XPS 420 case design" Not sure abt it. Comments?

Been looking at buying an outlet XPS 420

Just not sure abt those frilly features such as the
small display on top of case!

I'm kind of a traditionalist and just want a good solid
case with few frills.

Are the "features" of the XPS case design really that
desirable in YOURE mind? In other words... try and
sell me on one. <G>

Thanks guys!

me@privacy.net wrote:

>Been looking at buying an outlet XPS 420
>
>Just not sure abt those frilly features such as the
>small display on top of case!
>
>I'm kind of a traditionalist and just want a good solid
>case with few frills.
>
>Are the "features" of the XPS case design really that
>desirable in YOURE mind? In other words... try and
>sell me on one. <G>
>
>Thanks guys!

Oh one other thing..... Id wipe Vista off the machine
and install XP Pro

The nicest thing about the case is the easy slide off side panel. I do
not care about the miniview screen which only works with Vista.

At the time I bought it, it had more pwerful processors availalbe for
it, in my case a 3.0ghz dual core which I decided on over the quad
core 2.66ghz. For a lot more $$$ there were more pwerful xtreme
processors.

I just recently got fed up with Vista since desktop explorer (not IE)
would crash several times a day (very common problem reported in the
Vista forums), killing Zone Alarms display. I could deal with the
explorer issue. The final straw was a brand new install of Quickbooks
2008 which would not start (widely reported issue on the quickbooks
forums with solution forthcoming from Intuit).

Dell does not support XP on the XPS 420, however there are pointers to
drivers in the dell forums. You will need a copy of XP SP2 for the
SATA drivers or a USB floppy. I kept the Vista install, imaged it and
bought a new SATA drive for XP.

Overall a very nice machine. Check the Dell outlet store, a few weeks
ago there were a bunch of them.

Mike

On Tue, 05 Feb 2008 15:37:52 -0600, me@privacy.net wrote:

>Been looking at buying an outlet XPS 420
>
>Just not sure abt those frilly features such as the
>small display on top of case!
>
>I'm kind of a traditionalist and just want a good solid
>case with few frills.
>
>Are the "features" of the XPS case design really that
>desirable in YOURE mind? In other words... try and
>sell me on one. <G>
>
>Thanks guys!

Michael Arm <marm@pobox.com> wrote:

>The nicest thing about the case is the easy slide off side panel. I do
>not care about the miniview screen which only works with Vista.

Yeah that mini view screen..... I don't know... not
sure that's a big thing with me or even if I want it
period

>Dell does not support XP on the XPS 420, however there are pointers to
>drivers in the dell forums. You will need a copy of XP SP2 for the
>SATA drivers or a USB floppy. I kept the Vista install, imaged it and
>bought a new SATA drive for XP.

Ahh.... OK that may be a deal breaker as I have no
interest in Vista at all right now

What abt the 530 or 531 desktop....can you get that
with XP?

me@privacy.net wrote:
> Michael Arm <marm@pobox.com> wrote:
>
>> The nicest thing about the case is the easy slide off side panel. I do
>> not care about the miniview screen which only works with Vista.
>
> Yeah that mini view screen..... I don't know... not
> sure that's a big thing with me or even if I want it
> period
>
>> Dell does not support XP on the XPS 420, however there are pointers to
>> drivers in the dell forums. You will need a copy of XP SP2 for the
>> SATA drivers or a USB floppy. I kept the Vista install, imaged it and
>> bought a new SATA drive for XP.
>
> Ahh.... OK that may be a deal breaker as I have no
> interest in Vista at all right now
>
> What abt the 530 or 531 desktop....can you get that
> with XP?
Go over to the small business site the Vostro 400 seems to be equivalent
and is available with XP without any hassles. You do not need to be a
business. Just call yourself [your last name] associates.

Pen <nospam@nospam.com> wrote:

>Go over to the small business site the Vostro 400 seems to be equivalent
>and is available with XP without any hassles. You do not need to be a
>business. Just call yourself [your last name] associates.

Ok

So the business side is the only way to get XP on a
dell machine?

Yep.

<me@privacy.net> wrote in message
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> Pen <nospam@nospam.com> wrote:
>
>>Go over to the small business site the Vostro 400 seems to be equivalent
>>and is available with XP without any hassles. You do not need to be a
>>business. Just call yourself [your last name] associates.
>
> Ok
>
> So the business side is the only way to get XP on a
> dell machine?

me@privacy.net wrote:
> Pen <nospam@nospam.com> wrote:
>
>> Go over to the small business site the Vostro 400 seems to be equivalent
>> and is available with XP without any hassles. You do not need to be a
>> business. Just call yourself [your last name] associates.
>
> Ok
>
> So the business side is the only way to get XP on a
> dell machine?
Actually I see that Dell has now offered the Inspiron 530 with XP. Check
the oulet also,which usually has many XP machines available.

Pen <nospam@nospam.com> wrote:

>Actually I see that Dell has now offered the Inspiron 530 with XP. Check
>the oulet also,which usually has many XP machines available.

Whoops...yes you are correct

I may have to go with a 530 or 531.... just not sure
abt that mini viewer thing on that XPS case

On Wed, 06 Feb 2008 12:25:38 -0500, Pen <nospam@nospam.com> wrote:

>me@privacy.net wrote:
>> Michael Arm <marm@pobox.com> wrote:
>>
>>> The nicest thing about the case is the easy slide off side panel. I do
>>> not care about the miniview screen which only works with Vista.
>>
>> Yeah that mini view screen..... I don't know... not
>> sure that's a big thing with me or even if I want it
>> period
>>
>>> Dell does not support XP on the XPS 420, however there are pointers to
>>> drivers in the dell forums. You will need a copy of XP SP2 for the
>>> SATA drivers or a USB floppy. I kept the Vista install, imaged it and
>>> bought a new SATA drive for XP.
>>
>> Ahh.... OK that may be a deal breaker as I have no
>> interest in Vista at all right now
>>
>> What abt the 530 or 531 desktop....can you get that
>> with XP?
>Go over to the small business site the Vostro 400 seems to be equivalent
>and is available with XP without any hassles. You do not need to be a
>business. Just call yourself [your last name] associates.

Out of curiosity, I checked the vostro 530 and it hight end chip was
lower than most of the XPS 420 and the price started getting up there.

It might be worth while to buy a copy of XP pro SP2 and find out if it
has SATA drivers. You can get an XPS 420 with a floppy or a USB
floppy.

Again, it also depends on how fussy you are about the case

Mike