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Dell Inspiron 6000 (2-GHz Pentium M processor, 1GB of DDR400 DRAM)

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Pros
Nice high-resolution screen
Cons
Keyboard has an unusual layout

Performance: Superior: 91
Features: Good: 78
Design: Very Good: 87

Find out how these scores, and their relative weights, combine to produce the PC World Rating.

Performance
ACD Systems ACDSee	632
Adobe Photoshop	338
Adobe Premiere	480
Ahead Nero	857
Battery Life (Office Applications)	5:07
Discreet 3ds Max DirectX	290
Discreet 3ds Max OpenGL	381
Microsoft Office XP	553
Mozilla	358
Musicmatch Jukebox	538
Number of Included Batteries	1
Roxio VideoWave	420
Windows Media Encoder	432
WinZip	412
World Bench 5 Score	89
World Bench 5 Word Score	Superior

WorldBench Tests
Multitasking	683

Performance
WorldBench 5: Performance word scores reflect comparisons of notebooks in the same category running the same operating system. See Guide to the Top-Rated Products for more details.	Superior: 89 (Windows XP Professional)
CPU	2-GHz Pentium M 760
Screen size	15.4-inch wide screen
System memory	1024MB of DDR2-400 SDRAM
Hard drive	80GB
Graphics	128MB DDR SDRAM ATI Mobility Radeon X300
Pointing device	Touchpad
Multipurpose bay	No
Optical drive	DVD?RW drive
Floppy drive	No
Ports	USB 2.0, FireWire, microphone and headphone jacks, S-Video, one PC Card slot
Communications	V.92 modem, 10/100Base-T ethernet, 802.11g
Included software	WordPerfect Office 12, Sonic MyDVD 5.3 LE, Sonic RecordNow 7.1 LE
Other features	SD Card slot
Overall design	Very Good
Battery life (hours:minutes)	5:07
Weight (typical/minimum, in pounds): Typical weight includes the computer, AC adapter, optical drive, and floppy drive (if offered).	8.4/7.5
Support policy	One-year parts and labor warranty; 24-hour daily toll-call support

What You Should Know about the Inspiron 6000 (2-GHz Pentium M processor, 1GB of DDR400 DRAM)

Not Much RAM for Multitasking

The more RAM your laptop has, the faster programs will run and the greater number of windows you can work in at one time. If your needs are simple and you rarely do more than two things at once on your PC, the relatively modest amount of memory that comes installed in inexpensive laptops will be enough. Today the standard amount of RAM shipped in most PCs is 2GB. If you like to multitask--say, you want to launch a search for a file and start backing up data to a disc while you watch a news video--you need more memory.

Reviewed by: myland

Duration of ownership: 4 Months

Strengths: It will do just about everything that that any computer can do and then some.

Weaknesses: I have not found it any yet but I know the mouse pad is a little small for me; but maybe it is because I'm not use to it.

Overall Evaluation: For anyone who wants a computer this a great computer. It weighs about 12 pounds but that already for me. It is very fun and easy to use and will do everything I have asked and more.
Reviewed by: yassmin

Duration of ownership:

Strengths: it's a reliable feature rich box at an affordable price!

Weaknesses: documentation is poor. some features like VPN don't have proper guidance in the manual.

Overall Evaluation: I've had this router for a few months now and I must say that I'm pretty impressed with it's performance. The features that I use are VPN and wireless security and the performance is great.