Save Files as PDF or XPS in Microsoft Office 2007

Adobe Acrobat is no longer needed to save files as PDF or XPS. Microsoft Office 2007, can now save as PDF or XPS with a free add-in.

Dell Dresses Up the XPS M1730

The Dell XPS series notebooks have always been colorful. I remember being mesmerized by the blue lights on the original. It looks like Dell’s not cutting any corners on the XPS 1730. Shown here is Red, but there will also be options of Sapphire Blue, Bone White, or Smoke Grey. Nifty.

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Dell XPS 410 Gets CableCARD

As a heavy user of my own PVR, I’ve been hankering to convert to a system with CableCARD support. It’s just plain silly to pay the $6.00/month for a cable receiver, and then futz around with the IR blaster (which inevitably gets out of synch right when I’m ready to start recording). No, I’d rather [...]

A Real Live XPS M1730

Is it possible? Can a XPS M1730 exist in the wild?
Reports are coming in of a sighting and they say it has the Core 2 Extreme X7800 chip with the NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GS card, 4GB max of RAM and a 512MB or 1GB Intel Turbo Memory option, Bluetooth 2.0, Blu-ray and it all [...]

Dell’s Smokin’!

Looks like Dell overestimated how many way-overclockable Intel QX6800 Extreme processors it could get its hands one, and is therefore dropping its "Bin+3" version of the XPS 720H2C. Instead of overclocking from 2.93GHz to a (truly) blistering 3.73GHz, they’ll limit things to 3.46GHz. Hardcore gamers are likely a little bummed, but no impact on the [...]