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WVTip — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 03:02:28 GMT

I just upgraded my Vostro 1400 from XP to Vista Home Premium to Win 7 Home Premium with no problems. It can be done but I didn't do a clean install. You should download all the Vista Drivers as they should work with Win 7 if you need them. Good Luck.

bigdaddybo — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 02:15:31 GMT

Hey man don't waste your time. I have the Core 2 Dual Quad on my XPS720 and it lasted 2 days after the warrentee of 0ne year ran out, but fortunately I spent the extra money and bought the three year warrantee and I have gone through 4 motherboards now. This last time they sent me the over clocked liquid cooler and my computer is not used to heat my house anymore. But I still have the Black screen of death. The very first Tech they sent out to my home did not properly install my 4 One Gig memory sticks. He left one of them half way in and neither clip was locked in. So I complained and complained. They have one hell of a complaint record on me now. I told them that the first Tech is the one that caused me to go to the infamous Black Screen of Death. I finally got a decent guy in the Philipians that after 5 hours on the phone went to his supervisor and they agreed to replace my compurtor. They don't sell the XPS720 anymore, Thank God. I had to demand that they saend me another Hard Drive and that I did not want a Dell Tech to install it, that I would install it myself. I got the Hard Drive the next day and it was not formatted, so I could not install my OS and all my other programs. So I spent 7 hours formatting my Hard Drive and a few of my programs. I am not wasting my time since they said that they would replace my system. But guess what? The manager got on the phone and told me that they would be replacing my computor with a Refurbished, but all new parts, and since they did not sell the 720 anymore I might get somew upgrades. Bigf Deal. I have my system running in Diagnostics right now. I am on my old Demension 8250, I call the snail, because it is so damm slow, but at least it works. This will be my last Dell.... What a shame. I hope that Obama holds true to his speach about if you deal overseas you will be taxed, but hey, that is as bad as what Dell is doing to it's customers. I think Dell even bought out the best computor out there, the Alienware computor. So where do you go now. But just to let you know that you are getting no big deal by going to the XPS720, it is a piece os *** as well. And the Core 2 Dual Quad is not what it is made out to be. So don't get your hopes up. Sorry to be the Bad News Bear. I have tried everything I can to fix this Black Screen of Death but nothing works. Some body needs to hold Dell to the Fire. Haaa, Fat Chance on that. Sorry for the bad news....................Bo

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jervis961 — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:10:54 GMT

It looks interesting but I'm upset that you left out the touch screen that replaced the touch pad.

Lionel_Menchaca — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:51:59 GMT

Tiradientes: Sorry for not responding until now. I'd say noise levels are pretty low on this machine. I've been around a couple of them that were playing Blu-ray content or other HD streams and it was pretty quiet. Now video cards will make a difference, but the system fans seem pretty quiet.

Lionel_Menchaca — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:50:04 GMT

wgrayson: The short answer is no. We don't use a lesser version of the GTX260. Regarding power requirements, I'll say this: not all power supplies are created equal. Mnay times, when manufacturers quote power requirements, they have to plan for the minimum requirements based on all off-the-shelf power supplies.

wgrayson — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:27:57 GMT

Regarding video card and power supply compatibility on the xps 8000. The highest end video card offered, the GTX260 1.792 video card, specs out at needing a minimum 500w power supply. The XPS only carries a 350. Has the Dell version of the card been modified or configured differently?

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Dev Mgr — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:46:19 GMT

The 4870 GPU by nature is more limited by the memory bandwidth than the GPU speed (especially with GDDR3 instead of GDDR5).

So if someone buys an Alienware 17" laptop with dual 4870 GPUs, you can assume they want it for gaming and want a fast video solution. Limiting this solution with low bandwidth memory doesn't give them access to the full potential of their laptop.

GDDR5 may drain the battery faster than GDDR3 when idle, but a system like this would generally be used as a gaming desktop replacement, not a system that needs to last as long as possible on it's battery.

If heat is the problem, that might be a user experience issue, as the noise from the fans is a frequent complaint with laptops.

Louise221 — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:00:24 GMT

Hello, I have sent the following to Customer Services today by email:

I ordered a new laptop from you less than a month ago on the express understanding that this order and, by implication, the price of this order, included a FREE upgrade to Windows 7 upon release of that product. I have now been informed by Customer Services that in order to receive this upgrade I must pay a further "delivery" charge of £15. While I appreciate that you have in place certain procedures by which the delivery of these upgrades is to take place I am sure that you are fully aware that delivery of a cd within the UK, even by registered mail, would cost less than £5. I find your charge of £15 to be punitive, rendering the Windows 7 upgrade costly. Had I been made aware of this separate charge upon ordering my system I would have postponed the order. This is unacceptable.