| DELL Inspiron 6000 Review - Best Laptop of 2005 |
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| Written by Administrator | |
| Monday, 07 November 2005 | |
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The Dell Inspiron 6000 is a very nice compromise between the different extremes of the laptop market. Weighing over 3 kg it is not an ultra-light machine, but it isn't a huge desktop replacement PC either. Instead it offers a bit of both, decent performance even with games, while still portable. The Dell Inspiron 6000 incorporates Intel Centrino Mobile Technology (1.6GHz, 2MB Cache, 400 Mhz FSB) and Genuine Windows XP Professional to provide wireless connectivity anywhere. The new Inspiron 6000 has stunning 15.4" widescreen displays 30% more information than a standard 15" screen, ideal for viewing multiple documents at the same time, working with large spreadsheets or toggling between photo editing applications. The Inspiron 6000's Wide Aspect Display (up to 1920 x 1200 pixels) provides a wonderful panoramic view for side-by-side document viewing or DVD movie watching in the cinematic 16:10 aspect ratio.
The Dell Inspiron 6000 does not have a "stick" for mouse control, only a touchpad. A Pocket Mouse is a recommended extra. Having only used desktop keyboards before, a laptop keyboard takes time getting used to, but the keys are big enough and have enough "depths" to give a real typing feeling. Thanks to its ATI Radeon Mobility X300 128 MB graphics card, which is an optional upgrade, the Dell Inspiron 6000 in this configuration scores a nice 3DMark03 benchmark of 2536, which is pretty much identical to an older desktop I have with a Radeon 9600 Pro. That means you can get all games to at least run on this laptop, even if the framerates in Doom 3 won't be nothing to write home about. It is also more than sufficient to watch DVDs on, although the DVD / CDRW drive is a bit on the noisy side.
256 MB of 400MHz shared1 DDR2 SDRAM standard, upgradable to 2 GB shared
40GB , 60GB , 80GB or 100GB Ultra ATA hard drive
Genuine Windows? XP Home Edition or
15.4" Wide-aspect UltraSharpTM XGA,
Integrated Intel Media Accelerator 900 Graphics offers solid performance at a great price. Screen Size Type: widescreen
Wireless:
Combo Drive - 24x/10x/24x CD Burner and 8x DVD-ROM (or)
Optional: External USB floppy drive
Integrated v.92 56K capable modem Sound: Integrated stereo sound
Integrated 10/100 Ethernet
Security Utilities: Optional: McAfee Security Center - 15-month subscription (3 extra months included) Battery: 6-cell Lithium Ion battery (53 WHr) AC Adapter:
Weight starts from 3.014 kg (6.65 lbs)
Why buy Dell? Unlike the Fujitsu, Sony, Acer, HP, and other models under consideration Dell provides the best balance of cost, performance, and quality in my eyes. One of the nice things about purchasing an inexpensive 6000 is that even when Dell does run better or worse promotions the amount of money that could be saved or lost is close enough that it's not going to make you mad in most cases. Where to buy? You can only buy new and factory refurbished Dell systems from Dell.com.
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Starting from Intel Pentium M Processor 725 (1.6GHz, 2MB Cache, 400 Mhz FSB) with Intel CentrinoTM Mobile Technology
UltraSharpTM display technology is available on XGA, SXGA+ and UXGA screens for wide viewing angles and excellent contrast ratio for bright, vivid colors. 
Optional Intel CentrinoTM Mobile Technology available when configured with a Pentium M processor and Intel PRO/Wireless Card for wireless connectivity anywhere a wireless hotspot is available.
IEEE 1394
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