The All-in-One Battle: Dell's XPS One 24 vs. Apple's iMac
by Anand Lal Shimpi on October 30, 2008 3:00 PM EST- Posted in
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Power Consumption
With different-enough hardware specs, the power consumption between the Dell XPS One 24 and Apple's iMac should be fairly varied. To find out I looked at total system power consumption, measured at the wall, when the systems were idle, while playing back the 1080p trailer to Underworld: Rise of the Lycans and while running my Fallout 3 benchmark at 1920 x 1200.
| Total System Power Consumption | Idle | H.264 Video Playback - Quicktime HD Trailer | Fallout 3 - 1920 x 1200 |
| Apple iMac - $2199 - Vista | 116W | 140W | 182W |
| Dell XPS One 24 - $2299 - Vista | 153W | 173W | 170W |
Thanks to the quad-core processor, Dell actually consumes more power at idle than Apple at 153W vs. 116W. The H.264 decode test also draws more power on the XPS One 24 at 173W vs. 140W. The only area where the roles are reversed is when gaming thanks to the iMac's 8800 GS which gives it a 12W higher power draw than the XPS One 24.
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strikeback03 - Monday, November 3, 2008 - link
I saw a post saying it is replaceable, it just requires disassembling the entire computer FROM THE FRONT.Griswold - Friday, October 31, 2008 - link
My vista box takes ~8s to get from suspend to RAM back to login when keyboard and mouse works again. Must be the jobs distortion field delaying things around your desk. :pOh and one more thing, the "dock" was not invented by apple. No need for a patronizing tone towards Dell for making their own dock for vista.
Zebo - Friday, October 31, 2008 - link
Really things like 750 GB and quad core mean nothing top this crowd. Why not talk about the quality of screens? Apples uses an expensive IPS technology while Dell uses a VA and suffers from it's color shifting. How about input lag while gaming? How about noise?sxr7171 - Tuesday, November 4, 2008 - link
I think its unfortunate how sometimes people will compare specs of laptops as if they were a desktop of some sort. Every form factor has a purpose and a market and that has to be considered. Every buyer has a different needs. Personally I couldn't care less how much hard drive space this thing has. If I ever bought one, it would sit in a kitchen or some little alcove. I have a home server that has all my data and it gets shared amongst all my machines. Nobody with 3 or more computers should live without NAS or a home server. Then you can have nice 64GB SSDs in each machine and have them be responsive.I'm very disappointed that neither has an HDMI input or something for an auxiliary digital source. Some people might want to hook up a cable box to it.
Also I wish the Dell's speakers were optional or removable. They look ugly on an otherwise beautiful machine.
strikeback03 - Tuesday, November 4, 2008 - link
Rather large for a kitchen. I'd rather a smaller touchscreen and have the system in a miniITX or smaller case, or just build it into the screen yourself. One of the grad students I work with is doing that - built a custom case with a 19" LCD at the front and the motherboard of a Eee 4G behind.Zebo - Friday, October 31, 2008 - link
top = toPirks - Thursday, October 30, 2008 - link
What an ironyGriswold - Friday, October 31, 2008 - link
Hard to believe your brainsize exceeds that of a peanut. Its been spelled out for you: the GPU does the trick, numbuts.JarredWalton - Friday, October 31, 2008 - link
I think the point is that it's surprising that Apple is the company using the higher spec GPU. What's in the MacBook Pro? Yeah, a 9600M GT. What's in the Mac Pro desktop these days? Top-end choice is an 8800 GT, with the default being an HD 2600 XT. So yes, it's surprising that their new iMac has a GPU that's actually not pathetic for gaming, whereas Dell's XPS One 24 is exactly that.Pirks - Friday, October 31, 2008 - link
Who are you talking to? Braindead PC/Windoze worshipping zombie named Griswold? What a waste of time :)