4.67 out of 5
Avg Customer Rating 4.7 of 5

Overall 4.67 out of 5 4.7 out of 5
8 of 9 (89%) customers would recommend this product to a friend.

Customer Product Reviews  
Overall: 5 out of 5 5 [RATINGOF] 5
Reviewed by: XYZZY
Location: US
Duration of product use: Over a year
Level of expertise: Expert
Title: Good solid performing system Date: July 21, 2009
Product Uses: image manipulation, video rendering, general use

Review:Purchased this system just prior to the release of Windows Vista. Used XP on it for a while ... and subsequently did a clean install of Vista Ultimate. Some applications had a notable increase in speed including Adobe applications. The only thing I have otherwise done to the system is upgrade the storage adding two 1TB SATA drives to the system (I initially configured it with two SAS disks). Although this system is huge compared to other workstations it runs very quiet and not as much heat dissipation as compared to the system it replaced. All in all, probably the best workstation class system I have owned - worth the investment.
Share this Review: Facebook Digg DelIcioUs
Overall: 5 out of 5 5 [RATINGOF] 5
Features/Design: 5 out of 5 5 [RATINGOF] 5
Reliability: 5 out of 5 5 [RATINGOF] 5
Performance: 5 out of 5 5 [RATINGOF] 5
Price-Value: 4 out of 5 4 [RATINGOF] 5
Reviewed by: nmh1
Location: Gaithersburg, Maryland
Duration of product use: Months
Level of expertise: Expert
Processor: Dual-core Intel Xeon
Memory: 4GB DDR2
Monitor: Dell 24" UltraSharp Widescreen
Hard Drive: 300GB
Number of Hard Drives: 3
Title: It's BIG, It's FAST, It just RUNS! Date: April 30, 2008
ProsPlenty of computing horsepower.
The dual 24" LCD monitors are awesome
Lots of USB ports easily accessible on front and sides of monitors and F/B of system case.
Memory card readers integrated in the side of the monitors.
Firewire ports on front and back of case.
Very quiet operation.
Case and inside mountings are first class and easy to access for upgrades, cleaning, etc.
ConsThe only cons I have are related to Windows Vista Ultimate.
Windows Vista ultimate developed some problems recognizing my USB flash drive. These have been resolved with Vista updates. Some of my legacy software and my SCSI scanner did not work with Vista, necessitating upgrades (oh darn!)

Review:My last workstation was a Dell Precision 420 which I ran for 8 years, adding only an additional hard drive and RAM. I expect this 690 to last at least as long. The Precision product line is very reliable, powerful and quiet.
9 of 10 people found this review helpful.
Share this Review: Facebook Digg DelIcioUs
Overall: 5 out of 5 5 [RATINGOF] 5
Features/Design: 5 out of 5 5 [RATINGOF] 5
Reliability: 5 out of 5 5 [RATINGOF] 5
Performance: 5 out of 5 5 [RATINGOF] 5
Price-Value: 4 out of 5 4 [RATINGOF] 5
Reviewed by: Anonymous
Location: Torrance, CA
Duration of product use: Over a year
Level of expertise: Good
Processor: Dual-core Intel Xeon
Memory: 4GB DDR2
Monitor: Dell 19" UltraSharp Flat Panel
Hard Drive: 160GB
Number of Hard Drives: 3
Title: Awesome Machine Date: April 3, 2008
Pros2 Dual Core 3.00 Zeons
4 Gigs
Dual Graphics cards with 3 x 19" UltraSharp's and a 22" Widescreen UltraSharp attached for quad monitor setup
Nice and fast
ConsSome software doesn't support multiprocessors but thats not Dell's fault

Review:The Quad monitor setup is fantastic, seperate screens for different applications or different panels of the same application, eg Flash / Illustrator on different screens. Very effcient workflow
3 of 6 people found this review helpful.
Share this Review: Facebook Digg DelIcioUs
Overall: 4 out of 5 4 [RATINGOF] 5
Features/Design: 5 out of 5 5 [RATINGOF] 5
Reliability: 5 out of 5 5 [RATINGOF] 5
Performance: 4 out of 5 4 [RATINGOF] 5
Price-Value: 4 out of 5 4 [RATINGOF] 5
Reviewed by: MixManSC
Location: Columbia, SC
Duration of product use: Months
Level of expertise: Expert
Processor: Quad Core Intel Xeon
Hard Drive: 146GB
Number of Hard Drives: 4
Title: Great graphics workstation Date: February 1, 2008
ProsModular, easy to upgrade, extremley fast depending on your configuration and what you use it for.
ConsLimited bios options - would be nice to try to overclock but honestly for business use that I have stability is much more important. Very large.

Review:The user complaining about less than 4GB of ram available in XP is not too bright. How is it Dell's fault that he chose to use a 32 bit operating system incapable of fully utilizing 4GB of ram? If you need above 3GB or so of ram then you need to use a 64 bit operating system. I run the x64 version of Vista on this one with 16GB of ram and it works great.
19 of 22 people found this review helpful.
Share this Review: Facebook Digg DelIcioUs
  1-4 of 9    Next Page