Power hungry but penny-pinched? If you balk at spending more than $2000 for a Pentium II-400 system but want a bit more oomph than you'd get from one of the fast new $1000 to $1500 Celeron-based PCs (see Top of the News, " Double Feature"), check out Dell's new Dimension V350. This Pentium II-350-based desktop starts at $1599--the lowest price we've seen for any system with this fast a CPU, much less one from a top-tier vendor with a good reputation for reliability and service.
One of the first entries in Dell's new value line for small businesses and homes, the midtower Dimension V350 has some impressive hardware for a budget PC: a 512KB secondary cache, 6.4GB hard disk, 14X-32X CD-ROM drive, and 56-kbps U.S. Robotics x2 WinModem. The integrated ATI AGP graphics system comes with 8MB of RAM (most systems on our budget charts ship with 4MB), and the system bus runs at 100 MHz (pre-PII-350 systems are limited to 66 MHz, which takes a toll on performance). For software, you can choose between a package of Microsoft Home Essentials 98 with Microsoft Money 98 and Microsoft Office 97 Small Business Edition.
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