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From: Ron on 15 Mar 2010 16:46
Could someone explain why the XPS 9000 is so much larger and heavier than,
say the 8100? I understand it has more slots, higher end cpu, and larger
power supply. But do those factors account for about 20 pounds more weight
and several more inches in the main dimensions?

Thanks, Ron

From: WSZsr on 15 Mar 2010 18:08
The XPS9000/435 is built like a tank. The nicest case I have ever seen.
Very well built and nicely finished.

"Ron" <Harvested(a)comcast.net> wrote in message
news:hnm6ba$d9m$1(a)news.eternal-september.org...
> Could someone explain why the XPS 9000 is so much larger and heavier than,
> say the 8100? I understand it has more slots, higher end cpu, and larger
> power supply. But do those factors account for about 20 pounds more
> weight and several more inches in the main dimensions?
>
> Thanks, Ron

From: Nick on 15 Mar 2010 22:49

On Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:46:32 -0400, in alt.sys.pc-clone.dell, "Ron"
<Harvested(a)comcast.net> wrote:

>Could someone explain why the XPS 9000 is so much larger and heavier than,
>say the 8100? I understand it has more slots, higher end cpu, and larger
>power supply. But do those factors account for about 20 pounds more weight
>and several more inches in the main dimensions?

I bet you're looking at this info on the Dell web site:

Dimensions & Weight
Height: 19.4" (49.3 cm)
Width: 7.8" (19.8 cm)
Depth: 20.7" (52.8cm)
Weight: about 40 lbs (20.01 kg)

Look at the weight line real carefully: the pounds and kilograms are
backwards...

The computer is actually just 20 pounds. That's what it says on the
shipping label, that's what it says in the manual that came with it, and
that's about what it felt like when I was moving it around and setting it
up.

I just broke out my tape measure, and the dimensions (in inches) are
correct.

(The weight and size of my XPS 9000 are fairly close to those of the 4 1/2
year old XPS Gen 5 it's replacing.)

--
Nick <mailto:tanstaafl(a)pobox.com>

"My mind is already made up. I do not want any facts,
as they would simply confuse me." M.E.

(Sig stolen from the "Organization of Paranoid Anarchists For A Better
World Filled With Peace and Harmony And Free Lunches For All Coming Real
Soon Now".)
From: Tony Harding on 16 Mar 2010 01:28
On 03/15/10 22:49, Nick wrote:
>
> On Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:46:32 -0400, in alt.sys.pc-clone.dell, "Ron"
> <Harvested(a)comcast.net> wrote:
>
>> Could someone explain why the XPS 9000 is so much larger and heavier than,
>> say the 8100? I understand it has more slots, higher end cpu, and larger
>> power supply. But do those factors account for about 20 pounds more weight
>> and several more inches in the main dimensions?
>
> I bet you're looking at this info on the Dell web site:
>
> Dimensions& Weight
> Height: 19.4" (49.3 cm)
> Width: 7.8" (19.8 cm)
> Depth: 20.7" (52.8cm)
> Weight: about 40 lbs (20.01 kg)
>
> Look at the weight line real carefully: the pounds and kilograms are
> backwards...
>
> The computer is actually just 20 pounds. That's what it says on the
> shipping label, that's what it says in the manual that came with it, and
> that's about what it felt like when I was moving it around and setting it
> up.

The shipping label was probably citing kilograms as well. One kg =
roughly 2.2 lbs (advp). I have an XPS9000 (since 12/31/09) and it's a
lot > 20lbs. Maybe you're stronger than you thought? :)

Good point, BTW, about the XPS9000 vs. earlier XPS boxes. I had an
XPS700 in that massive aluminum case and I'd guess it was as heavy or a
bit heavier.*

* per Dell the XPS700 weighed

Typical configuration

21.7 kg (47.8 lb)

http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/xps700/en/SM_en/specs.htm#wp1057323

vs. the XPS9000

Weight 20.01 kg (44.11 lb)

http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/435T/en/SG/sg_en.pdf
From: Nick on 16 Mar 2010 02:33

On Tue, 16 Mar 2010 01:28:43 -0400, in alt.sys.pc-clone.dell, Tony Harding
<tharding(a)newsguy.com> wrote:

>The shipping label was probably citing kilograms as well. One kg =
>roughly 2.2 lbs (advp). I have an XPS9000 (since 12/31/09) and it's a
>lot > 20lbs. Maybe you're stronger than you thought? :)

Everybody, please just IGNORE my previous post in this thread; I must have
been half asleep or something.

I was the one who had pounds and kilograms backwards, not Dell. :(

(I did recheck the shipping label, and it definitely says "20 LB". And that
computer really didn't feel like 40 lbs. when I was setting it up.)

Nick will now totter off to a nice cozy hobbit hole and take a much needed
nap.

--
Nick <mailto:tanstaafl(a)pobox.com>

Clarke's Third Law: "Any sufficiently advanced technology is
indistinguishable from magic."
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