Dell's XPS ONE now on sale

Shortly after being leaked, revealed, unclothed and paraded around in public, Dell's 20-inch XPS ONE is finally available to the masses. Up now on company's webstore are four pre-configured systems, with the high-ender rocking a Intel Core 2 Duo E6550 processor, 2GB of DDR2 RAM, Bluetooth 2.0, an 8-in-1 multicard reader, 802.11a/b/g/n WiFi, 256MB ATI Radeon HD 2400 PRO graphics set, and a 500GB 7,200 RPM SATA hard drive. Additionally, you can snag a built-in Blu-ray burner and a hybrid analog / digital TV tuner to keep the TV / film buffs happy, but expect to throw down between $1,499 and $2,399 depending on options.

[Thanks, Joshua]

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 16th 2007 4:15PM]

You have to torn either apart for hard drive upgrades, as far as I can tell, but upgrading the memory won't void your warranty, as it was designed with it in mind.

[mab Posted Nov 16th 2007 2:29PM]

Where are the HDMI ports?

[axual Posted Nov 16th 2007 4:18PM]

Dell just does not get it ... they need to BEAT Apple at their game if they are serious. Instead they come out with a more expensive, plastic, less tasty to the eyes design that runs, well Vista I guess.

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 16th 2007 6:23PM]

Buying a relatively low-end model for home use:

iMac ($1199)
- 2.0GHz processor with 4MB cache
- 1GB RAM
- 250GB hard drive
- 128MB HD2400XT
- iLife '08
- Keyboard and mouse
- Apple Remote

XPS One ($1499)
- 2.2GHz processor with 2MB cache
- 2GB RAM
- 250GB hard drive
- Integrated graphics
- Adobe Elements Studio
- Keyboard and mouse
- TV Tuner with remote
- Media card reader

A media card reader is ~$10.
A gig of RAM is ~$50.
The processor & graphics on the XPS One are worse.
TV Tuner isn't a must have for some people.

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 16th 2007 9:02PM]

Anyone else here slightly baffled at Dell's offering for 'The Music One'?!?

Looking at Dells spec sheet, the system is IDENTICAL to 'The Essential One', albeit with a 2yr warranty, and a set of headphones added. Going through the checkout process, you can actually remove both of these options from your system (essentially turning it back into 'the essential one'). Perhaps it's just Dell being tight fisted, but you don't save so much as a cent by taking the extended warranty, and the mediocre headphones.

Certainly sounds like a case of making a machine fit around a name; 'The [insert-witty-name-here] One'.

As for the machine itself... Yeh, I am disappointed at the specs, and yeh I think it's let down by its limited customability... however I will still likely buy one when they reach UK soil.

iMac might well be top-dog spec wise, and perhaps better value for money, but i prefer the look of this to the offerings made by Apple. Plus, Apple products go 'out of fashion' before you can unbox the damn items...There's always a revised, slimmer, shinier, non-finger-print-leaving product to add to their lineup. That's not to say Dell won't do the same if they are on to a real winner... only time will tell.

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 17th 2007 1:56AM]

OK, I have to say this, just for the hell of it. Can this thing play DOOM? ROFL...

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 17th 2007 2:16AM]

And ok, more serious note. I've been building my own PCs for the past 10 years, I had 5 PCs total, all with high end specs; and then bought 2 Mac laptops. I do give Mac a thumb up for their creativity and unparalleled performances, stability and immune to most viruses. I love PC because it’s compatibilities, and simply cheaper (at least few years back). Each has their own pros and cons. As Steve Job once said “Bill Gates has no taste.” It’s the style, the elegance of the design and its software that we loved about Mac, the ipod, and the itune. Microsoft won the war long time ago. It is fair to say Mac is ahead of the game right now. As for dell, they picked windows, not Linux, nor partner with Apple, it’s just a choice they made when Microsoft was the winner, that’s why Dell’s stocks has been falling, ever since the Apple’s stocks were going up. I personally invested a lot of money into the Apple stocks, because I know it’s the innovation that makes the differences in the future. Computer specification will be advancing constantly, only those who can put all the parts together beautifully are the winner. After all, we are not fighting for AMD or Intel (at least for you who buy retail PCs); we are judging who got a computer that makes our life easier, and happier.

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 19th 2007 12:22PM]

I am surprise there is no mention of HP IQ775.

http://www.shopping.hp.com/product/desktops/IQ775_series/rts/4/computer_store/GN583AA%2523ABA