Dell Inspiron 7000

I have a lightweight GNU/Linux distro (antiX) installed on my Pentiumii@333MHz w/ 320MB ram. I can still surf the net, compose emails, and create documents with OpenOffice.Org

The machine is tough with a large 15" display. Still going strong with what is technically thought of as a museum piece of equipment.

I would suggest older equipment for casual users. No need to spend money on the newest "shiny thing."

I have owned a Dell Inspiron 7000 for 11 years. Yes, that's right. The 3 year warranty was useful, as the board fried and was replaced. But I used it everyday, very intensely, for over 11 years! I have a new laptop now, but use it to run an old printer and hardware that Windoze 7 won't run.

But this was a solid machine. I bet a new hardrive, and it could run for more years yet. So it was well built.

But it cost almost 5 grand when it came out!!

This is a very slow computer with very little ram and a poor quality prosesser. If I were you I would get rid of this scrap pile and buy a desktop. Did I like it....... no!!!

I would reccomed to someone that need a cheap computr for non-web use but who doesnt use the web.

One really great thing about this heavy computer is the hard drive space. the hard drives on these machiends are one of a kind for a computer uild for windows 97. Windows 7 punks dont go out trying this one.

Would I buy it now that i know how crappy it is nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

The dell inspiron 7000 is bad!!!

this is the best computer

i wonder if the processor of dell inspiron can be upgraded or can dell ispiron accept a processor with a higher capacity

Dell Inspiron 7000 very resistent to really hard conditions the plastics where this computer was made protects very well all the parts including the monitor (flat screen). works good the problem too old. for new systems. The new computers are so fragile than can resist a simple crash.

Extra battery slot a plus for those long hauls. Installed 256Mb of RAM and Windows XP on a 7000 from the Salvation Army and the thing ran beautifully. Even the DVD's ran without glitches

Not bad for a PII. Well recommend the Dell Inspiron 7000.

I have had my 7000 for 3 years now, and although I have a newer machine I can't See myself getting rid of the Dell. It has lasted extremely well, despite several knocks, and has been far more reliable than my others. As can be expected considering its age, this machine is quite heavy; I tend to use it instead of a desktop.

The battery life on this machine is astounding. I don't know exactly how old it is now, but considering it was secondhand and ageing when I got it, must be ancient in computer terms. I still get 3 and a half hours out of the battery! In comparison I am lucky to get 2 hours out of my brand-new Fujitsu Siemens.

I have a 366MHz Pentium 2 processor, 192MB of RAM, and a 20GB hard drive. I upgraded the machine to XP, which it runs quite happily, and friends knowledgeable about computers tell me it should be impossible for a machine of this spec. to run at the speed it does! The screen is bright and clear, far better than many newer screens. The only downside is that the catches on the lid are very easily broken by anyone as clumsy as me. Also the hinges are apparently prone to breaking, although mine show signs of damage but don't actually cause a problem.

I needed something I could store at work that I wouldn't worry about being stolen from my locker. I bought this one at at thrift store for $50. I just need it as a word processor to do reports. What I like is how many ports it has: USB, Cardbus slot, printer, and I think as many that exist. It has both a floppy and DVD drive (if you upgrade). I'm going to install a larger hard drive and upgrade it all around.

Ok so I was given this laptop as a way of keeping me at a job. Now I have built all my computers except my very first one way back in 94 and I laughed when I checked the stats on this machine. Pentium 2 366 mhz, 4mb video card, 56k fax modem and 64mb memory, 24x cdrom and a 3.5 floppy drive and Windows 98 (I was happy for that see above statement). When it was given to me I said why not as I needed something to amuse me at this job. Over time and lots of research I was able to upgrade the laptop a bit - a friend gave me his old laptop memory, two 128mb memory chips added up to 384mb with on board memory. I installed 4 speed DVD player I got from ebay for $20, a second battery for $30 and a high speed Internet card, $20@ Comp USA - I tell you the Internet runs pretty smooth and keeps up with a lot of updates to run quicktime and windows media player. I installed Windows Millenium and have had no problems and that enabled a better Internet explorer and media player. I am going to install a bigger hard drive (found a 40GB one for $40 - I love ebay). I will partition the hard drives so I can run Windows 95 through XP - as you may have experienced not every bit of software always ran optimally, so to have choice is a good thing. It stores music well and converts to mp3s well with the help of conversion software. The screen was fine and clear with no dead pixels and not a mark on this machine - I guess the old guy who owned it really never used it that much and bought a mac book a year or two ago (what a sell out).

Well needless to say I like this laptop even though it's way outdated - I payed nothing for it and invested less than 110 dollars into it - where else can you get a deal like that? A laptop today in 2006 would cost well over $800 and more for a loaded model - my wife thinks Im a geek and that I'm just wasting time on it but I see great value in it and to play my old 95 games brings a tear to my eye. If you find one take it or if you see a sweet price (usually $300 or less on ebay then grab it). You may even find a higher processor if you look hard enough but make sure your handy to open up your unit to install it. I never pay anyone to fix something that I could do myself but exercise the usual precautions with circuitry. Thanks for reading and good luck with the dell Inspiron 7000 if you find one.