What is the real difference between Inspiron 530 and Studio desktops?
They can be configured with the same components, Inspiron being
slightly cheaper but not so much that Studio could not be possible
buy, if there is some real better value to be had. Better chassi in

I am looking at getting one of these for the office, but am using a
Windows domain.  Does anyone know what specialised software is on
these boxes, because I would be looking at ripping the software off
and putting Vista Business on it (from a Microsoft EOpen license), and

i'm trying to configure an XPS420 for use as a general purpose machine, but
also to use as a PVR.  With Vista, one of the choices is vista32 w/digital
cable support.  is that simply support for a cable card??
there doesn't seem to be that option under vista 64 (which is my

I just ordered a Vostro 1310 refurb with a T8300 processor.
What are the odds it's the same one I just returned for credit
for not having the advertised T8300 processor but rather a
2x slower T5250 processor?

my battery/charge LED is blinking "4 orange 1 green" unless i take the
battery out...
does this mean my battery needs replaced? It still runs the computer.
second battery for this one, but i don't recall how old it is (12 to 24

I have a Dimension E521.On start up I get a black sceen and it says
Diskette Drive 0 seek Failure.And it says to click F1.I click on F1 and then
it will start.
Anyone know how to fix this and or how to reformate the whole unit?

One of the advantages of Fedex ground returns
is you can follow the box as it gets misrouted
Nov 28, 2008 4:12 PM On FedEx vehicle for delivery GROVE CITY, OH     
        1:56 PM Picked up GROVE CITY, OH     

Rang up Dell to place an order for an xmas present for my Nephew with a
price of £429, then realised that if i waited 7 days the Tax in the Uk was
going down from 17.5% to 15% , so was just about to ring off and they told
me if i order today they would knock another 2.5% off save ...

On a returned Vostro 1500, Dell shipped the return
box from the local Fedex office, where apparently
there's a supply; so that's pretty fast.
But the return label is for PRP Ground Service,

Another 'what is your opinion' question:
Given how big and how fast today's hard drives are...is there a need for
a 2nd internal hard drive (unless you're interested in RAID)? I can see
my next PC with one internal hard drive and an external hard drive (or

Anyone know what this is. My daughter is getting it on her dell
Lattitude 610, Google provides nothing useful.
Thanks,
mike

In looking through Dell's support site for a computer from my past
(that I'd really like to find a working example of!), I ran across
something known as a Dell SmartPC.
The picture that Dell shows looks like a Dimension 2100 desktop with a

A (apparently) motherboard died in my Vostro 1500.
The chat guy asks me to remote optical drive, HD
and RAM and try powering it on.
I got the optical drive out.

My boss has asked me to purchase a laptop for him. It will have to have
Xp on it. Other than that a decent processor and fast hard drive, don't
really need allot of storage. Most work it will be doing is web based so
a good wireless card is also priority. A full size keyboard and ...

I have a Dell Dimension 9100, bought in August 2005, with a card
reader for CF, SD and other cards. It won't read High Capacity SD
cards, such as the 16 GB cards I am using in a camera. I am not sure
if this is hardware limitation, or whether it could be resolved with a