Dell has come out with an update to its XPS One computer system, making it generally bigger and more powerful than the previous iteration. The XPS One 24 now comes with a 24-inch 1080p display, JBL speakers and subwoofer, an Intel Core 2 quad core processor, and an NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT graphics card. A Vista Home Premium version starts at $US1,699 and a Vista Ultimate begins pricing at $US2,299. If you buy the (PRODUCT)RED version, you'll be donating either $US50 or $US80 (depending on configuration) to the fight against AIDS. Of course, you could also fight AIDS by donating directly to charities rather than engaging in feel-good consumerism, but then you'd actually be Red... you know, in that (shudder) distribution of wealth sense.

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Dell's offering up a 128 GB SSD for their XPS M1330 and M1530 laptops and even with the dwindling prices of SSDs, US$450 doesn't sound like a half-bad deal. [Dell via Engadget]

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Even after Nvidia downplayed their original report that GeForce 8400-8700 cards were failing in large numbers due to overheating, Dell has issued a BIOS update for all of its machines running the affected GPUs anyway. The update tweaks the fan settings to "regulate temperature fluctuations" to keep the maybe-faulty-maybe-not chips cooler. So who do we believe here?

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Contrary to a report in the Wall Street Journal this week, Dell has no plans to drown its XPS line in the bathtub. It was reported that Dell was going to kill off the line in order to help boost sales of its Alienware line, as both are high-end systems aimed at gamers. XPS systems will stick around for people who don't want to go crazy specing out their PCs, while Alienware will focus on the richest and most anal of the nerds, people who are willing to pay big money to tweak every aspect for their system. Good plan? Whatever, PC gaming is dying anyways. Sorry guys, hate to break it to you, but it's true. Don't shoot the messenger. [Register Hardware]

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Dell just announced its new high-end XPS 730 H2C gaming desktop, and get this — they claim it can run Crysis at 1920 x 1200 resolution at 30fps. Now that is a figure more impressive than any stats about the guts of the tower, right? OK, OK, those are interesting too.

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Dell wanted to bring its gaming platform down from the US$2000 and up arena, and into something average gamers can go and buy, so it's rolling out the previously teased XPS 630.

AU: Just heard from Dell in Australia, and we're looking at a staring price of $2,299 down here. It launches on Feb 29 as well, so only two more sleeps if you can't wait to get your hands on this machine.

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One of the best arguments for building your own PCs is that you make the decisions regarding parts,which means you don't have to scrap the whole system or buy sub-standard hardware from the manufacturer when it is time to upgrade. This is especially true for gaming rigs. Dell, one of the biggest offenders when it comes to this issue, has announced that proprietary parts like power supplies and motherboards will be a thing of the past.

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The Pitch A Super Bowl debut we somehow overlooked, this Dell spot features a cast of thousands swarming around one lucky laptop owner. With an XPS M1530 tucked beneath his arm, our handsome protagonist goes roaming around the streets of a European metropolis, Mick Jagger's "Charmed Life" pumping on the soundtrack. The city's denizens hail his approach with cheers, butt slaps, and at least one passionate kiss, treatment usually reserved for sporting heroes rather than users of mid-range computing hardware. What has this shaggy-haired Everyman done to deserve such adulation? Well, that Dell of his is part of the special-edtion (RED) lineup, so US$50 of his purchase price went to The Global Fund. A noble endeavor, to be sure, but (and excuse the ensuing crassness) will this good-hearted approach really help Dell move product? Read on for an answer, as well as a special "Making of..." clip.

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Okay, so while Dell's had Linux on a meager smattering of systems for a while, it wasn't on anything A-team or available globally. Sweet news, freetards (in FSJ's words): Ubuntu 7.10 is now available in several Euro countries on the XPS 1330, Dell's compact, almost un-Dell-like performance notebook. [Direct2Dell]

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If I've learned two things in life, it's that it's noble to jump on some bandwagons, and some things just look sexy in red. That's why I was pretty happy to see that Microsoft and Dell were joining the (Product) Red charity for global AIDS relief, and that for every one of the sweet new red XPS
One's that are sold, US$80 of the purchase will go directly toward buying 6 months of antiretroviral medication. If you buy a (Product) Red XPS M1530 or M1330, the donation is US$50, and if you buy the red 948 all-in-one printer, somebody gets 10 days' worth of medication. Some of you are sceptical about this program—tell me, don't you think these numbers prove that (Product) Red is working? Jump for details and more Red-ified product pics.

AU: Will look into whether these will be available in Oz and update as soon as I hear back

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