So it looks like we had two hits in one this week: the new Studio laptops and the Dell Dock.
We knew Studio’s design and features would catch people’s interest, but Dell Dock, which premiered with Studio, turned out to be a stealth sensation and has its own online trajectory. We even scooped Engadget, with Paul Miller approvingly calling out “app-categorization magic and fairly extensive customization.”
In addition to the surge of interest from Gizmodo’s post, several bloggers singled out Dell Dock for special comment. Plugged in Blog shared some favorable first impressions, and Dell Dock merited not entirely dismissive attention from Lonnie Lazar at Cult of Mac.
Since inquiring minds like jervis961 and helmecj01 want to know more, here are a few updates:
- Dell Dock will be available on all new Dell consumer PC models (but only with a Vista OS).
- A downloadable version will be available to current Dell PC owners in the near future.
- It’s available in:
- English
- Dutch
- German
- Spanish
- French
- Japanese
June 27th, 2008 at 11:01 pm
I`m glad you are including consumers that are using XP. Hopefully when it becomes available, you will have time to come back and leave a post for us. Thanks.
June 28th, 2008 at 6:59 am
I’m not so sure sugarbear. Since XP is not mentioned perhaps only those who have Vista will be able to get the download?
June 28th, 2008 at 12:06 pm
I see it says Vista jervis961. Maybe they will do one for XP, since Stardock already has one that can be downloaded for xp.
June 28th, 2008 at 12:57 pm
It would be nice and that way nobody would feel left out.
July 4th, 2008 at 3:07 am
Now you can download it from Dell
for Windows Vista
XPS/Dimension 420
XPS/Dimension 210/9200C
Inspiron 1420
Inspiron 1520
Inspiron 1525
Inspiron 1526
Inspiron 1720
Inspiron 1721
Inspiron Desktop 530
Inspiron Desktop 530S
Inspiron Desktop 531
Inspiron Desktop 531S
Inspiron 1318
Studio Laptop 1535
Studio Laptop 1536
Studio Laptop 1735
XPS M1730
XPS/Dimension 630i
XPS/Dimension XPS 720
XPS/Dimension XPS 720 H2C
XPS/Dimension XPS 730
XPS M1330
XPS M1530
XPS/Dimension One
July 11th, 2008 at 5:07 pm
Yeah, but there’s a problem.
It only appears to work when running directly on Dell hardware. I can’t even get it to run in a VM… and I’d rather not install something like this without being able to test it in a sandbox first.
July 22nd, 2008 at 7:24 am
I recently got an inspiron 1420 a couple of weeks ago, and now my dell dock will not open. everytime the computer turns on i get several pop-ups stating that my dell dock had an error, i check for online solutions, and have rebooted my computer, but the dell dock remains missing. any suggestions on how to fix this?
July 22nd, 2008 at 9:16 am
blusockeratar,
Have you tried uninstalling Dell Dock, downloading it and reinstalling?
July 22nd, 2008 at 10:22 am
hey bill, i want to try that, but i haven’t found the dell dock on the internet to reinstall it with and the backup cds that came with the laptop doesn’t have the dell dock on them
July 22nd, 2008 at 11:25 am
hey, i found the dock download at this website. . . http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/download.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=gen&releaseid=R192718&SystemID=INS_PNT_PM_1420&servicetag=&os=WLH&osl=en&deviceid=17533&devlib=0&typecnt=0&vercnt=2&catid=-1&impid=-1&formatcnt=1&libid=25&fileid=265024
and it is now working perfectly for me, thanks!
July 28th, 2008 at 9:23 am
blusockerator,
Glad you found the link, and sorry for the delayed response.
August 5th, 2008 at 9:42 am
Anybody know if this will extend to the business line, ie. Latitude?