Dell.

Dell HAS LISTENED to IdeaStorm participants in some areas and responded.

Still, frustration with the IdeaStorm SITE continues and the site seems to remain fairly inflexible.

Key problems:

Visibility of Ideas - evidenced by the constant REPETITION of older ideas.
Navigation through submissions
STATISTICS ON ideas and USER statistics

Please add your own take, everyone... I'll revise accordingly! 11 Comments »

Solaris Stickers on your Solaris boxes, Solaris key on the keyboard, etc.

Advertising and Marketing, Operating Systems submitted by jmxz 11/16/07

Very nice to see that Dell sells Solaris.

Please make sure that these machines are NOT covered with Microsoft ads including

1. Windows stickers like "Designed for Microsoft Windows XP" stickers.
   
2. Windows logos on the keyboards.
   
3. "Dell Recommends Windows" printed on the web pages and print material associated with these systems.
   

It would be cute if you actually made Solaris stickers, keys, slogans, etc to replace the Windows ads you paint on most of your machines -- but I'm not holding my breath for all that.

So this Idea is merely to ask you to refrain from plastering your Solaris machines with various Microsoft ads. 11 Comments »

Stop Calling Me During Business Hours

Sales Strategies submitted by aikiwolfie 11/10/07

There are two thing i want to ask for in this idea.

1) Stop calling me during business hours. Every single time I need to contact Dell you always call during business hours when I can't take the call. I could be sacked for taking calls on my mobile while I'm at work. It's not allowed!

2)Make the process of extending a warranty less painful. It should be an on-line process with no telephone call required. Nobody called when I bought the PC?

Recently I tried to extend the warranty on my Dell XPS 700. For some bizarre reason this can't be done on-line. It has to be done by a sales person over the phone. It could be because i refuse to use IE or it could be I was using Firefox + Ubuntu.

From the sales agents accent I'm guessing he was calling from India. I personally found him very difficult to understand and he found my accent similarly difficult to understand. I do speak fluent English as my first language. But I happen to be Scottish and even the English don't understand us.

When the sales agent called I had just left work. It was 3:15pm. I was on a crowded commuter train and had to ask for a call back.

I'm still waiting for the call back.

The sales agent also started waffling something about a photo printer. I don't need a Dell photo printer. I just need an extended warranty! 5 Comments »

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 »

Make A Wireless Dell

Accessories (Keyboards, etc.), Desktops, Monitors and Displays submitted by reg 08/07/07 **COMING SOON**

Apple has a real, valid point: Too many cables in a typical PC setup.

I think Dell could make a combo cable, or a unified display (display/camera/stereo speakers).

Dell should work on a nice clean design - like Apple's clean design - less cable rat nests, more computing power. 220 Comments »

Reward most popular ideas put into action

IdeaStorm submitted by j.bandringa 04/21/07

There's a lot of interesting ideas on IdeaStorm. It’s time to motivate people even more!

Why not give the persons who posted the most popular ideas, put into action at Dell, a free Dell computer of their choice?

195 Comments »