Dell rolls out Vostro 220, 220s, 420 desktops

Dell's Vostro line may not be everyone's cup of tea, but the company certainly doesn't seem to have any trouble moving 'em out the door, and it's now seen fit to give it's line of Vostro desktops a bit of a refresh. That includes new Vostro 220, 220s (pictured above), and 420 models, which start at a mere $319 but boast enough configuration options to push things up well past the $2,000 mark. The majority of those options are reserved for the full-size 420 model, which includes seven PCI / PCIe expansion slots and an eSATA connector to expand your external storage options. All three can also be configured with optional Blu-ray drives, and a whole host of processors ranging from a lowly Celeron or Pentium Dual-Core to a top-end Core 2 Duo, or even a Core 2 Quad on the 420. Hit up the link below to start configuring.

[Tajrian Talukder @ Oct 16th 2008 3:27PM]

First!!!!!

[oZone @ Oct 16th 2008 3:35PM]

Dumbass.

[Joseph @ Oct 16th 2008 7:20PM]

I suppose depends how you look at it

[ProjecT TimeZ @ Oct 16th 2008 3:34PM]

Fuck off Tajrian.

[who? @ Oct 16th 2008 4:27PM]

Think of the children!!!

[papu @ Oct 16th 2008 3:45PM]

no press conference?
No bloggers?
no 10 news items and further round up?
no fanboy comments ?

Oh wait this company Macs computers Not Fashion Accesories :P

Nice new Pc's

[papu @ Oct 16th 2008 3:45PM]

fs ;/ makes

[helmecj01 @ Oct 16th 2008 3:56PM]

Dell come with the new Dell OptiPlex 360

http://www.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/desktop-optiplex-360?c=us&cs=04&l=en&s=bsd

[matey87 @ Oct 16th 2008 3:50PM]

what is this first pish?

[Crooked Style @ Oct 16th 2008 4:00PM]

420? what they have been smoking? Oh wait....

[pavlindrom @ Oct 16th 2008 4:24PM]

I hate "oh wait" comments. It drives me crazy. Say what you mean straight away, not after an essay.

[Edward @ Oct 16th 2008 5:14PM]

the vostro line are pretty decent small business or home productivity machines. i have a vostro 200. the only thing that piss me off is that it cannot see 4GB of RAM no matter what OS you run on, x64 XP? x64 Vista? x64 Linux? nope, you're still limited to 3.25GB.

dell probably did that at the motherboard level. these are probably all new 8GB max desktops but it would be nice if they did a BIOS update on the first vostros to give me my memory back.

[Ashwin @ Oct 16th 2008 6:01PM]

It's not Dell's fault, it's the Intel chipset. If you bought your computer with an Intel desktop/laptop chipset before 2007, it will not recognize more than 3.25GB of RAM. Dell can'

[Jughead @ Oct 16th 2008 6:51PM]

TheLostBrain took care of that http://www.thelostbrain.com/ get his modified 1.0.15 BIOS that gives you RAID 0/1/5 options as well as 64bit addressing to achieve 4+ GB with a 64bit OS. I have his BIOS installed on all my Vostro 200 and 400's at work.

[Boards of Canada @ Oct 16th 2008 7:48PM]

I have a vostro 200 3ghz... incredible little machine! and soooo silent. I did not know about that issue... I have only 3gb then I guess im ok!!

it work wonder with big documents, 1gb photoshop files or big 12000*8000 pixels images in After Effects. Same performance as a Xeon for a quarter of the price!

Dell = job done and more money in my pockets!

(I even got a dell 30inches for 800$ from Dell.jp, best deal ever, perfect for watch all my HD movies)

[Joel @ Oct 16th 2008 6:09PM]

A few years ago Dell set out to create a differentiated product line targetting small businesses. Whilst I think Inspiron and Latitude range is still sexier these models now look much better than their ancestors. Price performance is nice.

[Trent @ Oct 16th 2008 6:21PM]

I don't see why the Vostro line gets so much flack, they're solid computers, to not have to run a decrapifier while getting prices as good or better than those with trial software is a blessing. Not to mention they're pretty solid machines despite having soviet like simple designs. I don't know if the customer support is different for business consumers or not, but I recently called to get a new power adapter that was under warranty, and it was there in one business day, no special shipping requested.

I know this sounds like a Dell jerk off post, but I've dealt with them a lot over the years, and the Vostro line has been my only pleasant experience with them.

[Jon Doe. @ Oct 16th 2008 6:30PM]

Dear Dell,

Where the fuck are your next gen of XPS laptop systems. Screw the Vostro. Damn laptops are almost a year old without an upgrade. And don't tell me to go Studio. Those systems specs are only OK. They aren't all that powerful.

[Jughead @ Oct 16th 2008 7:01PM]

Kudos on the GigE but why not eSATA and Firewire on their Vostro 200 motherboards.. Kind of ridiculous. If you have a SB Audigy2 or PCI Firewire card with a 9pin header you can get the front panel insert for the Vostro 200/400/220/420 from Dell for $10.99 http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/products/Cables/productdetail.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=bsd&cs=04&sku=GX940

[Boards of Canada @ Oct 16th 2008 7:51PM]

I have Firewire on mine (got it when customizing) and I buyed a eSata card for 19$...

[Adam @ Oct 16th 2008 7:08PM]

Does the 420 version come in sticky green?

[mnemonicj @ Oct 16th 2008 9:05PM]

Good thing I just picked up a Vostro 410 this week before the 420s came out. I got a 410 with a Intel Q6600, 2GB RAM, ATI 2400 HD, Windows Vista Business with XP Pro downgrade, etc. for $587 with shipping and taxes. Looks like I bought at the perfect time because that deal isn't available anymore, even on the 410s they are still selling.

I set it up yesterday as my media center and it works great!

[Backlin @ Oct 16th 2008 10:40PM]

Is that a computer or a monolith?