Technology Matters
Posts tagged dell
Dell Latitude 2110 Netbook
Sep 3rd
A very brief review of the Dell Latitude 2110 Netbook (USA people click HERE). There is a few good reasons why this might suit your needs over the Acer and others out there and the price range is $400+ or £289 – a lot depends on the specs your choose of course such as operating system, memory and hard drive etc. This is just an overview as I only had one day to take a look at this device and get it ready with Windows XP.
Dell Latitude E6400 Laptop
May 1st
Recently at work I moved from a Desktop to a Laptop, full specification after the break. The Desktop I had was also a Dell Model but featured 1GIG Ram, Windows XP Pro, Dual Core P4 Range (they are about 3 years old) and basically the desktop ran very SLOW indeed compared to what I was used to. Let us first go through the complete check list of specs to get us started:
Fanboys
Apr 19th
It is a well worn subject of the Mac vs. The PC (They mean windows right), we have Xbox360 vs. PS3, iPhone vs. Android and the list goes on. While there is a need to think what you have or what choice you make on buying something matters, the reality is the people who are making the stuff are lining there pockets with the money the Fan boys spend on this gear they think is so wonderful. I aim to discuss what I think the reason this all comes about and to dispel some myth’s along the way if I can.
Dell C840 Laptop – Another Linux Fail
Mar 30th
I dug out yet another Old Laptop – this time A Dell Latitude C840. The Tech specs I shall post in one second but for this exercise, I choose to download Ubuntu 10.04 Beta One (been new and all) and went to work installing Ubuntu plus working with Compiz to give me a radical 3D Desktop – this was not to be as you shall soon find out..
Dell R900 Server – 24 cores and 128GIG Ram
Mar 11th
We got in some new servers at work, this been the Dell R900 4U Servers and what peaked my interest was the fact that this servers comes with 2x 6 core Xeon CPU’s – that’s 12 Cores of 2.4Ghz Power. It is easy sometimes to forget what is going on in the server / business world when sitting at home and looking at awe at the 8 Core (2 x 4) Mac Pro or the new 6 Core I7 CPU. This post is just to serve as a means to show you what you can get, this is for a box that might run 12 virtual servers and maybe not quite suited to playing the latest games (the noise would annoy you too much anyhow – its like a jet taking off).
Dell DataSafe Online
Mar 11th
When I got my Dell computer, along bundled with the software was Dell DataSafe Online - this is a free online service (with 2GIG Plan) to allow you to automate backing up for pictures, documents and other important files on a daily, weekly or monthly basis. While I discarded this to begin with – I have took another look at this and will explain how it works and how it is different from say dropbox.
Dell Optiplex 160 – Overview
Jan 19th
Came across one of these the other day and found it quite an interesting idea for business needing a very small form factor computer which can be fitted behind a monitor / TV to drive a simple application. The goal of this machine is not power due to it been driven by an Atom CPU but its very small indeed and has the power supply fitted inside (no power brick).
Dell SP2309W Monitor Review
Jan 6th
This is an initial overview and brief review of the Dell SP2309W Monitor, I made a brief video which shows what it looks like on the desk as well as direct capture from the in-built webcam. This monitor was bought to replace 2×20” TFT Widesceen (1680×1050) which were attached direct to the wall via a wall mount.
Dell SP2309W 23inch Monitor
Dec 29th
I have been looking at getting some real estate in the monitor front for a while now and looked at various models. My Current biggest monitor is the 21″ which comes in at 1680×1050 and remember the issue her is resolution not how big the monitor is because after all if that was the case I might as well stick a 42″ TV on the wall and run it at 1920×1080 – yes it will be big but silly when you can get the same resolution from a cheap 22″.
Free Windows 7 Home Premium from Dell
Oct 22nd
Microsoft allowed anyone buying a new pc between July onwards this year to upgrade from Vista to Windows 7 for Free and as I bought a Refurbished Dell – then I added my system tag to the said list and waited. Now a big company like Dell or Microsoft you would expect the wonders of automation and an email to be sitting inside my inbox telling me it was ready to ship right? Well no – a big company like dell like to make YOU do all the hard work it seems – shame on you Dell.
