bb501

You can find Dell's XPS 8700 Owners Manual in PDF form, here:

ftp://ftp.dell.com/Manuals/all-products/esuprt_desktop/esuprt_xps_desktop/xps-8700_Owner%27s%20Manual_en-us.pdf

Bev.

Hi BB501,

Google will find them as well. For whatever reason, the support site is not showing any manuals today.

John,

God bless Google. LOL

Bev.

Steve, the link that shesagordie gave you is correct. I don't think any manuals come with the new p.c.'s anymore. I also  had to download the manual. Get lots of paper and ink. 86 pages worth. Should be a discount from dell, you are lucky it even came in a box and not a bubble wrap. Dell sounds like a bunch of easter peeps, cheap, cheap, cheap!

                                                                                                          catsam

U r absolutely right Catsam!  Few years back when I bought my Dell CPS 420 I was suitably impressed by the whole package, i.e. it came with a manual in a nice padded binder, it included all the diks i would ever need to reinstall anything and it even came with its own special Dell mousepad.   Now the XPS 8700 I rec'vd in Nov has none of that cachet so it seems Dell will hasten the death of the desktop PC by shortchanging the very buyers of them!  Even the Dell website is a poor imitation of what is used to be.  In the past, the links worked. Now, it seems a toss up on their operability.  Even the options Dell offers are incongruous with common sense, e.g. I had to buy my RAM elsewhere since Dell would only alalow me to purchase half of the stated RAM capacity of the machine.  Similar issues with their offerings on SSD, wireless keyboard & mice, etc. The company that once knew how to do it right, is now learning how to do it all wrong.   

Steve, the link that shesagordie gave you is correct. I don't think any manuals come with the new p.c.'s anymore. I also  had to download the manual. Get lots of paper and ink. 86 pages worth. Should be a discount from dell, you are lucky it even came in a box and not a bubble wrap. Dell sounds like a bunch of easter peeps, cheap, cheap, cheap!                                                                                                           catsam

catsam

When I purchased a Dimension 8400 in 2005, Dell was no longer shipping hard copies of their owners manual, it was in an application on the hard drive, this very handy when/if the hard drive failed.

Bev.

The link to the manual is also available on your computer if you open My Dell tile on the Start Screen and select Support.

yepper! agree, in 2002 I bought  dimension 4550 which still runs pretty good. It's not just dell, but it seems everything you buy you have to download a damn manual for whenever you have problems or questions. Hey, not everyone has a computer, or can afford long distance calls for tech support only to be put on hold. Two years ago I bought an asus laptop for my wife and had great support. Dell has really gone downhill.

                                                                                                                                                               catsam

yepper! agree, in 2002 I bought  dimension 4550 which still runs pretty good. It's not just dell, but it seems everything you buy you have to download a damn manual for whenever you have problems or questions. Hey, not everyone has a computer, or can afford long distance calls for tech support only to be put on hold. Two years ago I bought an asus laptop for my wife and had great support. Dell has really gone downhill.                                                                                                                                                                catsam

catsam

I cannot say that about Asus, purchased a video card with a three warranty March last year, the card failed in 10.2013, still have not have received the replacement, had to use the Oakland/Bay Area BBB, to get answers/replies from Asus.

 Just Faxed Asus the completed forms I received early today, back to them [again], hopefully this sorry situation will end soon and I'll be sent the new card, but somehow I have my doubts!!!!

Bev.

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Wow, that really bites! Actually in reality, I'm not quite so sure that any manufacturer these days really care about anything that happens after the point of sale. They seem to feel that everything is just "throwaway" so just go out and buy a new one.