Dell Vostro 200

By Michael Palamountain, Enex TestLab on 03 December 2007 11:42 AM

Tags: dell, desktop, dell vostro 200, score, machine, cpu, sandra, performance

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What a poor review. I expected ...Bill Caelli -- 03/12/07

What a poor review. I expected much better from Ziff Davis. For example just look at what the reviewer ignored - the following is from a similar review from the USA's PCWorld of June 2007...
"Absolutely astonishing that Dell would introduce a new line of PCs without the Trusted Platform Module (TPM) geared to the small business community Also small business has to protect data-at-rest but without the TPM Microsoft Vista's "Bitlocker" is virtually unusable without the TPM. Moreover, according to industry forecasts, in 2008 almost all PCs built will feature a TPM, not only the mid-level and high-end PCs. Services leveraging the TPM will come onboard...but will not be useable for those small businesses that now buy a Vostro Dell PC. Astonishing!"

Small business needs a well rounded and expert review from Ziff Davis. It did not get it with this one.

The good: usual performance stuff.

The bad: Lack of any warnings about shortcomings as above

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I had a month-long horrendous ...john hartnall -- 31/12/07

I had a month-long horrendous ordeal with the new Vostro 200. My first machine was diagnosed with a bad motherboard. Eventually, a service tech arrives and installs a new board. He starts the machine and states that the new motherboard is also bad. He arranges for a whole new tower to be shipped. It has arrived and is also malfunctioning badly. I strongly urge everyone to avoid the Vostro 200 and perhaps all Dell products. Their quality-control has apparently dropped-off dramatically.

The good: nice looling and quiet.

The bad: everything else.

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