February, 2008

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Welcome the Inspiron 1525 to the Dell Ubuntu Family

Posted over 5 years ago

by Daniel_Judd
- 85 Comments
Earlier today, we added the Inspiron 1525 notebook to our family of Ubuntu products. And as with our other systems shipping Ubuntu 7.10 , Dell is including built-in DVD playback capabilities so that you can get the most out of your new Dell. Customers in the UK , France , Spain , and Germany may place orders today. Later this month, the US Ubuntu website will also be updated with Inspiron 1525 . The growth in Linux sales has enabled us to expand Linux onto more platforms over the last year. Thanks...
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Dell Ubuntu Systems Launching in Canada and Latin America

Posted over 5 years ago

by Lionel Menchaca
- 38 Comments
Several new developments on the Linux front today. We're introducing Ubuntu 7.10 -based Dell systems in Canada and Latin America. Beyond that, we're introducing the Inspiron 1525n to customers in the United States. Like Daniel mentioned earlier this week, the 1525n is already available to customers in the U.K ., Spain , France and Germany . All of these systems will include built-in DVD playback capability . Lots of customers like Jimmy and Simon have asked for Ubuntu support in Canada...
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Microsoft Releases Vista SP1

Posted over 5 years ago

by Mark Anderson, Client OS Development Mgr.
- 37 Comments
Last week, Microsoft released Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1) to manufacturing. Mike Nash from the Windows Vista Blog team shared the news last week , and followed up with a second post that explains a bit more how Microsoft plans to make it available to customers. SP1 introduces several improvements that customers will see, especially to battery life , performance, reliability and applications compatibility. In order to provide the best customer experience for our customers, Dell has already incorporated...
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The Truth About DisplayPort vs. HDMI

Posted over 5 years ago

by Bruce Montag, Sr Technical Staff—Office of the CTO
- 22 Comments
Lots of customers I talk to are interested in understanding the differences between DisplayPort and HDMI display interfaces. Recently, I saw a PC World article from Tom Mainelli where he questioned the benefits of DisplayPort compared to HDMI. That's why I wanted to take some time to share Dell's perspective on this. In our view, both interfaces will be increasingly important for PC users and will coexist to meet different product applications. HDMI is intended as an external consumer...
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New Dell Ultrasharp 2408WFP 24" Widescreen Display

Posted over 5 years ago

by Lionel Menchaca
- 21 Comments
Today we introduced the UltraSharp 2408WFP widescreen flat panel display. Following the 3008WFP , it is our second monitor that supports DisplayPort ... while I was pulling together some details on this monitor, I was told that our 22" Crystal display does not have a DisplayPort connector. I updated that post. Now, on to the fun stuff. We've talked about DisplayPort before, but to catch everyone up, it optimizes both panel performance and simplifies platform interoperability . Just like...
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Fiscal 2009 Budget Going Paperless on a Latitude XT

Posted over 5 years ago

by Lionel Menchaca
- 17 Comments
You've probably heard that President Bush submitted the fiscal 2009 budget . Putting politics, debates and commentary on the budget or campaigns aside, several folks here were glad to see it was the first paperless budget, and that the President used a Latitude XT to unveil it. Thanks to Rob Bushway (and GottaBeMobile reader Brian T) for blogging it. If you do the math on just the budget and its key supporting documents (there are many more you can download), you're talking more than 2...
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Dell ProSupport Services for Commercial Customers and Channel Partners

Posted over 5 years ago

by Cary Gumbert, Dell Global Services
- 16 Comments
In my previous post , I had mentioned Dell ProSupport . So, what is Dell ProSupport? It is a collection of global, pre-packaged and standardized support services with a consistent level of support from the desktop to the datacenter-all designed to simplify how you run IT. Dell ProSupport is available to all Registered Channel Partners and commercial customers big and small, and includes all regions, with globally aligned people, processes, and infrastructure built for speed of resolution and ease...
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XPS 630 Desktop Coming Soon

Posted over 5 years ago

by Lionel Menchaca
- 15 Comments
Some of you may have seen some basic details about the XPS 630 during CES 2008 . Shortly after that, we rolled out a teaser campaign for it, similar to ones we had done for the XPS One , the M1730 , and the World of Warcraft notebook . This one was the most successful we've had in terms of registrations. And to those of you who did register, you should be receiving an e-mail that looks like this very soon. Click on it to see a larger version of the image. Here's the deal. From now...
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XPS 630: Gaming Power for the Masses

Posted over 5 years ago

by Lionel Menchaca
- 14 Comments
I warned you . Today, customers in the United States, Canada, Latin America, Europe and Japan can order the XPS 630 . It's a gaming desktop meant to pack a lot of power into a smaller chassis. Granted, smaller is a relative term—it's smaller compared to the XPS 720 : the XPS 630 has a starting weight of about 39 pounds compared to almost 48 pounds for its larger cousin. Note: Clicking on either of these photos below will show a larger version. You can see more photos at the main Dell Flickr...
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Dell (PRODUCT) RED Super Bowl Ad

Posted over 5 years ago

by Lionel Menchaca
- 14 Comments
Even though the Dallas Cowboys won't be playing, I'm looking forward to tomorrow's game. I'm interested to see the reaction to the commercials tomorrow, and welcome your comments here. Update, February 3: Here is the Dell (PRODUCT) RED Super Bowl ad. The song that's playing is Mick Jagger's " Charmed Life" from his record, Very Best of Mick Jagger . Format: flv Duration: 0:30 Beyond that, I saw that Jeremiah Owyang set up @Superbowlads on Twitter to allow...
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What's Going on with Dell and AMD?

Posted over 5 years ago

by Lionel Menchaca
- 12 Comments
Many folks have seen the post on Engadget about changes in Dell's AMD offerings online. Here's the deal. Dell regularly adjusts its product offerings, and how customers can purchase those products. Currently the majority of our Inspiron AMD-based systems are available through our retail partners such as Wal-Mart, Best Buy and Staples, and through telephone sales. Our AMD-based energy-efficient consumer desktop, the Energy Star 4.0 Inspiron 531 is also still available on Dell.com. Dell...
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My Contribution to Twitter-mania

Posted over 5 years ago

by Lionel Menchaca
- 12 Comments
I saw on Techmeme today that Howard Rheingold kicked off a love-fest of conversations about Twitter in his post, Why I'm Hooked on Twitter . I couldn't agree more with with Mathew Ingram's take that openness and the flexibility that comes with it goes a long way. I also agree with Tony Hung's assessment as well, though I can sum up the reason I love Twitter in a shorter sentence: Twitter connects groups of people more effectively than any other Web 2.0 tool that I have come across...
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Oh What a Year

Posted over 5 years ago

by Kara Krautter
- 9 Comments
As we approach the one year anniversary of IdeaStorm, it's time to take a short walk down memory lane to see where we have been and what we have done as a community. February 16, 2007: The birth of IdeaStorm . In the first 24 hours we had more than 250 members and almost 175 ideas. In less than a month, offering Linux was one of the most requested and highly voted ideas. So, we launched a survey to find out what distribution of Linux our customers wanted most. During the spring you continued...
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Mobile Workstation Brute on Steroids

Posted over 5 years ago

by Antonio Julio, Director - Dell Workstations
- 8 Comments
If you do engineering design, analysis or create digital content you need a brute of a workstation. And with more of us going mobile, that brute needs to go with you in a laptop form. We've offered the Dell Precision M6300 for some time now, but based on feedback from customers we just stepped performance up to a new level. You asked for performance that is more like blunt force trauma than mere brute force. The announcement today of the release of the refreshed Dell Precision M6300 mobile...
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Michael Dell Interview from Shel Israel

Posted over 5 years ago

by Lionel Menchaca
- 7 Comments
Yesterday, Shel Israel posted an extensive interview of Michael Dell focused on social media at his blog, Global Neighbourhoods . I was excited to see Shel's reaction in the post, and thought it was worth mentioning to our readers. Many customers who follow the Direct2Dell have heard me talk several times about how Michael's been a catalyst behind just about all of our initiatives in this space. This interview covers that territory and much more. In it, Michael talks about the origins...
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Is IT Simplification an Evolution or Revolution?

Posted over 5 years ago

by Jeff S. Johnson
- 6 Comments
We think IT simplification is both an evolution and a revolution. Earlier we announced in this blog about the problems of IT complexity and what simplification is all about . We've even asked you to share your stories . Certainly IT simplification as a concept has been around forever , but nobody seemed to be doing anything about it. We've always seen things differently than our competitors, and now we're leading both an evolution and a revolution. Today energy costs are skyrocketing...
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Dell and Windows Server 2008

Posted over 5 years ago

by John McVay, Sr. Mgr Microsoft Alliance & Prod
- 6 Comments
Yesterday, Microsoft introduced Windows Server 2008 (WS08), along with SQL Server 2008 and Visual Studio 2008. You can see more details on the Windows Server Division blog . Folks from Dell took part in Microsoft's "Heroes Happen Here" launch event in Los Angeles, kicking off a series of more than 225 other events that Microsoft has planned in coming months around the world. Rick Becker, our VP of solutions participated in a luminary panel during the event that focused on data centers...
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A “Green” Approach to Packaging

Posted over 5 years ago

by Ed Boyd, VP—Consumer Experience Design
- 5 Comments
Blogger Christian Flickinger recently brought to our attention a blog post about excess packaging . Many customers share their ideas on how we can enhance the environmental-friendliness of existing packaging while reducing it whenever possible, and we appreciate their interest and insights. That kind of feedback fuels our drive for continuous improvement. Shipments can originate from multiple sources, such as Dell factories, software & peripheral partners or value-added resellers, so we're...
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Lightning Rod: XPS, The Next Generation—Hard Drive Configurations

Posted over 5 years ago

by Kara Krautter
- 4 Comments
As you may have noticed, the masthead of IdeaStorm has changed again. A new lightning rod is up today, thanks to Dell's gaming desktop team. The team is making decisions on what HDD configuration options to offer from the factory in our next-generation gaming desktop system. As you look at the options we have posted on Dell Community Forum , please share your thoughts on the configurations that interest you from a gaming perspective and why. The gaming desktop HDD survey will be live from...
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Inside Dell Global Command Centers

Posted over 5 years ago

by Lionel Menchaca
- 4 Comments
Dell uses Global Command Centers to help minimize downtime for our business customers during situations like natural disasters, severe weather and other critical situations. Dell operates command centers in the United States, Ireland, China, Japan and Malaysia. Winter is a busy time for the GCC, where storms like the one that blew through the West Coast last week are a more common occurrence. In this vlog, Tim Mixon from Dell's Global Services team talks to Matt Roberts in the GCC to get...
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More AMD Processors in OptiPlex 740 Desktops

Posted over 5 years ago

by Darrel Ward, Director—Commercial Desktops
- 4 Comments
A couple of weeks ago, Lionel cleared up questions around our commitment to AMD . Today, we've introduced new AMD processor technology in our OptiPlex 740 desktop . Here's what customers can expect: We're the first to deliver new processors from AMD including those with a "B" as part of the model name that identifies them as long lifecycle processors that bring 12-24 month longevity that is essential to our business customers We will offer more energy-efficient AMD...
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Are you submitting for the ReGeneration Design Competition?

Posted over 5 years ago

by Hope Lawrence, Experience Design Group
- 3 Comments
Just like a small plant, this competition has grown and flourished into a large movement from a very simple idea. We were originally thinking about how to nurture an open and honest dialogue with academics and design students around the world about the designing for next level of environmentally responsible computing technologies. A big break-through came when we decided not to claim any intellectual property rights from the entries and instead share the ideas with the world so we could build...
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Women In Technology Report

Posted over 5 years ago

by Deborah Bauer, Sr. Manager—Dell Global Diversity
- 3 Comments
Today the Catalyst organization recently announced a report entitled Women in Technology: Maximizing Talent, Minimizing Barrier. Dell was an advisor to the study. The full report is available here . In 2003, Catalyst published Bit by Bit: Catalyst's Guide to Advancing Women in High Tech Companies , which revealed barriers facing women in the high tech industry. Fueled by these findings, Catalyst engaged Cisco , Dell, IBM and National Center for Women and Information Technology (NCWIT) to provide...
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White is the New Black

Posted over 5 years ago

by John Joseph
- 3 Comments
I was told that "white is the new black" by a friend of mine in Munich who designs children's clothes. But, traveling through London, Stockholm, and Copenhagen over the last 3 days, all I saw were shades of black. Men in black, women in black, cars in black, furniture in black - everything in black, except children who wear anything. I'm thinking a fashion transition from black to white could be a challenge. In Denmark, we met with the trade press there at a sparkling new Dell...
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Michael Dell Talks Green at IT Energy Efficiency Summit

Posted over 5 years ago

by Rebecca Thorburn, Green IT/ Power & Cooling
- 2 Comments
Michael and other Dell team members spent the greater part of Wednesday morning last week in Washington, D.C. participating in the IT Energy Efficiency Summit . Dell partnered with CIO magazine to host this first-ever event designed to provide CIOs and other IT decision makers with insight into energy efficient computing strategies. In a moderated question and answer session with CIO publisher emeritus Gary Beach, Michael discussed various aspects of the greening of the IT landscape. (See highlights...

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