DATE CONFIGURED: 12/20/04 Must include: 17"+ flatscreen CRT display, stereo speakers, CD-RW & DVD-Rom

Dell Dimension 4700

Design/Styling:

White

Black Minitower

Mobility:

All-in-one design; 50 lbs. total

appx. 65 lbs. w/ tower, flat-panel CRT, & speakers

Component Access?

Quick access to memory & wireless cards

thumb-screws; relatively easy component access

Cords/Cables:

4 cables/cords total

appx. 10 cables/cords total

Desk Space Used:

appx. 270 sq. inches total

appx. 380 sq. inches including tower, CRT & speakers

Noise Volume:

Nearly silent (ultraquiet fan)

Full-size cooling fans

Energy Use:

170 Watts total; appx. $30 / year

appx. 400 watts total; ; appx. $70/year

Processor:
Notes

Pentium 4 520 (2.8 GHz)

L2 Cache:

256K

512K

RAM Type:

333 MHz DDR-SDRAM

400 MHz DDR2-SDRAM

Front Side Bus:

167 MHz bus

800 MHz bus

RAM Amount:

256 MB (1 DIMM)

512 MB (2 DIMM)

Max. RAM:

1.0 GB (2 slots)

4.0 GB (4 slots)

Hard Drive Capacity:

40 GB

Hard Drive Type:

Ultra ATA 100

Ultra ATA 100

Hard Drive Speed:

7200 RPM

7200 RPM

CD-ROM:

32x CD

48x CD

CD-RW:

32x10x CD-RW

48x32x CD-RW

DVD-ROM:

12x DVD-ROM

16x DVD-ROM

DVD-/+RW:

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Floppy/Other Drive:

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PCI/AGP Slots:

0 available / 1 total

2 / 4

Internal Bays:

0 available / 1 total

1 / 2

External Bays:

0 available / 1 total

2 / 3

Mouse:

USB Optical

2-button scroll mouse

USB Ports:

3 on CPU side + 2 on keybd = 5 total
2 USB 2.0 & 1 USB 1.1 available

6 on CPU back + 2 on front = 8 total
8 USB 2.0 available

FireWire Ports:

2 @ 400 Mbps

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Legacy Ports:

Legacy-free

1 Ser, 1 Par available

Video Card:

ATI Radeon 9200

Radeon X300 SE

Video RAM:

32 MB DDR dedicated

128 MB DDR dedicated

VGA Out:

Yes

Yes

DVI/ADC Out:

--

DVI

RCA-Out:

optional adapter

optional adapter

S-Video Out:

optional adapter

Yes

Dual Display Support?

Mirroring

Mirroring or Spanning (?)

Display:

integrated 16" viewable flat-panel CRT

16" viewable CRT

Max. Resolution:

1280x960

1024x768

Audio In:

Built-in microphone; Line-in

Line-in

Audio Out:

Headphone jack, Line-out jack; digital-audio ready

Stereo Speakers:

Harman Kardon (Integrated)

Dell A215 stereo speakers

Ethernet:

10/100

56k Modem:

Yes

.Wi-Fi Card:

optional 802.11g/b (54 Mbps)

optional 802.11g/b (54 Mbps)

Bluetooth Card:

optional

optional

Hardware Extras:

Epson Stylus C86 Ink Jet Printer (free after rebate)

Dell Color Inkjet Printer 720 (free for ltd. time)

Included OS:

Mac OS X 10.3 Panther; Mac OS 9.2 Classic;
BSD Unix; X11 Window System

Windows XP Home Edition

Windows Support:

DOS/95/98/ME/2000/XP (via Virtual PC)

DOS/95/98/ME/2000/NT/XP (Native)

Mac Support:

Mac OS 8 apps/OS 9 (via Classic); OS X (Native)

Mac OS 8 (via Basilisk); Mac OS X (via PearPC)

Linux Support:

Various flavors (Native)

Unix Support:

Various flavors (Native)

Save-as PDF:

Native (any file)

(via WordPerfect package)

Zero-Config Networking:

Rendezvous (system-wide)

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Handwriting Recognition:

Inkwell (system-wide)

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Voice/Speech Recog.:

Built-in (system-wide); Speakable Items, etc.

(limited to certain non-core apps)

Web Serving:

Apache w/Perl, Python & PHP included

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Data Backup Utility:

(iBackup, PsyncX, etc. available as free download)

Included

Developer Tools:

Xcode, Script Editor, etc.

(free download of compiler/linker/diff tools)

File Compression:

System-wide Zip compression

System-wide Zip compression

File Encryption:

FileVault encrypt.

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Word Processor:

AppleWorks 6.2 (Word compatible)
or OpenOffice (free download; Word comp.)

WordPerfect
or OpenOffice (free download; Word comp.)

Spreadsheet:

AppleWorks 6.2 (Excel compatible)
or OpenOffice (free download; Excel comp.)

OpenOffice (free download; Excel comp.)

Presentation:

AppleWorks 6.2
or OpenOffice (free download; PwrPt. comp.)

OpenOffice (free download; PwrPt. comp.)

Database:

AppleWorks 6.2

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Drawing/Painting:

AppleWorks 6.2

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Projects/Planning:

--

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Web Browser

Safari 1.2; Internet Explorer 5.2; Sherlock 3.0
(FireFox, Mozilla, etc. avail. as free download)

Internet Explorer 6
(FireFox, Mozilla, etc. avail. as free download)

E-Mail/Address Book:

OS X Mail/Address Book

Outlook Express

Calendar Program:

iCal 1.5

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Data Synchronization:

iSync 1.4

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System Data Transfer:

System Migration Tool

Settings Transfer Wizard

Chat/AV Conferencing:

iChat AV 2.1
(others avail. as free downloads: ICQ, AOL IM, etc..)

Windows Messenger
(others avail. as free downloads: ICQ, AOL IM, etc..)

Media Players:

Quicktime 6.5; DVD Player
(WMP 9 & RealOne Player 9 avail as free downloads)

WMP 9; RealOne Player 9; DVD Player
(QuickTime 6.5 avail. as free download)

Financial:

Quicken 2004 Deluxe

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Reference:

World Book OS X

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Digital Photography:

iPhoto 4.0

Image Acquisition;
Photo Album Starter Ed.; PaintShop Pro Trial

Digital Video Editing:

iMovie 4.0

MovieMaker 2

CD Burning/Music:

iTunes 4.7; Disk Burner

Sonic RecordNow!; MusicMatch 7.0
(iTunes 4.7 avail. as free download)

Audio Engineering:

GarageBand 1.1; Sound Studio

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DVD Burning/Authoring:

iDVD 4.0; Disk Burner

XP Disk Burning

Games Included:

Chess; Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4; Deimos Rising

Mine Sweeper, Asstd. classic games

Additional Software:

Asstd. system software

Free Services:

1 month Earthlink; 2 month .Mac trial

6 months Earthlink

Viruses/Trojans/Worms:

None known which affect Mac OS X.

over 70,000 known

Security Alerts:
Source: U.S. Dept. of Energy

In General: far less common,
far less serious, fixed more quickly.

In General: far more common,
far more serious, fixed less quickly.

Firewall:

Built-in

Warranty:

1 yr. ltd./mail-in; 90 days phone

1 yr. ltd./at-home; 1 yr. phone

Customer Service:

Scored 74% by Consumer Reports
(Highest Rating)

Scored 62% by Consumer Reports

Subtotal:

Basic System: $799
+ Printer: $99

Basic System: $799
+ Dell A215 Speaker upgrade: $20
+ Combo Drive upgrade: $59
+ Radeon video card upgrade: $70

- Rebates if any:

- $99 printer rebate

- $150 instant rebate

+ Ground Shipping:

n/c

n/c

Total Price as configured:
(tax not included)