Talk:Dell Vostro

Relevancy Of Stats
These laptop specifications change often, and don't offer encyclopedic value. It seems like an ad for Dell. Admin of this page, please remove erroneous data. TekBoi &#91;Ali Kilinc&#93; (talk) 06:37, 18 November 2010 (UTC)
 * If you tell what data you feel is erroneous, I am happy to edit it Vostrouser (talk) 01:12, 26 March 2016 (UTC)
 * OK, I did what I could. Destop section is still a mess but I have no clue about them nor access to any data other than advertising material. Hope it's now better than it was. Vostrouser (talk) 05:09, 3 April 2016 (UTC)

Reinstated section: Known Issues
This section accurately states the known issues with Dell Vostro laptops. The beep-problem, the lack of stereo-mix, inclusion of Intellisonic speech enhancement, and all other issues I have addressed are verifiable. Furthermore, I have condensed them all into four concise paragraphs. As a Vostro 1700 owner I updated this section so that people worldwide have a quick and effective way to fix these specific problems. Without this article it can take one year to find these solutions. Please save this section for future reference. Only Vostro owners are permitted to revise this article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.172.56.93 (talk) 17:22, 25 August 2009 (UTC)


 * Wikipedia is NOT a guide to fix up your laptop. Known issues should be limited to widespread, serious, verifiable problems that is unique to this range (it's not just about your 1700 you know), like a battery recall or reliably measured overheating or the Nvidia graphics recall. Some sporadic beeping, custom firmware for the microphone and the lack of stereo-mix (wtf is that anyway?)? No. Also, forum sources are not WP:RS, and how can you say "because the copper radiator and fan keeps the core temperature between 53 and 73 degrees Celsius even during 12-hour gaming sessions of Prototype[TM]." is not OR? Finally, keep in mind this is an article on the Vostro range, and that your 1700 and its flaws are of an old revision. Your information will be out of date, incorrect, and misleading to most readers with newer or different sized Vostros. (And "Only Vostro owners are permitted to revise this article."? Sheesh WP:OWN much?) --antilivedT 18:57, 25 August 2009 (UTC)

Have a look at the Dell Vostro's monumental keyboard cock up. (Does it tell you something about Dell's quality control? It sure does to me...) http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/01/dells-vostro-keyboads-putting-the-hurt-on-uk-touch-typists/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/jacobgordon/2455618195/ http://www.techpowerup.com/59302/Dell-Vostro-1310-Keyboards-Come-with-Different-and-Incorrect-Keyboard-Layout-in-UK.html http://www.nowpublic.com/tech-biz/try-touch-typing http://hothardware.com/News/Dell-Gives-UK-Vostro-Laptop-Owners-the-Finger/ http://nexus404.com/Blog/2008/06/21/dell-still-selling-vostro-1310-1510-laptops-with-faulty-keyboards-our-readers-say-faulty-vostros-still-being-supplied/ http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2008/05/dell-vostro-exp/ http://www.reghardware.com/2008/06/25/dell_vostro_keyboard_cock_up/ And the BIOS cock up (not very well known because not many people do a bios upgrade): http://en.community.dell.com/dell-blogs/Direct2Dell/b/direct2dell/pages/europe-vostro-keyboard-issue-what-we-re-doing-comments.aspx

Removed section: Known Issues
There is no evidence saying that Vostros are made from year-old parts, as the 1500 i have came out within months of the Inspiron 1520, the only suitable twin. As well, Vostro laptops have up-to-date parts, if not the fastest. For example, on the Dell website, you can get a Vostro 2510 with a T9500 prcessor, which is very up-to-date. The video cards were also new when they came out, and the simple fact that Vostros look like Inspirons is no reason to say that they are Inspirons they couldn't sell. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.182.88.61 (talk) 18:35, 21 September 2008 (UTC)

Removed Section: Known Issues
I don't see this section as providing any encyclopedic value, and the writing needs serious cleanup. If anyone wants to have a go at integrating some of it into the article, here it is for posterity: Currently, many Vostro laptops suffer from three different issues - grainy WXGA+ screens, high pitched whiney noise (also known as the beep-problem) and loose batteries. Also there is a disturbing noise in the headphone jack, similar to the noise electrostatic interference creates, which cannot be reduced by the volume control panel. This is a hardware problem and to date, Dell has yet to release a final fix. But in spite of that, it should be noted that the Dell Vostro 1400 series has been shown to experience this problem with much more rarity. Because the headphone jack is placed at the front of the notebook, this problem seems to show up at    a much lower rate, if ever in the 1400 series. Dell is not responding appropriately to this issue, and the actual solution they give is to run RMClock (Windows only) to reduce the noise generation. This workaround solution has merely led to the hard drive's speed being increased, which has also led to the battery life being decreased.


 * I've reinstated the known-issues section. I'm not sure why you deemed it not of value - perhaps because someone might find it useful knowledge? Someone like me, for example. And now, the next person who wikis Dell's Vostro line can find it useful too, too. Huzzah! Unreadablecharacters (talk) 10:56, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Let me just move the bottom-dangling references section (with no title) up here with . I did not like how there were links right after the last section. (Practically touching my vostro 3750 question)   •ː•   3ICE   •ː•   18:36, 21 February 2018 (UTC)

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New photo, anyone?
Good god, people. Perhaps I'm old-fashioned, but I've always believed that when you're taking photos of objects that you want to detail in some way, it's best to, you know, angle the photograph so that it shows the object off informatively. That's to say, for example, when taking a photo of a tube of Smarties, you take it so's to shoot the width of the tube, rather than the white cardboard end-cap face-on, hiding the entire remainder of the packaging. Or, when taking a photo of a laptop, you take a photo of the laptop. Not just the bottom left corner of a few glowing lights blurred to oblivion, with the Windows desktop in the background. I observe that the Windows desktop appears to be in French, too. This lends more credibility to my theory that French people are just shit.

Anyway, anyone got any better photos of the Vostro to put up? Or shall I just buy a Vostro myself, and stick one up? Unreadablecharacters (talk) 11:10, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

Yepp, a new photo is needed - as the current one is s*** —Preceding unsigned comment added by 130.208.204.22 (talk) 15:08, 8 August 2008 (UTC)

Dell Vostro 1014_15
hey guys, don't you wanna start a dell vostro 1015 and 1014 new reliesed series? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.38.150.3 (talk) 10:46, 21 November 2009 (UTC)

2010
Hey - now its 2010, those mentioned computers seem old. 83.255.81.118 (talk) 14:17, 13 July 2010 (UTC)

History is a Good Thing. -96.233.19.113 (talk) 22:57, 23 July 2013 (UTC)

Dell Dimension
I am confused. The article says "Prior to Vostro, Dell's home and small business computers were sold under the same lines: Dimension for home and small business desktops, and Inspiron for home and small business portables. With the introduction of Vostro, the Dimension line was retired, .." However, Dimension was a desktop workstation according to that article. So how can Vostro replace Dimension? Rui &#39;&#39;Gabriel&#39;&#39; Correia (talk) 16:03, 19 September 2013 (UTC)

Vostro 3750 missing
Trying to research the release date of Vostro 3750 brought me here. But that version is not even mentioned as of now. I wonder if the already present 3700 is a line / range of products. Or if a 3750 section can be added.  •ː•   3ICE   •ː•   18:30, 21 February 2018 (UTC)
 * To answer my own question, 2011 is the most likely year.  •ː•   3ICE   •ː•   18:38, 21 February 2018 (UTC)