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Dell's 24in XPS One desktop hits UK shores

by Parm Mann on 4 February 2009, 12:04

Tags: XPS One 24, Dell (NASDAQ:DELL)

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Having officially launched back in October '08, Dell's XPS One 24 has finally been made available to UK customers.

The system, Dell's largest all-in-one offering, packs a choice of Intel Core 2 Duo or Core 2 Quad processors, with prices starting from £1,399 and £1,849, respectively.

It's a pricey prospect, and a high-end Core i7-based rig can be had for less money, but as far as all-in-one systems are concerned, they don't come much sexier than this.

The quad-core Dell XPS One 24 utilises Microsoft's Windows Vista Home Premium operating system, and features 2GB of DDR2 memory, a 500GB hard drive and a 512MB NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT graphics card as standard.

Making good use of the full-HD display is a slot-loading Blu-ray drive and a hybrid TV tuner. All that's coupled with built-in JBL speakers and a little ol' subwoofer, too.

We'd love one, but we can't help but feel that a touchscreen model with a 65W quad-core processor and Microsoft's Windows 7 may be just a few months away.

Mind you, there's always something new around the corner. If you've got the cash, head on over to Dell.co.uk for the complete specification and ordering options.



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I recently took delivery of the top-spec Dell XPS One 20" for my step-dad; Dell were doing 50% off so he got me to order him one while he's out of the country, and keep hold of it for a few months until his return. Very impressive machine, comes with loads of kit as standard, and has full wireless abilities, making it a true one-cable-only set-up (just the power cable).

It does of course beg for the inevitable comparison the the iMac, but it fairs pretty well in my opinion. While the iMacs may be a bit sleeker, and run quieter and cooler thanks largely to their use of notebook CPUs, the XPS One has an integrated digital TV tuner that works very well with Media Centre, a reasonably decent wireless mouse and keyboard (with a built-in touchpad, surprisingly useful) and a dedicated media remote, a card reader and loads more USB ports.

The main thing I feel that lets it down is the maximum of 2GB of RAM, especially at the prices these machines usually sell at. It appears to be possible to upgrade that, but only by removing the entire back cover. The CPU isn't the fastest either, it's only a 2.33GHz Core 2 Duo.

Still, it's a nice system to use and after a format and re-install of Vista sans Dell's bloatware, it was certainly no slouch. One oddity I did notice though was that it came with Vista pre-SP1, which is odd for a system these days.

Don't think I could ever bring myself to pay full price for an XPS One, but for what that one cost, it's definitely a bargain.
At the money Dell is asking, you could get an even more powerful (and by now, very much aged) iMac, when Apple does a refresh the XPS One is going to start looking like a joke.

@TheVoice: the iMac doesn't use laptop CPUs, they're proper desktop CPUs.
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@TheVoice: the iMac doesn't use laptop CPUs, they're proper desktop CPUs.

Having opened several iMacs up and performing processor swaps/upgrades I can certainly say that they're the mobile core 2s. if memory serves the current iMacs use the P8600, P9500, T9600 and the X9100…

the Mac Pro is the only apple computer that comes to mind that uses ‘proper desktop’ CPUs
No, the Mac Pro uses Xeons, they're workstation/server chips.