Dell introduces "future proof" Vostro 430 desktop
By Donald Melanson 
posted Oct 1st 2009 12:32PM
posted Oct 1st 2009 12:32PM
Ah, the future. Full of uncertainties and possibilities, yet one constant remains: the Vostro 430. Designed from the ground up to withstand global upheavals like Windows 7, this humble little box is fully configurable with your choice of Core i5 or Core i7 processors and ATI or NVIDIA discrete graphics, along with up to 16GB of RAM, 1TB of storage, an optional Blu-ray drive, a 19-in-1 memory card reader, a couple of PS/2 and serial ports to support your older devices and, of course, plenty of room for further expansion (including no less than 10 USB ports). Best of all, it boasts a starting price of just $699, with some fairly high-end options still well within reach under the $1,000 mark.
Cool but what fits in the high-end criteria for under $1000?
I'm assuming not USB 3.0, not SATA 6gb, not PCI-E 3.0 and not ummm...light peak?
Totally future-proof!
Vostro is a piece of JUNK! My buddy bought one and
died after 6 months. It is noisy as hell too!
16gb of ram
16GB? Maybe, maybe not.
http://www.dell.com/us/en/business/desktops/vostro-430/pd.aspx?refid=vostro-430&s=bsd&cs=04
Support for up to 8GB of DDR3 SDRAM lets you add memory when you need it.
8 and 16 are weird numbers for Core i7s. They are triple channel, so you'd expect 6gb, 12gb, etc.
@Mio: The new Lynnfield Core i5/i7 on the P55 chipset are dual channel
Now that's an investment!! Probably gonna sell my computer for this baby! WOW
a better question: does it HAVE USB3.0 ports? b/c it would be such a lame excuse to advertise the usb backward compatibility as being future proof now that USB3.0 products are spotted in shows.
All under 1000?! Eat your heart out, Mac Pro.
Rabid Apple fanpoodle rebuttal in 3...2...1...
OMG You were exactly right! Look at macjonny!
You can't write this stuff ^^...
I am SHOCKED to discover that a single socket machine is cheaper than a dual socket machine.
Jeez... will everyone shut up already with the 3..2..1.. jokes?
No kidding a dual-socket machine is more expensive, but to think that constitutes a $2400 price tag, is asinine.
@E71: As soon as people stop proving it to be accurate then I'm sure it will stop. Until then, continuous stupidity in 3...2...1....
This question can finally be answered, with yes!
Does that mean I get to have some fugly POS Dell black box around forever too!? Does it come with my own personal support help from India as well? Hot-diggity sign me up! Maybe I can keep my viruses and spyware when I upgrade my hard drive!
If your dumb enough to get a virus you deserve it. If you are too stupid to figure out problems and you feel the need to call customer service you deserve to talk to a person that barely speaks english and doesn't know anything. If you are so stupid that you can't service your own computer, then you don't deserve a computer.
@denrocks1
Tough day at the office?
everyone that has a mac is this dumb
That's a little harsh... plenty of people can't fix their own computers, so they don't deserve one?
I use Common Sense AV 2009 Corporate Edition for my anti-virus needs.
It serves me well.
Well it is a little harsh, but if you can't canvas the web for solutions or maybe talk to a friend or professional who can solve your problems, what will bitching about it do?
I had a virus, well it was spyware, on XP (That whole AVpro 2008 thing). I clicked a pop-up on mininova (yeah I'm a thief) and next thing you know the pop-up said "scanning computer for viruses". Then a red shield starting popping up on the taskbar and it wouldn't go away. It also had a window saying "C~DOCUME/Temp/tz71933.tmp failed to open" or something like that every time I turned the computer on. I searched the web and found a solution, an anti-malware remover, I think it was MalwareBytes, and I also got CCcleaner (recommended from my friend. He also told me to cancel the process in TaskManager every time it popped up). Eventually, I got rid of that little problem, and my computer was running fine after that. Many people can fix their problems computer on their own, and many people can't. In this day and age though, how hard is it to find someone to help you?
Just wait 'till dell puts this machine here:
http://www.dell.com/content/topics/segtopic.aspx/linux_3x?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs
No thanks. I'd still take 7 over Linux.
My father actually got a virus when going to the windows site to update without installing McAffe first.
Moral of the story, PC's get viruses. I know firsthand
Future Proof!..... Nothing is future proof, next year they'll release a better one, the year after an even better 1etc. Lucky im not fool who is slave to to the consumer market.
It's ALREADY outdated! Where is USB 3.0?
I bet this thing has pci express slots
"Lucky im not fool who is slave to to the consumer market."
So in other words, you're broke.
Future proof... yeah right.
They better give us a refund if this thing can't play Grand Theft Auto 6 when it comes out.
More like ... future resistant.
So USB 3? That would seriously help with future-proofing.
Yeah, cause nothing says 'future-proof' like 10 USB 2.0 ports.
ohhhh it's not 10 USB 2.0..
it's 5 pairs of USB 4.0!
see, if you do a little math it would start to make sense!
MUST BUY, GREAT FUTURE-PROOF PC, GREAT AD!!!!1!!1 A+++++++++++
+1
Future Proof killer... 10 almost obsolete USB 2.0 ports (just assuming since they didn't scream 3.0)
Future proof in IT gets out of date in 3 weeks
USB 2.0 will be around for a while yet. Few devices need usb 3.0...
"Future proof" Is this going to be like the old emachines that said "nerver obsolete" on the front of the case. Oh how obsolete those are now
Say Core i5/7?, More than 4 GB of RAM?
The new question to ask should be whether it can run USB 3.0 devices. If not, so much for future-proofing.
future proof? meaning non-proprietary PSU and ATX support?
One PCIe slot for USB 3.0, One PCIe slot for LightPeak, or One GPU that takes up both PCIe slots. Those are the real questions we enthusiasts have to ask.
No 5 1/4" floppy drive, no sale.
Similarly, no floptical drive, no deal.
"(near) future proof" sure
Future Proof? Never Obsolete indeed... http://imgur.com/Nhig3.jpg
The $699 base only has Vista Home Basic, 1GB RAM and 80GB hard drive, 512MB ATI Radeon HD 4350, and DVD-ROM. That means no free "future proof" upgrade to Windows 7.
Upgrading to $759 (after $114 instant savings) gives Vista Home Premium (free upgrade to Windows 7 Home Premium), 2GB RAM, 250GB hard drive, 1GB NVIDIA GeForce GT220, and DVD-RW. Not bad, but not great.
The Dell website only offers up to 4GB RAM, though that is appropriate since they also only offer 32-bit versions of Windows.
Maxing this out hardware-wise, but with no monitor and with the software and support minimums, runs over $2k. That gives:
• Intel® Core™ i7-870 (2.93GHz 8MB L3 Cache)
• 1TB Serial ATA Hard Drive (7200RPM) w/DataBurst Cache™
• 4GB Dual Channel DDR3 SDRAM 1333MHz - 2DIMMs
• Dual Drives: Blu-ray Disc Writer (Writes to BD/DVD/CD) and DVD-ROM
• 1GB NVIDIA GeForce ® GTS240 (DVI, DVI, S-video)
• Dell 19-in-1 Media Card Reader
• Data/Fax Modem plus Dell 1525 Wireless-N PCIe Card
• IEEE 1394a Adapter
• Creative Sound Blaster® X-Fi Xtreme Audio
Not so great a deal, in my book.
Note that this "supports...multi-touch technology" but doesn't include a monitor...
And as far as I can find, Dell doesn't offer a multi-touch monitor, other than integrated in the laptops and all-in-ones.