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Alienware Assimilates Dell's Gaming Business, XPS Gaming Machines On the Way Out

The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Dell is killing its four big balls XPS gaming machines (not the entire XPS line, like the standard notebooks, which are selling really well) to focus all of its juice on Alienware as its sole gaming brand. The timeline isn't overly specific, but the clock is ticking for Dell's XPS WoW notebook and their car-sized (and priced) 730 tower. We actually sorta figured this was coming. More »

11:03 PM on Mon May 12 2008
By matt buchanan
7,494 views, 31 comments

Latest by PR-0927: For the record, upgrading the GPU in a laptop is possible, for certain companies, but is slightly difficult: [www.mxm-upgrade.com] PR-0927 more »

unconfirmed

Rumor: New Dell Inspirons Take Shot At Macbook Air, Lenovo X300

While Apple and Lenovo may have started the latest thin laptop trend, Engadget reports that Dell is entering the ring with their Inspiron 1435, 1535 and 1735. The three laptops are said to share a similar design, with a graduated thickness from 1 to about 1.5 inches. With processors up to Core 2 Duo 2.16GHz, each model will support optional 3G and slot-loading Blu-ray. It sounds good so far, but we'll have to see how competitively they are priced if/when the first of the models hits later this month. [Engadget]

12:50 PM on Thu May 8 2008
By Mark Wilson
9,762 views, 30 comments

Latest by Slaughter: These are some of the nicest looking Dell's yet. And for the guy that said he would take a slower IBM, your are clueless. Dell is the only company I know of that will send me and part for the more »

dell

Dell Goes Urban With Mike Ming's Art House Laptops

What's the best way to make kids who are all hopped up on Apple's MacBooks to get excited about your laptops? Hire Mike Ming, a Brooklyn-based artist, to decorate up the backs of your laptops in graffiti-like designs. These paints are available on the Inspiron 1525 in both Mike Ming and Mike Ming Extreme Edition. The extra cost for Mike Ming to go extreme? $100. Available now for $699 and $799. Also, in about a year, you'll be able to order a laptop with your own custom designs, such as your face or a picture of your kids. [Dell]

3:38 PM on Tue May 6 2008
By Jason Chen
3,394 views, 25 comments

Latest by Kaiser-Machead: @YoMommaIsMyMomma: Bullet proof display bezels would be a welcome add-on. more »

pcs

Dell's XPS 730 H2C Tower Can Run Crysis at Full Specs Starting at a Mere $4,000

Dell just announced its new high-end XPS 730 H2C gaming desktop, and get this — they claim it can run Crysis at 1920 x 1200 resolution at 30fps. Now that is a figure more impressive than any stats about the guts of the tower, right? OK, OK, those are interesting too. More »

10:27 AM on Thu May 1 2008
By Adam Frucci
13,833 views, 62 comments

shenanigans

Dell to Sell XP after June 30, Microsoft to Pretend They're Selling Vista to Save Face

While we've heard Microsoft hint at keeping XP on store shelves longer than they initially stated due to the, well, boatload of people who want nothing to do with Vista, Dell is the first retailer to confirm having plans to sell the faithful ol' OS past the end of June. But it isn't because Microsoft's gone and changed their policy; it's because Dell is taking advantage of a loophole in Vista licensing that lets Microsoft pad their Vista numbers even when people avoid it like the plague. More »

12:00 PM on Sat Apr 26 2008
By Adam Frucci
45,106 views, 99 comments

Latest by Hello_Newman: I don't know if the editor sees this, Microsoft is a monopoly and they can do what they want, and claim what they want. If caught, they can simply outspend the government, who has resources with limits and they have more »

dell green pc

Dell Introduces Their Smallest, Greenest PC Yet

Michael Dell, the king of Dell, just previewed his company's smallest and greenest desktop PC yet at FORTUNE Brainstorm: GREEN. There's no name for this mini green PC, shown rendered above, but it's 81% smaller than a mini tower and 70% less energy-consuming. It's also shipped in recycled and recyclable packaging, and look a whole lot like those cheapo Sun workstations that colleges love(d) to use. As long as this machine is at least as powerful as a laptop (we don't mean an Eee PC), we're all for Dell's enviro-conscious direction.

4:01 PM on Tue Apr 22 2008
By Jason Chen
13,808 views, 62 comments

Latest by Michai: @Kyang: sorry Ive just never heard of Dell shipping out units with OSX or Linux. more »

jerks

Dell's Wasteful Shipping Habits Take a Steamy Dump on the Environment

There are few practices as stupid, simple and damaging to the environment as wasteful packing. Take a look at this ludicrous box that Dell used to send a 2GB thumb drive. It's about 100 times too big, and it's not just wasteful because of the cardboard used. I, for one, am sick of seeing crap like this. More »

4:30 PM on Mon Apr 21 2008
By Adam Frucci
13,559 views, 131 comments

Latest by Xenobiologista: @ubergoose: who do you get supplies from? Fisher Scientific shipping to where I am (UW-Madison) usually pads stuff with brown paper or recyclable airbags, and the boxes aren't ridiculously overstuffed unless you order like one thermometer at a time. more »

monitors

Dell Crystal LCD Reviewed: Shiny, Expensive and Crappy

You may remember Dell's fancy-pants Crystal Monitor, the sliver of prettiness that costs rich guys $1,200. We know it looks nice, but how does it, you know, work? Not so well, it turns out. More »

10:44 AM on Fri Apr 18 2008
By Adam Frucci
12,120 views, 46 comments

Latest by lecti: "The monitor's artful exterior looks great on our desktop." I don't think the author of that article knows what the word "artful" means. more »

laptops

Dell Tries to Mend Fences With a Laptop Full of Pubes

Yes I know it is juvenile, but if Dell sent you a replacement laptop full of pubes wouldn't you be pissed? According to one Consumerist reader, that is just what happened after a Dell technician helped him fry an old laptop after instructing him to use it as a test unit for a malfunctioning adapter. GOOD: Dell offered to replace the laptop free of charge. BAD: The laptop was full of human pubic hair. If this is true, is it some sort of tech support equivalent of spitting in your food? If you can stand to look, the actual picture is available after the break. More »

9:30 PM on Wed Apr 9 2008
By Sean Fallon
40,501 views, 79 comments

Latest by DJTripleRRR: OK hate to say it but if anyone had hair like me it'd look like pubes as well. My hair is seriously just that curly. Btw where'd u get the top picture? Have you gizmodians been fooling poor innocent teens more »

news

Dell Rumored to Join Low-Cost Mini-Laptop Race

According to an anonymous source from Compal Electronics, Dell is stepping into the low-cost UMPC market sometime before June, following in the steps of Asus and HP. The source says Compal will deliver 200,000 to 300,000 units per month initially. [CNN]

5:56 AM on Wed Apr 9 2008
By Haroon Malik
4,255 views, 29 comments

dealzmodo

Dell Marks End of Format War with $880 Blu-ray-Equipped Inspiron 1525

Dell is commemorating Blu-ray's victory by offering a Blu-ray playback (not read-write) drive in its cheap, many colored, 15.4" laptop, the Inspiron 1525, and for a decent price. Starting at $880, you can watch BD movies on its screen (at 720p resolution) or send the video to HDTVs via HDMI. In case you're wondering how decent playback would be on a PC with integrated graphics, Dell mentions that it's using a built-in Broadcom Media PC accelerator located in a mini-card slot. See details after the jump. More »

8:15 AM on Fri Mar 28 2008
By Wilson Rothman
4,369 views, 10 comments

Latest by Hello_Newman: Under a grand with Blueray is a pretty good deal, just a little more than a PS3 with the player. Vista is a problem, it doesn't do anything better or faster than XP, it's a resource hog. They just fattened more »

dell

Dell Latitude XT2 Specs Revealed

Preliminary specs and a product render for the Dell Latitude XT2 have been released, and appears the convertable tablet will include the Centrino 2 Montevina platform, an integrated optical drive and an eSATA port. The rest appears to be unchanged for the time being. Nothing shocking or revelatory, but the Latitude XT was a nice piece of tech, and I'm equally interested in the XT2. [Engadget]

1:31 PM on Wed Mar 19 2008
By Adrian Covert
3,558 views, 7 comments

peripherals

Dell 2009W 20-Inch LCD Monitor

Dell's got a new 20-inch monitor. It's below our size-threshold for external displays here at Giz, but as Dell sells some of the best computer LCDs around, it's worth noting that this screen has a 2000:1 contrast ratio, better than the 1000:1 in their 22-incher. More »

6:17 PM on Fri Mar 14 2008
By Brian Lam
7,041 views, 13 comments

white space coalition

Bill Gates Says White Space Is for Free Wi-Fi; Broadcasters Want License and Regulation

Referring to Microsoft's desire to use soon-to-be-opened broadcasting bandwidth for low-powered unlicensed wireless devices, Bill Gates argued that it will make for improved Wi-Fi, a term he appears to be using as simply non-regulated, subscription-free wireless. He said:
"We're hopeful that that will be made available so that Wi-Fi can explode in terms of its usage, even out into some of these less dense areas where distance has been a big problem for Wi-Fi."
Bill's opponents see this not as an opportunity for more Wi-Fi but as a chance to widen costlier, regulated wireless subscription services. More »

12:00 PM on Fri Mar 14 2008
By Wilson Rothman
4,204 views, 32 comments

Latest by x23: @Ednonymous: ...and eating it. the paste. more »

dell

Dell Latitude XFR D630 Will Stop a Tank Shell (Almost)

Dell's first fully ruggedized laptop is the Arnold of notebooks: A massive block of a machine that can withstand a SWAT team assault while blowing up Cyberdyne Systems. The D630 meets Department of Defense MIL-STD 810F standards for operation in extreme temps, moisture and altitude with a solid magnesium chassis, sealed keyboard, SSD and shock protection for its delicates. Dell also says it stomps out Panasonic's ruggedized Toughbooks like girlie men with 23 percent better performance. More »

1:20 PM on Tue Mar 4 2008
By matt buchanan
11,042 views, 53 comments

Latest by Bokusatsu_Tenshi: I wonder if they made the LCD screen with the same stuff they made that LCD TV that could withstand some hammering and arrows.. more »

dell

Dell Ditching Proprietary Parts

One of the best arguments for building your own PCs is that you make the decisions regarding parts, which means you don't have to scrap the whole system or buy sub-standard hardware from the manufacturer when it is time to upgrade. This is especially true for gaming rigs. Dell, one of the biggest offenders when it comes to this issue, has announced that proprietary parts like power supplies and motherboards will be a thing of the past. More »

6:15 PM on Tue Feb 26 2008
By Sean Fallon
9,823 views, 32 comments

Latest by strider_mt2k: I'm glad to hear it. When it came time to upgrade the power supply in my Dimension 8300 I had to break out the aviation snips to remove some sheet metal so the AC power connector would clear. (The stupid screw more »

pcs

Dell's "Affordable" XPS 630 Gaming System Starts at $1249, But Will Probably Cost You More

Dell wanted to bring its gaming platform down from the $2000 and up arena, and into something average gamers can go and buy, so it's rolling out the previously teased XPS 630. More »

9:46 AM on Tue Feb 26 2008
By Wilson Rothman
9,007 views, 28 comments

laptop on fire

Retromodo: Laptop Catches Fire at LAX, Foreign Woman Freaks Out

Remember that old exploding battery episode? Here's a clip we haven't seen before of it. A very scary video with fireballs jumping from the Sony battery-infested body of this laptop. The people in the terminal sure are freaking out, screaming "OH MY GOD" and jumping up on those vinyl seats. That's probably what we'd do too—not reach in an try and save his porn like the dude halfway in the clip.UPDATE: Apparently, people have been linking to this story as new. I've edited this post to make it more clear that it is an old but recently discovered clip. If you need to check on your Dell's battery to see if it is of the exploding variety, they've written to remind us that you can do so here.

3:00 PM on Wed Feb 20 2008
By Jason Chen
7,040 views, 45 comments

Latest by twoeightnine: How exactly would you have "helped"? I would have called Tom Cruise, he's the only one who could have truly helped. more »