Dell Announces Inspiron 4000 With Advanced Mobility in Stylish, Thin-and-Light Design; Performance, Personalization and Latest Intel Mobile Processors Highlight New Notebook.Business Editors & High-Tech Writers NOTE TO MEDIA: Photo available on BW PhotoWire/AP PhotoExpress, NewsCom, PressLink and on Business Wire's Web Site www.businesswire.com ROUND ROCK, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 25, 2000 Dell(tm) (Nasdaq:DELL), the world's leading direct computer systems company and a leading provider of technology for the Internet infrastructure, today announced the Inspiron(tm) 4000 notebook PC designed for consumers and small business users who are looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. power, portability and style. The Inspiron 4000 debuts with the latest generation Intel(R) microprocessors, including the new 800-MHz and 850-MHz Pentium(R) III processors with SpeedStep(tm) technology, the ATI Rage The ATI RAGE is a series of graphics chipsets offering GUI 2D acceleration, video acceleration, and 3D acceleration. It is the successor to the Mach series of 2D accelerators. Mobility 128 video graphics solution with 8 MB of SGRAM (Synchronous Graphics RAM) A type of dynamic RAM chip that is similar to the SDRAM technology, but includes enhanced graphics features for use with display adapters. and 2X AGP (Accelerated Graphics Port) A high-speed 32-bit port from Intel for attaching a display adapter to a PC. It provides a direct connection between the card and memory, and only one AGP slot is on the motherboard. and the latest optical storage technologies including a 8X/4X/24X CDRW See CD-RW. drive. The Inspiron 4000 weighs as little as 5.2 lbs.(a) and offers a choice of five removable QuickSnap(tm) color accent designs located on the LCD back and palm rest. "Inspiron 4000 raises the bar for innovative notebook designs by offering an unprecedented level of power, personalization Custom tailoring information to the individual. On the Web, personalization means returning a page that has been customized for the user, taking into consideration that person's habits and preferences. and design," said Brad Blietz, Inspiron director of marketing. "This is more than a powerful notebook -- it's an expression of style." Prices for the Inspiron 4000 start at $1,699 for a system equipped with a 600-MHz Intel Mobile Celeron processor, a 14.1-inch XGA (EXtended Graphics Array) A screen resolution of 1,024x768 pixels. The term stems from IBM's XGA display standard introduced in 1990, which extended VGA to 132-column text and interlaced 1,024x768x256 resolution. XGA-2 later added non-interlaced 1,024x768x64K. display, 64 MB of RAM and a 6 GB(b) hard disk drive. In addition to Dell's award-winning service and support, the Inspiron 4000 features the following cutting-edge technology: -- ATI Rage Mobility 128 video graphics card with 8 MB of SGRAM and 2X AGP -- SDRAM memory configurable from 64 MB to 512 MB -- Bay Manager software allows swapping of peripherals without turning off the computer -- Wide range of removable storage devices, including 24X Max. CD-ROM drive, 8X Max. DVD-ROM drive, 8X/4X/24X CDRW drive and Zip 100 drive -- Optional integrated Ethernet and modem -- Optional secondary battery -- DualPoint (tm), the unique Dell-designed integrated pointing device with touch pad and track stick pointing devices -- High-performance Mobile Pentium lll processors with SpeedStep(tm) technology and Celeron processors from Intel -- Wireless options available for the freedom to roam without wires in a LAN environment The Inspiron 4000 joins the Dell Inspiron line with a range of feature options to fit an array of budget requirements. The Inspiron 3800 is the ideal choice for value-conscious professionals who desire popular technologies in an attractive mobile package. The Inspiron 5000e is a multimedia powerhouse with an all-inclusive design and the desktop replacement Inspiron 7500 delivers the power and performance of a desktop in a mobile package. Additional information on the Inspiron line is available at www.dell.com. Latest Intel Processors The Inspiron 4000 and 5000e are available with the new Intel 850- and 800-MHz Pentium III The successor to the Pentium II from Intel. Introduced in the spring of 1999 at 500 MHz, the Pentium III architecture was similar to the Pentium II with the addition of 70 new instructions optimized for multimedia (see SSE). processors. The 800-MHz Pentium III and 700-MHz Celeron are available in the Inspiron 3800. About Dell Dell Computer Corporation (company) Dell Computer Corporation - One of the biggest US manufacturers of IBM PC compatibles. "From notebooks to networks", their slogan says. http://us.dell.com. (Nasdaq:DELL) is the world's leading direct computer systems company, based on revenues of $28.5 billion for the past four quarters, and is a premier provider of products and services required for customers to build their Internet infrastructures. The company ranks No. 56 on the Fortune 500, No. 154 on the Fortune Global 500 and No. 3 on the Fortune "most admired" lists of companies. Dell designs, manufactures and customizes products and services to customer requirements, and offers an extensive selection of software and peripherals. Information on Dell and its products can be obtained on the World Wide Web at www.dell.com. Dell is a trademark of Dell Computer Corporation. Fortune 500 is a registered trademark of Time Inc. Dell disclaims any proprietary interest in the marks and names of others. (a) Includes a 14.1" LCD, 6GB hard drive, 26.5 WHr battery, and air bay (b) For hard drives, GB means 1 billion bytes; accessible capacity varies with operating environment In computing, an operating environment is the environment in which users run programs, whether in a command line interface, such as in MS-DOS or the Unix shell, or in a graphical user interface, such as in the Macintosh operating system. . 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