Laptops need to be more Upgradeable
Sales Strategies, Laptops submitted by dwood
10/26/07
Ive always had this idea about laptops being customizable.
Let's say Joe is going into college and only want to buy a 15.4" Inspiron notebook.
Lets say it works, does its job for two years, and for any reason whatsoever the screen on the laptop breaks (being unrepairable). Joe doesn't have $500 to buy a new one and a desktop wont work out for his classes hes taking. He then has to either 1) Beg for money from family members, 2) Skip school and work until he earns enough money enough for the new laptop that fits his needs, falling far, far behind in school, practically ruining that term's gpa .
What if Joe needed a larger screen than before? Or smaller, to save batteries?
This is only one instance when being able to easily replace your laptop screen would have been a better choice.
More graphics cards in laptops should be removable for replacing with ones that also fit the "line" of the notebook, in case a person wanted to play better quality games or movies, without replacing the whole entire laptop.
What if Joe needs a better Cd drive, and doesnt want an external one?
More things in all laptops everywhere need to be replaceable. I dont want to replace my laptop just because the screen broke. I don't go around looking for new computers that have monitors every time mine breaks, I buy a new one. Why cant we just do that with a laptop?
Thank you for reading
Dwood
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Inspiron Notebook Graphics Card Options Are LACKING...budget gamers VOTE to change!
Accessories (Keyboards, etc.), Gaming submitted by syrics06
11/21/07
Dell,
It wasn't but 2-YEARS ago when I purchased my Inspiron E1705. It came equipped with a Geforce Go 7900GS ($299.00 Option) which was perfect for gaming....Now, it wasn't near as fast as the Geforce Go7900GTX that was in the XPS line but it provided me with a good 'BUDGET' gaming computer.
I recently have been circling your website to find a similar budget/gaming configuration and have been unsuccessful. Why?
Dell only offers LOW END graphics cards like the Geforce 8400GS/GT & Geforce 8600GS/GT...Sure, they are DX10...but what good does that do if you can't even play a DX10 game at a reasonable framerate?
I mean C'MON DELL....A Geforce 8600GT in a 17" laptop? My 2-year old laptops graphics card is MUCH FASTER....Whats up here?
It seams you are forcing the budget gamers to either choose HORRIBLE FRAME-RATES or $2500.00+ XPS Systems that the performance will be doubled on in two months AKA - XPS 1730 w/ SLI 8700M - Being replaced in January with 8800M SLI...by the way...ONE 8800M is faster than the TWO 8700Ms....WONDERFUL...
so for those of you that just dropped close to $3,000.00...SIT COMFORTABLE KNOWING YOU ARE GOING TO BE DOUBLED ON IN JANUARY.
Budget gamers UNITE and VOTE 'YES' to "BETTER GRAPHICS CARD OPTIONS IN INSPIRON NOTEBOOKS".
Dell, all we want is the OPTION...even if it costs $300.00...let us atleast choose a SINGLE 8700M or 8800M GT in the 17" inspiron notebooks "desktop replacements".
Josh V.
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Fully Upgradeable Laptop
Laptops submitted by badblood
05/19/07
Produce a Laptop where everything can be upgraded. Asus is doing it - and here it is:
You name it: Processor, LCD, hard drive, memory, graphics card, optical drive -- take the old one out and put a new component it, all within minutes. The notebook is designed around the core principle of it being easy to upgrade.
Maybe you already have a flexible computer like this one?
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Upgradable graphics in the m1530!!! (no more soldered cards)
Gaming, XPS products submitted by theideasman
Mar 4
Im sick of my laptop graphics getting old and then finding that i need to buy an all new system. Cant the xps come with modular cards (mxm) that can be upgraded direct from dell if the consumer requests a graphics upgrade. Of course there will be a cost involved but surely it will be better than having to buy an entire new system!
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increase Graphics Card choice on notebooks
Accessories (Keyboards, etc.), Laptops submitted by chanux
02/21/07
Now that notebooks become the favourite buyer's choice, i think it should be possible to have a greater choice on which graphics card we want.
Some technology like MXM or AXIOM or others should allow to have a large number of combination between notebook and graphics card model.
(that's the reason why my last notebook is not a dell)
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MXM With Dells
Gaming, Laptops submitted by tolkan
07/19/07
Dell Should use the MXM Universal Laptop GPU Connector on its laptops. By Having this we can upgrade our laptops so it will be future proof.
Example:
1) System with 8400M GS is ok for gaming now, but next year its will lagg behind with DX10 games.
2) You then buy a MXM GPU such as a 860M GT upgrade then replace it as just like a Desktop GPU. Simply pop out the old card and replace with the upgrade.
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Obviously there are limitations, due to the size of the cards and the heat generated by the GPUs.
More Information: www.mxm-upgrade.com
Thanks!
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