Dell's Sorry History of MicrophoneSoundcard Issue Update 1203
On Wed, 16 Nov 2005 14:01:02 -0700, ClbuttAction
You have no idea what in the world you're talking about.
Dell has used MANY different platforms in that period of time. Most of them were industry standard, there was no difference in the Dell implementation than you'd fine buttembling it yourself or getting it done at a shop, except in some special cases where the user was particularly specifying for an unusually well-tuned-towards-audio, system, in which shielded cabling was used. This is not normal for any system and thus, it cannot be considered a defect for Dell to do what everyone else did.
FWIW, Dell does not "Make" mics or soundcards, they use standardized solutions.
What did you expect?
Another one, kony? Really proud of you, kony! kony -------------------------------------------------- Dell's Sorry History of Microphone-Soundcard Issue -------------------------------------------------- Here are the selected compilations of Dell microphone...
Whiney users need to be jerked around sometimes. Fact is, anyone who's done a bit of work in analog audio knows you can't just go stringing cables all over the place around high speed digital equipment. Not that it's impossible, or hard, to do, but more expensive.
If you want a more expensive audiophile grade system, you have to buy that SPECIFIC THING, not a generic Dell, or HP, or Gateway, etc, system. You can't just go to a shop and expect anything different either, you will have to clearly specific your needs and determine whether anyone there is a competent builder towards the end of analog audio quality.
On Thu, 17 Nov 2005 10:02:08 -0700, ClbuttAction How about it? Did you do any research on this? If that is true, it would not be a "Dell specific" issue, it...
So? Is that the cause of low mic volume problem? Haven't heard of "Proprietary"? Isn't it well known that Dell power supplies, for example, are compatible only with Dell system? Even when 'whine...
GOOD GRIEF!
Did you ever consider that you can't blame an OEM for your lack of ability to use windows? MIc boost and recording levels have to be set.
There is nothing special about Dell Mic recording. Open the mixer, select it as the recording source, and get on with life.
I've snipped the rest, becaue it only serves to show one central thing- computers are user-configurable and in their default configuration, they have the "potential" to do many things, but are not optimized for ALL these things- the user must configure it. Same thing goes with a home stereo, if you had it set to record to tape from the radio, then you plug in a mic, you can't just whine that the mic doesn't work, you have to reach out a finger and adjust the amp (or whichever applicable device).
The funny thing is, I wonder how many people ever bothered to read the manuals or seek basic audio advice on Google.