Dell Introduces Inspiron 6000 Notebook

By Ian Bell January 19, 2005

Users can enjoy enhanced movie playback in a 15.4-inch widescreen format and easily navigate through their entire music library via the backlit front-and-center multimedia keys. A full range of connectivity ports, including an IEEE 1394 port and a Secure Digital memory card slot, allows customers to easily transfer content to and from electronic devices such as digital cameras, portable music and media players, and multimedia enhanced handheld devices, including the Dell Axim X50v.

The Inspiron 6000, starting at under $1000 with current available limited time promotional offers, also includes Intel’s new 915GM system chipset and integrated Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 900, helping to lower power consumption, improve battery life, increase visual quality and enhance performance. In addition, the availability of Intel Celeron M and Pentium M processors offers customers a range of power and performance to run a wide variety of multimedia or productivity software.

Dell Inspiron 6000

Uniform with Dell’s new consumer-oriented design, the Inspiron 6000 comes in a white and silver chassis and allows users to further tailor the look of their unit computer through four new interchangeable personalization covers: Cherry Burlwood, Carbon Fiber, Mediterranean Blue and Charcoal Leather.

Technical Highlights: Inspiron 6000

— Choice of processors:

— Intel Celeron M 350 (1.30GHz, 400MHz FSB, 1MB Cache)

— Intel Celeron M 370 (1.50GHz, 400MHz FSB, 1MB Cache)

— Intel(R) Pentium M 730 (1.60GHz, 533MHz FSB, 2MB Cache)

— 256MB to 2GB DDR2 at 400MHz (shared)(a)

    — Wide Aspect Display (15.4-inch) with choice of resolution:
        WXGA (1280×800), UltraSharp(TM) WSXGA+ (1680×1050),
        UltraSharp(TM) WUXGA (1920×1200)

— Intel(R) Media Accelerator 900 Graphics (Up to 128MB shared
memory)

    — Integrated 56K(b) v.92 capable modem, 10/100 Ethernet,
        optional integrated Wi-Fi (802.11b/g or 802.11a/b/g) and
        Bluetooth capability

— Choice of fixed optical drives: DVD, CD-RW/DVD or Double
Layer(c) DVD+/-RW/+R(d)

— Choice of hard drives: 30GB(e), 40GB(e), 60GB(e), 60GB(e) 7200
RPM, 80GB(e)

— Ports include IEEE 1394, 4- USB 2.0, Dolby Digital Audio Out,
S-Video Out, S/PDIF, SD Memory Card Reader

— 6-cell or 9-cell Lithium Ion batteries

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