Comments on the system, I bought

First of all, I tell myself I should layout, what I bought and what I added to the system.

  • Dell Studio 540

    • Core 2 Quad Q8300
    • ATI Radeon HD 3450
    • Onboard 5.1 (Realtek)
    • 8 GB RAM
    • 640 GB drive internal SATA
    • 640GO of external drive (which I moved from my old system)
    • LinkSys WMP600N (that I purchased separately)
    • DVD - RW
    • Keyboard Microsoft I had (4000 natural)
    • Mouse MS that I had (IntelliMouse Optical)
    • Vista Ultimate 64 bit SP1 (now upgraded to SP2)
  • Dell UltraSharp 20 "widescreen LCD (which I moved from my old system)
  • Reference Dell 20 "widescreen LCD with webcam and stereo microphones

And now comments:

  1. The system scenario and the new monitor have a gloss finish.  I ended up concluding that it added nothing to me.  In fact, they show fingerprints easily.
  2. The glossy part apply to the display area of the new monitor too.  Unfortunately, it adds a lot of glare that does not have the older UltraSharp monitor.
  3. The webcam is a disaster.  Do not buy a Dell monitor just for the webcam.  In my case, my glasses can make things worse for the camera.  They reflect the light emitted by the good monitors the camera.  In any case, all I get is a bad dark image.  I tried to play around with the settings, but they did not help.
  4. The monitor, UltraSharp, while several years older, has more connections than the new video monitor.  I do not use them, but some people might still have a use for connectors S-video and composite.  Now, if the new monitor has a HDMI connector, that is not, it could compensate for this loss.  The irony is that my video card has only a single DVI connector.  I had to separately buy an HDMI cable to DVI to connect two monitors.
  5. The UltraSharp monitor has more settings in the database.  In fact, the new monitor has not.
  6. The new physical buttons on the monitor are smooth, but add not much more than the glitter.  Not what I paid for.
  7. I was really hoping a chassis without tool.  He did not.  In fact, this matter is the exact opposite of "no tool".
  8. For desktop computers, the location of the center of media player, in the middle of the front of the case, makes sense.  But I put it on the floor (on a trolley).  I don't see when I put my CompactFlash card or a USB device into the connectors.  So it would make sense that future designs would allow the Center to move up above the external and placed disks at an angle.  The center of the whole being a USB device, such a system could be plug-and-play.  Owner simply moves the Center to the desired location.  Once the Center is far from the default location, external drives move downwards to fill that spot and make room for the new location of the Center at the top.  The current Center makes room for a floppy drive, but why?  There is no floppy connector on the motherboard.  I you happen to have a card PCI IDE of my old system and an IDE LS - 120 (bed LS-120 120 MB disks, and standard floppy disks), but I don't see the trouble.  Most of the people do not have those.  So either kill the 3.5 "Bay or something similar.
  9. It's a good thing that the door in front of the media center can be left out.  I never close these doors.  In fact, I have simply removed their cases.
  10. I'm upset that a $1300 computer does not come with VT - x support.

I hope that Dell will improve their products, based on my experience.

Will Pittenger

Thank you for the interesting comments on the PC.

Bev.

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