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re: Dell Opens Up Social Media Sites to All Employees

Pete Steege — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:12:41 GMT

I've been amazed at how much more I've learned from "the market" on the web than I have from studies, interviews, etc.

Welcome to the conversation, Dell!

re: More Systems Now Part of Vertical Line Issue

AP — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 10:05:25 GMT

Hi All,

I have a problem can anyone please help me out, i have dell inspiron 1420. It has a Sim Socket under the battery, can i use the sim device to access internet with a sim card. I installed driver( downloaded from dell’s website) for that device, but the driver gives error ‘No Device Detected’. Also can you tell me is that sim device is mobile vendor specific or i can use it with any company sim card, actually i am in India.
Thanks in advance

re: Select Systems Now Available with Ubuntu 8.04

Igor — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 08:49:20 GMT

No Linux+Dell in Austria, simply we do not exist for Dell+linux, Dell ships only Microsof~.

I belive, that they have any obligations in respect to Microsof~.

re: Select Systems Now Available with Ubuntu 8.04

lp — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 08:09:08 GMT

so no luck for me to get Ubuntu for my Inspiron 1525, huh?

re: Dell Adds the NVIDIA 8800M GTX with Dual SLI Technology to the XPS M1730 Gaming Notebook

Hank — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 23:14:13 GMT

Steve,

You have a name of the rep you spoke with at customer care? They're throwing me around like a sack of potatoes from department-to-department.

re: 32 Pages of Paper in 17 Boxes

jonas mcflurry — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 22:33:08 GMT

patrick,

dell did not manufacture windows vista, microsoft did, so microsoft is to blame. i have an XPS laptop with vista, yep, it's really buggy. i have an HP desktop on windows vista as well, but guess what, it's still buggy! microsoft's strategy is to partner with pc manufacturers like acer, dell, hp, lenovo, etc. that's how microsoft got their billions. although these pc manufacturers do support windows problems, but to bash out the pc manufacturer is pointing a finger at the wrong guy. do what i do, bash out microsoft instead. or like what you said, go with apple instead. but just be warned with limited applications that are compatible with their software, if you want help, apple will charge you very expensive prices for their support. me? i would rather use ubuntu or redhat ;)

re: On-Demand Desktop Streaming

Bob Smith — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 21:21:37 GMT

HI Guys

Sorry I'm comming to this a bit late and as yet I don't think Dell have release this in the UK. Martijn asked how this was different to the SunRay system, one big nice to have with Sun and VDI is that you can disconnect from your session, walk up to another terminal and reconnect where you left off. Is the same possible with this.

re: Why Twebinars Rock

eric — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 19:55:49 GMT

wow that's pretty cool stuff. i never heard of a twebinar before but i wills ure check out the next one!

re: Updating system BIOS when running Ubuntu

sorena — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 19:19:06 GMT

hi math ,

i'm using hardy on xps m1330 and i should upgarde the bios but i have problem.

here's what i'v done:

i started with "sudo -i" and everything was fine until i enter " aptitude install $(bootstrap_firmware -a)" , it said http://paste.ubuntu.com/29693/.

i've installed "firmware-tools" by synaptec and entered last command again but this time it says it couldn't find any package.

http://paste.ubuntu.com/29695/

what shuld i do matt?.

when i

re: Making Support Easier Through Dell Support Center

Mark Butterfield — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 18:30:04 GMT

Warning to All!!!! Installing Dell Support Center caused my Windows Update to stop working (it hangs). It took many days and countless hours of troubleshooting to figure out this connection. If you decide to install Dell Support Center then run Windows Update immediately afterwords and make sure that it still works.