Thermal Cycling Detection

XPS products, Precision Workstations, Laptops submitted by kirkktx Yesterday

Thermal cycling tends to be an insidious ailment.

Why not put several more sensitive solder joints in locations where temperatures are found to vary most. Use these solder joints as canaries in the coal mine to warn when potential cycling damage has been detected. 2 Comments »

Vista available on Precision WorkStation T7400 Memory Riser Nseries

Operating Systems, Precision Workstations submitted by dellrox Aug 16

Why isn't vista available on the best Dell system? How about it as not everyone wants Linux. Have both as an option! 22 Comments »

Dell should create a new tool for the next twebinar

Advertising and Marketing, Simplify IT, Precision Workstations submitted by jervis961 Aug 14

Dell recently held a twebinar when they announced the new Latitude and Precision line up. People were able to view the event live via a video feed and ask questions on twitter simultaneously. While the new experience was great there is room for improvement. Post users had Twitter open in one window, the video stream in another and then the slides from the presentation would pop up in a third window. Dell should develop a new tool to bring it all together. The tool would have the video in one corner, your twitter account on the side and small versions of the slides than can be opened into a larger version if needed. I think this would help expand the experience for the next such event. 5 Comments »

Light up keyboards for business laptops

Precision Workstations submitted by derricktwo Jun 24

I'm fortunate enough to have made it in this industry without really knowing how to type. I can type fairly fast, but I have to look at the keys while I'm doing so. I highly doubt I am the only person that needs to do this. I noticed that the Alienware notebooks have an option to add a light up keyboard. I think this would a great feature to have on Dells business class laptops. This would allow people to work in bed without needing to turn on the lights, or during night flights for a business trip. Comment »

Full keyboard for Workstation Notebook computers

Precision Workstations submitted by chasrome Jun 13

Would like to purchase a Precision Workstation with a full keyboard like those available on Vostro and Inspiron lines. 1 Comment »

Up to 16 GB of RAM on Dell Precision Workstation Laptops

Precision Workstations submitted by workpenguin Jun 11

I use my Dell laptop as a VMWare-based virtual lab workstation with 32 bits Linux host for (supporting up to 32GB of RAM available to applications), and I do not plan to buy a new laptop until it supports up to 16GB of RAM.

This would allow running all of my virtual LABs and working on my virtual architecture for testing and planning purposes before further hardware testing and deployment. And I need a laptop as I'm always moving. I am often working with 5-9 virtual guests, and more, some of them requiring more than 1GB RAM to work.

I know that I am not the only one in this situation. I wish this would be available until 1 year, when my Dell support will expire. 1 Comment »

PRECISION M6300 Core2 Duo 6M L2 Cache option for Spain

Sales Strategies, Precision Workstations submitted by olivieri May 2

US M6300 Core 2 Duo T9300 (2.50GHz) 6M L2 Cache option is available Comment »

Precision Notebook Raid

Servers and Storage, Precision Workstations, Laptops submitted by mattk Apr 13

After tweaking and loading the best Microsoft performance configurations in W2K server and W2003 server configurations, I expect more performance from my precision.

I expect 2 bay Hardfile with Raid 5 or Raid 6 capability.

The hardfile is the bottleneck.

Quad pentium support would be nice as well.

Do we have to get out and push Dell into performance? 2 Comments »

ALIENWARE Area-51 m9750 design for 17 " PRECISION laptops

Precision Workstations submitted by olivieri Apr 12

Stealth Black finish is amazing

http://www.trustedreviews.com/images/article/inline/4851-IMG5050s.jpg 2 Comments »

Compete on Price Against Apple

Sales Strategies, Precision Workstations submitted by dzar Apr 9

It seems that no matter how hard I try, I cannot configure a high-end Dell workstation that's less than $1500 more than an equally equipped Apple Mac. Why? Has Apple cornered the market on quad-core Xeons? Their $3000 box with dual quad-core processors is loaded with technology that you have, too, but at $1500 less, it's impossible to buy Dell for this high-end hardware. 6 Comments »

Multiple Hard drive support for 17" Precision laptop line

Precision Workstations, Laptops submitted by surfpuppy2k Apr 9

I would like to see Dell offer two hard drive support for the 17" precision laptop line. Three drive support with RAID 5 would be great.

The 17" Inspirons have the a two drive option, but I think the Precision line would really benefit from it because of the nature of the work that is done with these machines.

I would love to have a smaller but fast OS and apps drive with a larger drive for data storage Comment »

How about offering a workstation with the Q9450 and Q9550 chips?

Accessories (Keyboards, etc.), Precision Workstations submitted by mlbuhljr Apr 9

I'd like a new desktop, but have been waiting for months for you to offer a system with a Q9450 or Q9550 CPU.

I can't justify the expense of a Xeon-based workstation or one with a $1500(?) CPU such as the QX9650 for my desktop. On the T3400, your next cheaper chip is the Q6700 for $670 less. The Q6600 and Q6700 cost about the same as the Q9450 and Q9550, but use 65 nm instead of 45 nm technology and have only 2/3rds of the cache. The front-side bus is also only 1066 MT/s instead of 1333 MT/s as it is on the Q9450 and Q9550.

I'll place my order as soon as you offer one. Otherwise, I'll continue to wait. I'm also recommending that my coworkers wait too. 4 Comments »

More sales like this Dell: $842 off the Precision M90 notebook PC!

Sales Strategies, Precision Workstations submitted by winoffice Apr 3

http://configure.us.dell.com/dellstore/config.aspx?c=us&cs=04&kc=6W300&l=en&o...

The Precision M90 is available at $1,249, after an $842 discount. I think that Dell should offer more discounts like these on more notebooks, as well as desktops and servers. 2 Comments »

M6300 NVIDIA Quadro FX 3600M option for Spain

Sales Strategies, Precision Workstations submitted by olivieri Apr 2

NVIDIA Quadro FX 1600M is the only option Comment »

Precision laptops

Monitors and Displays, Precision Workstations submitted by gma Mar 29

I have been using precision laptops successfully for sometime, however I am frustrated with the performance specifications of the current models with a smaller screen size. I (like many I suspect) move between 3 work locations and at each have a 24" screen which I plug into and make use of; the laptops screen size is of secondary importance; but I need as much power as I can get from the lapyop for 3d work.

I would like a M2300 type to have the same same specification as a high spec M6300 especially in CPU speed, memory, HD storage, a screen resolution (must reach resoltion of large off board monitors: at least 1920 x 1200), a large graphics card (an FX 3600M would be good), and a DVI port to connect to the large monitors.

Now we can get some of the above but not the graphics card, screen resolution and DVI port, all of which are necessary to do serious 3D and run a second large screen.

I know there is an issue of packaging the system but I am sure you can sort out getting a large graphics card in a small machine. (a webcam and multi card reader would also be usefull)

The essence of a laptop is its portability so a small machine is essential, and with the cost of large screen high resolution monitors falling the ideal solution is for a small high powered laptop that can be moved between locations and plugged into large monitors. Comment »

Get some Precision, Latitude models displayed in retail.

Latitude products, Sales Strategies, Precision Workstations submitted by jmxz Mar 28

Dell's brand image in most consumer's minds is typically that Dell is a low-end discount computer vendor with rather clunky designs - or, a smaller number of people think of Dell as also having a gamer angle with flashy-xtreme-geek Alienware and XPS lines. People get those impressions because those are the Dell models they typically see.

What fewer people seem to notice is that Dell makes some extremely nice serious computers in their Precision and Latitude lines - that have the sleekness, style, and quality to directly compete with the IBM(now Lenovo)'s and Apple's of the world in the high end.

Seems Dell could elevate their brand image considerably if some of the higher end Precisions and Latitudes were displayed in more places where people are introduced to Dells. Maybe not in WalMart; but certainly places like Staples and Best Buy I'd imagine the higher end Dells would make quite an impression. Once people could actually see and touch such models more easily, I imagine a number of business people especially would get those higher end models instead of vostros or inspirons. (I would have preferred a latitude to my inspiron, but you didn't have any with an OS I could use at the time of my last purchase.) 4 Comments »

Reorganize 'Tech Specs' Page in a Clear, Tabular Format

Dell Web Site, Precision Workstations submitted by sgogeta4 Mar 27

Problem:

1. The tech specs page should clearly list each and every specification of this laptop that is consistent with every other laptop tech spec sheet so that people can easily navigate and compare specs. Taking the Precision M2300 as an example, I search for the words "kg" and "lbs" and nothing found. This is simply unacceptable, these important specs should be easily found.

2. The headings and pictures are nice but the description lacks any technical information on your options.

"NVIDIA Quadro® FX 360M1
The NVIDIA Quadro FX 360M offers some of the latest graphics technology to produce extraordinary visual effects, robust wide-aspect LCD support and compatibility with all major business

http://www.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/precn_m2300?c=us&l=e...

Solution:

1. As stated above, present ALL key information in a similar format for ALL laptops. This means we need weights (and how this weight was calculated in the footnote as in other pages); pictures of each side of the laptop with the list of each port; description of each option for each section (ie. on the M2300 video card section, it says you can have 256MB discrete memory but on the selection page you only have the option of 128MB discrete memory). Clicking on the configuration for the laptop:

Video Card: 512MB Turbo Cache memory (256 dedicated)

Option: NVIDIA Quadro FX 360M 256MB TurboCache (128MB dedicated)

2. Maybe offer a few more details (source from the nVidia page):

Memory Size Up to 256MB
Memory Type GDDR3
Memory Interface 64-bit
...
Max Power Consumption 17W

The tech specs page is for those who understand these figures (even if you don't, more information is always

http://www.nvidia.com/page/quadrofx_go.html

rackable workstations

Precision Workstations submitted by juanzworld Mar 27

I own 2 390's and love them but didnt have enough power so I bought a rackable PE 2950. It would be nice if I could put them all in a rack to save the space. Their boarder line servers. We should have the option 6 Comments »

Precision M6300 with 3600M and *Blu-ray*

Precision Workstations submitted by zanlok Mar 8

Now that the M6300 offers an upgrade to the fantastic new Quadro FX 3600M graphics card, I'd really *really* like to see a preconfigured high-end system that offers that and Blu-ray. Currently, this is not supported.

This would be analagous to the XPS M1730 WOW Edition for us Engineer types.
(Until/if Dell ever releases a long-awaited M9300?!)
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800 mhz ram on inspiron m6300

Accessories (Keyboards, etc.), Precision Workstations submitted by tryphoon Mar 1

I think its obvious that dell sould use ddr2-800 ram on precision m6300 since the fsb of the new x7900 processor is at 800mhz 4 Comments »