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XPS 700 in Germany
Hallo,
ist hier sonst noch jemand, der einen XPS 700 bestellt hat und sich fragt, ob die Option für den Wechsel vom Pentium zum Core 2 auch für uns aus Deutschland gilt?
Ich habe mich bereits per E-Mail an Dell gewendet und habe Bezug auf den Dell Weblog und dieses Forum genommen, was allerdings bisher nicht wirklich hilfreich war.
Ich würde mich über Kommentare anderer XPS 700-Besteller aus Deutschland freuen.
EDIT: Ok, I'll try to translate myself.
Hello,
is there somone else here, who ordered a XPS 700 and wants to know (or already knows), if the option for the change of the Pentium to a Core 2 processor is also valid for us in Germany.
I sent E-Mails to Dell and took reference to the Dell Weblog and this forum in it, but so far this wasn't realy helpful.
I would be pleased about any comments of other XPS 700 customer from Germany.
ist hier sonst noch jemand, der einen XPS 700 bestellt hat und sich fragt, ob die Option für den Wechsel vom Pentium zum Core 2 auch für uns aus Deutschland gilt?
Ich habe mich bereits per E-Mail an Dell gewendet und habe Bezug auf den Dell Weblog und dieses Forum genommen, was allerdings bisher nicht wirklich hilfreich war.
Ich würde mich über Kommentare anderer XPS 700-Besteller aus Deutschland freuen.
EDIT: Ok, I'll try to translate myself.
Hello,
is there somone else here, who ordered a XPS 700 and wants to know (or already knows), if the option for the change of the Pentium to a Core 2 processor is also valid for us in Germany.
I sent E-Mails to Dell and took reference to the Dell Weblog and this forum in it, but so far this wasn't realy helpful.
I would be pleased about any comments of other XPS 700 customer from Germany.
Message Edited by RagnarK on 08-02-200606:36 PM
johndoe777
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Posted August 2nd, 2006 15:00
Nope, he is asking the same thing that everybody is saying... XPS 700 in Germany has been delayed for the same Core 2 delay, thast what I could understand from his german... I have lareyd forgotten how to read it... so long time.
Wir haben keine Datum fur das, Dual 2 ist nicht jetz "release", so wie can nur warten...
- I am in the market for a XPS 700 in Germany also but I am not going to order until they actually can build them. Currently Dell is still lying as they say on the German website ' Due to unexpect high demand there is a longer delivery time for the XPS 700'.
They also charge to much for the upgrade to a Dou Core processor. I would wait until the prices reflect more real market conditions and they actually have a product they can actually deliver.
The Nvidia chipset for the Intel Duo Core is not released yet and that is what the XPS 700 will use so more waiting time ahead. My guess it will be around the end of August before a Duo Core XPS 700 will leave a Dell factory be it in US or Europe. - In europe only the black version with the 750W power supply is 'available'. It is impossible to ship a product that will be able to support the Duo Core processor and have Nvidia chipset. Dell says that all XPS 700 do support the Duo Core either direct or via upgrade and the would use the Nvidia chipset in order to do that. That chipset is not there yet (even for Dell).
I do not believe they are so desperate to start shipping with a Intel Chipset (the only one currently available) and a completly different motherboard. The docs currently state they use Nvidia chipset, the only thing they could do is use the 'old' Nvidia chipset but that would limit support to the Pentium D series processor and that is not what they are saying. @johndoe777 wrote:
For sure he got the silver one... that one is not the black Dual Core or Core Duo 2, so he might have gotten light the very first simple XPS 700! We should ask him about the specs of the computer, as far as I know and understand the XPS 700 is going on 2 variants, black and silver, black has a power supply of 1000W... that one is the one with the Duo2, but the silver one is...[Pentium D]
The color choices are red or black on the front (the front color is also used on the back). Both have aluminum (silver color) sides. The color of the sides is hard to tell in some of the Dell photos because the photos are very dark. The red one has a special 1000 watt power supply and it was advertised as only being available in the Americas. Everything else is pretty much the same regardless of color. The three choices you see on the Dell site are just different starting points for you to configure your own. All of them support Core 2 Duo (codename Conroe). I've seen posts of two XPS 700s that shipped, but they came with Pentium D. Intel won't let anyone ship Core 2 Duo machines before August 8. I believe Core 2 Extremes have been allowed to ship for a few days (but Dell has its own XPS 700 delays of course and nothing but Pentium D has shipped).
DroppedAtBirth (Pentium D 950) points to his XPS 700 blog and (blurry) photos (including benchmarks) in this message:
Secret__Squirrel is in the UK and points to his XPS700 photos (and benchmarks) in this message:
- Ok, news from XPS 700 order in Germany.
- My XPS700 order date was 7th July (order status says so).
- At 26th July I asked (webinterface) when I'll probably receive my XPS 700.
- At 26th July I got the answer (e-mail) that the expected delivery time is 35 days and they appologize for that and they could offer me a free Dell 5.1 speaker system after delivery because of the long waiting time.
- At 26th July I accecpted that offer (also e-mail)
- At 26th July I asked (webinterface) for an update to the upcoming Core 2 Extreme
- No answer
- At 27th July I asked (phone) for an update to the Core 2 Extreme. The answer was, that I can NOT upgrade. I had to cancel and redo my order without all special offers (approximately 700€ more for the same order) if I want a Core 2. I said that I don't want that.
- At 2nd August I got an e-mail from Trusted Shops which said that I should already have got my order. If I didn't I should contact them.
- At 2nd August I answered (e-mail) that I haven't got my order because of a delay of one week in case of choosing payment method financing.
- At 2nd August they answered, that they have got the message that I haven't got my order and that they'll ask Dell for a statement because of that.
- At 4th August I got a new e-mail of Trusted Shops. They told me, that they updated the delivery date and that they got a statement from Dell, which says they could NOT confirm a safe delivery date.
- Also at 2nd August I asked (e-mail to Dell) a few questions. a) Upgrade to Core 2 without cancelation, b) Delivery date after upgrade, c) Delivery delays without upgrade
- At 2nd August I got the answer to question a). It is not possible to upgrade without cancelation of the order because of payment method financing. No further answer to question c).
- At 2nd August I answered that I'd like to have answers to ALL questions. Also I wanted to know if a gift card is possible when an upgrade is impossible.
- At 2nd August I got an answer. No answer to the gift card question.
- Today (8th August) I wrote an e-mail to Dell and asked what we can do because of the falling Pentium CPU prices (up to 40% from order date until now)
- At 8th August I got the offer of an account of 130€ after delivery.
- At 8th August I accepted this offer.
Maybe this story is interesting for someone else. If something is difficult to understand because of my english, just ask me I'll try to explain.
Agent_of_the_no
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Posted August 2nd, 2006 13:00
Hello, here otherwise still is someone, which ordered a XPS 700 and asks oneself, whether the option for the change from the Pentium applies to the core 2 also to us from Germany? I turned already by E-Mail to Dell and took reference to the Dell Web log and this forum, which however so far was not really helpful. I would be pleased about comments of other XPS 700-Besteller from Germany. Ordered: XPS 700 "x-treme"