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Technical & Scientific => Hardware => Topic started by: Steve on April 14, 2005, 02:42:42 PM

Title: The new Dell
Post by: Steve on April 14, 2005, 02:42:42 PM: Anyone seen this yet? It was only a matter of time, and while its not incredibly original they did a good job with it. Article is good for a read if nothing else. I've always been a fan of dell, so to me its cool that they keep coming out with new solutions.

http://www.hardwarecentral.com/hardwarecentral/reviews/5593/1/
Title: The new Dell
Post by: ober on April 14, 2005, 02:57:26 PM: Pretty compact little setup, but not enough power for my taste.
Title: The new Dell
Post by: 7smurfs on April 14, 2005, 03:07:12 PM: Bleh, I like the old fashioned computers that take up half the room.
Title: The new Dell
Post by: Steve on April 14, 2005, 03:08:03 PM: Quote from: ober
Pretty compact little setup, but not enough power for my taste.

You mean home or office? For home i agree, but i would think that would be more than enough for the average officer user, which is what it was designed to accomodate.
Title: The new Dell
Post by: l33t-5h1t on April 14, 2005, 03:13:45 PM: I think it would look a lot better if they designed the computer differently. I think it would look better in black, first of all, and second, it wouldn't kill them to make it a little less boxy. If they're going to try and make it all one unit, make it at least look like it could be one unit.
Title: The new Dell
Post by: Steve on April 14, 2005, 03:16:59 PM: Quote from: l33t-5h1t
I think it would look a lot better if they designed the computer differently. I think it would look better in black, first of all, and second, it wouldn't kill them to make it a little less boxy. If they're going to try and make it all one unit, make it at least look like it could be one unit.

Sounds like you'd rather it looked like a mac :shiver:

Honestly i like the look, it looks a little sloppy but it stays as an independent machine, and looks as such. Its basically a smaller desktop on a monitor mounted try. Simple, effective.
Title: The new Dell
Post by: ober on April 14, 2005, 03:28:05 PM: Quote from: RoD
You mean home or office? For home i agree, but i would think that would be more than enough for the average officer user, which is what it was designed to accomodate.

For home is what I was referring to... and honestly for the office around here too. A lot of the guys here are running CAD/ProE and the graphical processor is a must.

EDIT: I'm going to move this to the hardware forum where it belongs.

EDIT 2: beaten to it :(
Title: The new Dell
Post by: Govtcheez on April 14, 2005, 03:28:17 PM: Learn where to post, assbag.
Title: The new Dell
Post by: l33t-5h1t on April 14, 2005, 03:31:20 PM: >>Sounds like you'd rather it looked like a mac :shiver:

:double shiver:

no, but making both units black would go a long way, and honestly, if they're not trying to go for more of the mac effect here, then what are they doing?
Title: The new Dell
Post by: ober on April 14, 2005, 03:33:49 PM: I gotta be honest guys... I was in CompUSA the other weekend and they have an entire section devoted to macs, and there was some really impessive hardware sitting there. Almost made me want one.
Title: The new Dell
Post by: drakkenkorin on April 14, 2005, 03:36:39 PM: they need to quit hating up on mac's or thier posts are gonna turn various shades of pink :mad:

(in case you don't remember or known, i own 2 macs)
Title: The new Dell
Post by: l33t-5h1t on April 14, 2005, 06:22:57 PM: >>they need to quit hating up on mac's or thier posts are gonna turn various shades of pink

i like mac's...i hate their operating system is all (and no windows isn't any better ;))
Title: The new Dell
Post by: phpdood on May 03, 2005, 04:35:13 PM: I have a mac Powerbook 867 and love it for the basics.

Mac OS X is great, just not as functional as Windows 2k-XP.
Title: The new Dell
Post by: jverkoey on May 03, 2005, 07:15:33 PM: I wouldn't mind owning a mac, but I prefer windows as much more software overall is made for it *shrugs* And I'm not exactly an artist or anything so the prime points of a mac are a bit lost with me.
Title: The new Dell
Post by: -KEN- on May 03, 2005, 07:50:13 PM: I probably have as much (if not more) software on my mac than on my PC. Can you really think of much (besides some games) that can't be done on a mac?

I find OSX to be my most productive environment. I don't really know why.

Also, I don't do any form of art on my mac (besides some writing, I suppose). Where do people get the idea that "macs are for artists"?
Title: The new Dell
Post by: VBprogrammer on May 03, 2005, 08:14:05 PM: Because they are the best computer for producing music, and photoshop (graphics) was originally developed for the mac and is probably the best machine for the job??
Title: The new Dell
Post by: phpdood on May 03, 2005, 08:35:33 PM: Meh.
I just use my powerbook to do some minor web editing, and surfing the web worry free.

Now I just got an old used PC, and I use it for everything...but I still always have that worry on the back of my head, "what if"....eh, guess that is what multiple partitions are for. :uhyeah:
Title: The new Dell
Post by: drakkenkorin on May 03, 2005, 10:05:33 PM: you seem to have forgotten that porn IS ART!

:devil:
Title: The new Dell
Post by: jverkoey on May 03, 2005, 10:15:00 PM: Then......the internet is better for art than a mac is...?

*crying*

And by the way, that's a wicked animation, but not as cool as the one with the guy trying to open the door :D