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November 14th, 2006 23:00
XPS 700's FUTURE?
XPS 700's FUTURE?:smileysurprised: THIS IS THE PLACE TO BRING YOUR CONCERNS REGARDING THE FUTURE OF THE XPS 700. PLEASE POST YOUR ANSWER TO THE FOLLOWING FOUR QUESTIONS AND EMAIL THEM TO GBAKMARS AT AOL . ALSO PLEASE POST ANY OTHER CONCERNS, PRAISES, OR QUESTIONS REGARDING THE XPS 700.
1) WHAT WAS YOUR EPECTATION FOR THE XPS 700 WHEN YOU PURCHASED IT?
2) DID DELL MEET YOUR EXPECTATIONS?
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WHAT BOTHERS YOU ABOUT THE XPS 700 THAT WAS SHIPPED?
4) WHAT DO YOU WANT TO SAY TO DELL THAT WOULD IMPROVE THE XPS 700, MAKING IT THE
COMPUTER YOU EXPECTED?
If you want to see any of the old threads then click here. Chris has placed all 10 of the old XPS 700 threads under the FAQ, which is at the top of the hardware page. Thanks again Chris for taking care of all of us!
http://forums.us.dell.com/supportforums/board/message?board.id=xps_desk_genhdw&message.id=34957
Message Edited by gbakmars on 11-14-200608:27 PM
I did a little digging in the FAQ and the old posts about our XPS 700. Here is what I found.
CPU-Z reporting our motherboard as an Nvidia 570.
Dell responding to our inquiries. See ChrisM reply.
The proof of Dells lies. I guess Dell never counted on someone taking the heatsink off their chipset. Thank You llmc
http://forums.us.dell.com/supportforums/board/message?board.id=xps_desk_genhdw&message.id=36138
The FTC looks at what the ad does not say - that is, if the failure to include information leaves consumers with a misimpression about the product. For example, if a company advertised a collection of books, the ad would be deceptive if it did not disclose that consumers actually would receive abridged versions of the books.
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Message Edited by mjon13 on 11-14-200610:46 PM
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1) WHAT WAS YOUR EXPECTATION FOR THE XPS 700 WHEN YOU PURCHASED IT?I was expecting an upgradable computer with a chipset leveraged for the future. I expected a high performance gaming rig that was OC'able and supported by Dell.2) DID DELL MEET YOUR EXPECTATIONS?No. It is a nice machine for current games, but it NOT upgradable, barely OC'able and the chipset is awful.3) WHAT BOTHERS YOU ABOUT THE XPS 700 THAT WAS SHIPPED?The motherboard and BIOS that it was shipped with and the lack of upgradable options to replace it. The 710 mobo is NO upgrade for a gamer.4) WHAT DO YOU WANT TO SAY TO DELL THAT WOULD IMPROVE THE XPS 700, MAKING IT THECOMPUTER YOU EXPECTED?Please, pretty please, with sugar on top. Release a swapable mobo with the 680i chipset and the features enabled, reasonable OC'ing at a fair or discounted price. I love my case, processor and video cards, but the mobo is awful. PS an extra PCI slot wouldn't hurt either. :smileywink:pointguard1122
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Posted November 15th, 2006 01:00
Dell really needs to answer for this deception. An old chip (570) and an older chip (nf4)don't make a newer chipset (590). Why didn't Dell just come out and tell us that Nvidia made a bad chipset instead of delaying and lying about a lack of aluminum? This is downright criminal and we have the evidence to prove it now. At least they covered themselves with the exclusions on the 710.- Well guys if you haven't noticed by now WE are the only ones doing all the talking.Dell has yet to say a word about anything.NADA.ZIPPOZILCHWhen you have nothing positive to say, you say nothing, right?Of course when its the Wall Street Journal asking the questions its pretty darn hard to go deaf; dumb and blind like Dell has when 'responding" to all our repeated pleas for answers.I guess the only way to get their attention is through the press or the courts.This can only get worse if Dell continues to stand pat - and mute.How sad.
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Posted November 15th, 2006 03:00
Good luck fellas!!!tphillips63
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Posted November 15th, 2006 03:00
They won't, GB should have accepted the expense reimbursement since they blew us all off. Since the 710 is out, I had hoped for a mobo swap offer, even though it is only marginally better, it does have a couple of things I want. The BIOS OC on extreme CPU's and the QX6700 support that for some reason the 700 can't do.
Major bummer but I for one will never, ever again tell anyone to get a Dell PC, that will go back towards my old favorite Compaq, now HP with the Voodoo family, or simply an assemble yourself system.
Too bad for Dell, no matter what they think this bad faith from them and then my negative advertising will cost them sales.
I am now looking back to HP for all systems for business as well, servers included. The last 15 servers I bought only 2 were HP. That trend will not continue and I have had my sales rep calling to find out why I'm not ordering and I have not told him yet but I see no reason to stay with Dell any further.Scream_And_Fly
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Posted November 15th, 2006 05:00
Give it up dreamers - Dell is already moving on with the XPS 710.
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Posted November 15th, 2006 00:00
1) What were/are your expectations of the XPS 700?
2) What bothers you about the XPS 700 that was shipped?
3) WHAT DO YOU WANT TO SAY TO DELL THAT WOULD IMPROVE THE XPS 700, MAKING IT THE COMPUTER YOU EXPECTED?
Give us the motherboard you said sold us!
http://img214.imageshack.us/img214/3642/p1010077smallag9.jpg
Thanks llmc