macnn/electronista
11/16/2007, 1:10pm, EST
Friday, November 16thDell quietly intros XPS ONE all-in-one PC
Despite the lack of a formal announcement, Dell today has released the XPS ONE, its first all-in-one desktop and one widely understood to be influenced by the iMac. Similar to the Gateway One, the Dell system earns its name by reducing the number of cables needed: when using Wi-Fi and a wireless keyboard/mouse combo set, the XPS requires only the power cord. Unlike the Gateway system, however, Dell's adds media keys to the keyboard with haptic (vibration) feedback, an integrated touchpad for pointing without using the mouse, and media controls embedded into the 20-inch display's bezel.
The Texas PC maker hopes to improve on the Apple and Gateway systems by including a desktop processor. The base $1,499 model uses Intel's integrated X3100 graphics but is driven by a 2.2GHz Core 2 Duo along with 2GB of standard memory; it also comes with a hybrid analog/digital TV tuner, remote, and 250GB of storage as well as an 8-in-1 card reader. A special copy of Adobe Elements Studio is also bundled with every system to provide photo and video editing out of the box, Dell says.
Systems can be ordered today but ship late this month; higher-end models add a Radeon HD 2400 Pro dedicated video chipset as well as larger storage, wireless headphones, and a Blu-Ray writer on the flagship $2,399 version.
, 
, 17
, 
, 
, 
, 
, 
, 
Top
subscribe to comments
for this article
I suppose it does include a tv tuner of sorts, and a card reader ($20?)
What a deal.
For an extra $500 (total $1999) you can get a dell with a 2400 and a bigger Hard drive. (the iMac with a better graphics card - Radeon 2600 is $1650. . . and it has a faster CPU).
I guess I'm missing something.
henjiin blabbers: "but then Jobs doesn't play games.. probably doesn't text..."
You are correct, he probably does neither - you may also have noticed that he is very, very successful -- and you, or most gamers, are not. I'm sure that's just a coincidence. I mean, wasting hours and hours of your day staring at a screen and achieving nothing has absolutely no bearing on your life...
rjwill246 states: "-- that we even consider gaming on a phone to be "critical." It says a lot about where are brains are- and it's not positive."
...and you are 100% correct -- high-fives on that observation.
So that when you press the key, and then Dell/Windows does nothing because of lack of drivers (or conflicting drivers), you will know that although nothing happens, you have pressed the key.
Wow, no upgrade abilities? They took a lot more from the iMac then I first thought.
BTW, the product isn't actually official until the 19th (according to the teaser) so I wouldn't necessarily trust the options pages until then.
I'm not saying the iMac is much in the way of upgradable but it is better than this thing.
Farts in the garage are less likely to draw criticism, too.