System |
DELL INSPIRON 4000 |
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Processor |
Pentium
III 1 GHz |
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Memory |
128MB |
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Hard Disk |
10 GB |
4200rpm, ATA66 DMA |
It has only 384kb cache but it
performs as my desktop 7200rpm 2MB cache ATA66
hard disk, see below for performace (hdparm) |
Screen | 14,1" |
1400x1050 |
To use enanched DRI for 3D, use1024x768
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Graphics |
ATI Mobility LF 8MB AGP 2X |
(aka ATI Mobility M3 or 128) |
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MotherBoard | Intel BX |
(PIIX4) |
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Network | Combo MiniPCI ActionTec |
WinModem 56K (Lucent Mars) Intel 82557 (EEPRO100) |
With two separate jack, working both at the same time |
Audio | Maestro 3 |
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Bay | Hot-Swappable |
CD-RW Matsushita (8x4x24x) FLOPPY 3.14" |
ATAPI compatible Floppy can be connected also by a parallel cable recognised by BIOS as a standard floppy device |
Battery | Li-Ion 53WA |
Charge time: 2/3 hours (on/off) Duration: 3-4.5(h) |
Doing only man-read or editing,
it lasts 4.5 hours, on intensive working (installing
StarOffice from CD and recompiling kernel several
times) it lasts about 3 hours |
What I tried and it works (obviously with linux) |
Graphics Modem CD-RW Ethernet Sound USB |
OK (TFT
very nice) OK OK OK OK OK |
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What I havent yet tried |
PCMCIA VIDEO out VIDEO out (tv) |
I haven't any PCMCIA car... | |
Some trouble (but resolvable) |
Suspend
to ram Hot swap device |
The miniPCI
device remains hung after a suspend, a workaround exist |
A note about Dell support: I read some comments on the net regarding issue with Dell Customer Support. At least here in Italy they were very kind and disponible. I order the notebook on wendesday and it come 6 day later on tuesday.
A note about the machine: The TFT screen is very clear and brillant, keyboard is very confortable (like Acer one), ethernet card is performing very well compared to others I use at work. On other brands (notably Asus, Progress) a combo Ethernet-Modem means that you have only one jack in which you can plug OR the network OR the modem cable (XOR), the one Dell provides (MiniPCI combo modem+10/100) offers two jack and you can use modem and ethernet card simultaneously. Another nice feature is a parallel cable to connect the floppy drive (you can use it togheter whit the CD drive). The bios recognize the floppy and swich the parallel port as it was a standar floppy port (so you can use it without trouble at boot time or later with linux). The chassis is not so filmsy as someone says but is not as solid compared to aluminium-league of IBM T21 or similar. I use it daily, at home and at office, probabily it is powered on for more than 8hour per working day - I never experience a problem.
deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian
testing main contrib non-free deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US testing/non-US main non-free |
export http_proxy="http://usr:psw@your.proxy.address:port_of_your_proxy/" |
apt-get dist-upgrade apt-get upgrade |
apt-get install x-window-task apt-get install kernel-source // or download from www.kernel.org |
make dep;make bzImage;make modules;make
modules_install |
cp /where_you_unpack_sources/arch/i386/boot/bzImage
/dev/fd0 |
alias sound-slot-0 maestro3 |
alias char-major-62 lt_serial |
cd source make clean make cp lt_*.o /lib/modules/<version>/kernel/drivers/char depmod -a echo "alias char-major-62 lt_serial" >> /etc/modutils/aliases update-modules |
#!/bin/sh startx -- :1 -depth 16 |
dende:/home/enrico# /sbin/hdparm
-tT /dev/hda /dev/hda: Timing buffer-cache reads: 128 MB in 0.93 seconds =137.63 MB/sec Timing buffered disk reads: 64 MB in 3.79 seconds = 16.89 MB/sec |
dende (Dell Ispiron 4000, Intel
Pentium III 1Ghz, 128MB) |
sahara (Desktop AMD Athlon, 500Mhz,
128MB) |
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First start
(i.e. mainly from Disk) |
Second start (i.e mainly from RAM) |
First start (i.e. mainly from Disk) |
Second start (i.e. mainly from RAM) |
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mozilla 0.9.1 | 8,5 | 3,5-2,5 | 8 | 4.9-4.8 |
new mozilla window | <1 |
1.5 | ||
jtalk | 7.4 | 2.4 | 4.5 | 3.2 |
soffice 5.2 | 14.7 | <1.5 | 15 | 3.6 |