The Inspiron 6000 was a low to medium-end laptop from Dell. Like many models, it had a variety of configurations. When this model first came to market, it wasn't the greatest value for the money. However, later configurations were better values. Mine has the following configuration:
- CPU: Intel Pentium M 735 @ 1.7 GHz
- RAM: 1 GB DDR2-533 (PC2-4300)
- Video: ATI Mobility Radeon X300
- Hard Drive: Hitachi HTS541080G9AT00 (80 GB)
- Screen: 1280 x 800
For more details, check out the reports from CPU-Z, HWiNFO, and HardInfo.
This seems to have been a middle of the road model. The CPU was on the faster side of what would have been available for this model and it is a version with a discrete video card vs. integrated video. However, the screen is the lowest end that was available.
The Pentium M was an excellent CPU for its time. It had the speed of a Pentium 4 but was much more efficient, achieving those speeds at lower power and a reduced clock rate. While you could get more raw speed out of the fastest Pentium 4s, the power cost was high with a significant cost to battery life.
When I got this machine, it had 512MB of RAM which I assume is what it probably shipped with. This is a reasonable amount for Windows XP but not if you want to upgrade to a newer version of Windows or Linux. I upgraded it to 1 GB though it can go as high as 2 GB. I upgraded so that this computer could crunch Einstein@home tasks (turns out 512MB wasn't enough) and run Linux. 2 GB would be better for that and still not really a comfortable amount.
The ATI video doesn't offer particularly great performance when it comes to things like games but it is still quite a bit better than using integrated chipset video. It has dedicated video RAM but I'm not entirely sure how much. Different tools in Windows report two different number and I get yet another number in Linux. HWiNFO reports 32MB, ATI drivers report 64MB, and Linux
The hard drive is an 80MB model that is most likely original. I have Windows XP and Linux dual booting on it currently. I have BOINC running in both and despite this being a 32-bit CPU, there are still a few projects that it gets work for including Asteroids@home (1), Einstein@home (1, 2), and World Community Grid. You can also see how it is doing overall on FreeDC (1, 2).
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https://ecency.com/retrocomputing/@darth-azrael/pc-world-november-1988
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https://ecency.com/photography/@darth-azrael/vintage-photos-lot-4-117
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Xp the way its ui was designed felt like we were a part of the present that has still a long way to go.. and those still on ‘98 felt they were poor.