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The future has arrived, and it has Dell stamped on it. The new Dell Inspiron 6000 is set to begin the laptop revolution come winter 2005. What makes it special is its Intel 915 GM system chipset and integrated Graphics Media Accelerator 900. The Inspiron 6000 is one of the first notebooks, Dell or otherwise, to feature this new technology. Dell went with a white and silver chassis for the Inspiron 6000, but offer a variety of options to customize the 6000's cover, including cherry burlwood, carbon fiber, Mediterranean blue, and charcoal leather.

The future has arrived, and it has Dell stamped on it. The newDell Inspiron 6000 is set to begin the laptop revolution comewinter 2005. What makes it special is its Intel 915 GM systemchipset and integrated Graphics Media Accelerator 900. TheInspiron 6000 is one of the first notebooks, Dell or otherwise,to feature this new technology.

Known by tech gurus as the Sonoma chipset, the Intel 915 GM endows the Inspiron 6000 with moreefficient energy usage, greater battery life expectancy, quickerfunctionality, and smoother video and audio during multimedia andgaming experiences. Tech aficionados will appreciate the 533 MHzfront-side bus speed, increased DDR2 RAM, and added PCI Expressthat the Sonoma chipset provides.

Compared to its predecessor, the Inspiron 5160, the Inspiron6000 model dishes up more improvements than just the Sonomachipset. To integrate and manage the latest digital mediaequipment, the laptop provides optional Bluetooth, 10/100Ethernet, and Wi-Fi technology, as well as an IEEE 1394 port, four USB ports,FireWire, S-Video, and a Secure Digital memory card slot. For thelayperson, these exotic names and acronyms mean one thing - thenew Inspiron 6000 can easily access wireless Internet and communicate simply with digital cameras, MP3players, PDAs, and other handheld devices.

The DellInspiron 6000 has an inspired look, too. It boasts more slenderdimensions that its predecessor. For your viewing pleasure, thenotebook unveils a 15.4-inch wide-screen display. Choose from aWXGA, UltraSharp WSXGA, or ultra UltraSharp WUXGA resolution. Thekeyboard on the Inspiron 6000 is also redesigned for more ease ofuse. You won't need to worry about your fingers being tied inknots by a crowded keyboard. Dell, however,still found the space to fit new backlit multimedia keys, whichcan help you search through your collection of digital music.

Dell went with a white and silver chassis for the Inspiron 6000,but left it up to you to customize the computer's cover. Thecolors choices are four-fold: cherry burlwood, carbon fiber,Mediterranean blue, and charcoal leather.

It's this flexibility, not just in appearance but in hardware aswell, that makes the Inspiron 6000 the worthy successor in Dell's line of notebooks for home and small business users. Whether youjust want to surf the Web or launch a desktop publishing biz, theInspiron can cover you with three choices of processors, rangingfrom the 1.30GHz Intel Celeron to the 1.60 GHz Pentium. Harddrive options start at 30GB and top out at 80GB. And yourmultimedia and data storage needs can be met by the variety ofavailable optical drives, such as DVD, writable CD/DVD, and adouble-layer DVD burner.

With a base price under $1000, all of these capabilities, andthe Sonoma chipset, the Inspiron 6000 represents a cutting-edgelaptop purchase. The benefits of this laptop will onlyincrease in the future, too. Come February 2005, models will beavailable with discrete graphics, and in March, 100GB harddrives.

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