Dell

Dimension Line

The Dimension line was created in 1993. It focuses primarily on home users, although it also has business-focused versions in the form of the XPS Subdivision (until 2005, when XPS was spun off into its own line.) The Dimension line was discontinued in 2007, replaced by the Inspiron line (For low-end models) and the Studio Line (With Higher End Lines)

Photo Machine Year Of Introduction CPU RAM Hard Drive Modem/Networking Cache Sound Card GPU Bundled Operating System Bundled Software Spec Sheet Sources Notes
2400 2004

Intel Celeron (Pre April 2004, 2.40GHz OR 2.60GHz)

Intel Pentium 4 (2.66GHz, Post april 2004)

256MB to 512MB, DDR SDRAM, 266MHz

40GB, 7200RPM Ultra ATA/100

80GB, 7200RPM Ultra ATA/100

120GB, 7200RPM, Ultra ATA/100

v.92 DataFax Modem (Up to 56k download, 33.6K Upload), 10/100 Ethernet 128KB L2 Sound Blaster Live! with Dolby Digital 5.1 Intel Extreme Graphics 3D

Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition (Likely SP1 or SP2)

WordPerfect Productivity Pack

McAfee Security Center (90 day free trial or optional 12 month subscription)

Norton Internet Security (90 day free trial)

Norton Antivirus (12 month subscription)

Optional

Microsoft Works Suite (likely either 2002, 2003 or 2004)

WordPerfect Office 11

Microsoft Office 2003 Basic Edition

 

Archived Specs Sheet

 
4600 2004

Intel Pentium 4 (2.8GHz)

OR

Intel Pentium 4 (With HyperThreading 2.8GHz, 3.0GHz OR 3.06GHz)

Using 865G Chipset

256MB, 400MHz or 333MHz, Upgradable to 2GB via 4 DIMM slots Up to 250GB

Intergrated Intel Pro 10/100 Ethernet

Optional

Dell gigabit Ethernet

56K PCI DataFax Modem

56K Telephony Modem For Windows

Unknown

Intergrated 5.1 Channel Audio (Likely chipset)

Optional

Sound Blaster Live! 5.1 Digital Sound Card With Dolby Digital 5.1 capability

Sound Blaster Live! 5.1 Digital Sound Card With DVD Audio & Dolby Digital 5.1 capability

Intel Extreme Graphics 2

Optional

Nvidia Geforce FX5200 (128MB, 8x AGP, With TV Out)

ATI Radeon 9800 Pro (128MB DDR, DVI & TV out)

Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition

Microsoft Windows XP Professional Edition

Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition

WordPerfect Productivity Pack

McAfee Security Center (90 day free trial or optional 12 month subscription)

Norton Internet Security (90 day free trial)

Norton Antivirus (12 month subscription)

Optional

Microsoft Works Suite (likely either 2002, 2003 or 2004)

WordPerfect Office 11

Microsoft Office 2003 Basic Edition

Microsoft Office 2003 Small Business Edition

Microsoft Office 2003 Professional Edition

Archived Specs Sheet  
4600C 2004

Intel Pentium 4 (2.80GHz)

OR

Intel Pentium 4 (With HyperThreading, 2.80GHz, 3.0GHz or 3.20 GHz)

256MB dual channel DDR 333MHz SDRAM, Upgradable to 2GB (If 333MHz dual channel SDRAM) or 1GB (400MHz dual channel SDRAM)

2 DIMM Slots

Up to 250GB

Integrated 10/100 Ethernet

Optional

56K PCI DataFax Modem

 Unknown Sound Blaster Live! with Dolby Digital 5.1

Intel Extreme Graphics 2

Optional

Nvidia Geforce 4 MX (64MB, DDR)

ATI All-In-Wonder 9000 W/ remote control (64MB, 4X AGP)

Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition

Microsoft Windows XP Professional Edition

Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition

WordPerfect Productivity Pack

McAfee Security Center (90 day free trial or optional 12 month subscription)

Norton Internet Security (90 day free trial)

Norton Antivirus (12 month subscription)

Optional

Microsoft Works Suite (likely either 2002, 2003 or 2004)

WordPerfect Office 11

Microsoft Office 2003 Basic Edition

Microsoft Office 2003 Small Business Edition

Microsoft Office 2003 Professional Edition

Archived Specs Sheet  
4700 2004

Intel Pentium 4 with HyperThreading (3.4GHz)

Intel 915G Express Chipset

512MB Dual Channel DDR2-400MHz-SDRAM, upgradable to 4GB via 4 DIMM Slots Up to 250GB Unknown 1MB L2 Unknown Unknown

Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition

Microsoft Windows XP Professional Edition

Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition

WordPerfect Productivity Pack

McAfee Security Center (90 day free trial or optional 12 month subscription)

Norton Internet Security (90 day free trial)

Norton Antivirus (12 month subscription)

Optional

Microsoft Works Suite (likely either 2002, 2003 or 2004)

WordPerfect Office 11

Microsoft Office 2003 Basic Edition

Microsoft Office 2003 Small Business Edition

Microsoft Office 2003 Professional Edition

Archived Specs Sheet (Partially lost)  
8400 2004

Intel Pentium 4 With Hyperthreading (3.6GHz)

Intel 925X Chipset

512MB DDR2 Dual Channel (400MHz)

Upgradable to 4GB (DDR2-400MHZ or 533MHz SDRAM) via 4 DIMM Slots

Up to 800GB (Via 2 400GB Drives)

supports either RAID 1 (Mirror) or RAID 0 (Stripe)

 Unknown 1MB L2 Unknown Unknown

Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition

Microsoft Windows XP Professional Edition

Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition

WordPerfect Productivity Pack

McAfee Security Center (90 day free trial or optional 12 month subscription)

Norton Internet Security (90 day free trial)

Norton Antivirus (12 month subscription)

Optional

Microsoft Works Suite (likely either 2002, 2003 or 2004)

WordPerfect Office 11

Microsoft Office 2003 Basic Edition

Microsoft Office 2003 Small Business Edition

Microsoft Office 2003 Professional Edition

Archived specs sheet (Some lost)  
XPS Gen 3 2004

Intel Pentium 4 With Hyperthreading (3.6GHz)

Intel 925X Chipset

512MB DDR2 Dual Channel (400MHz)

Upgradable to 4GB (DDR2-400MHZ or 533MHz SDRAM) via 4 DIMM Slots

Up to 800GB (Via 2 400GB Drives)

supports either RAID 1 (Mirror) or RAID 0 (Stripe)

 Unknown 1MB L2 Unknown Unknown

Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition

Microsoft Windows XP Professional Edition

Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition

WordPerfect Productivity Pack

McAfee Security Center (90 day free trial or optional 12 month subscription)

Norton Internet Security (90 day free trial)

Norton Antivirus (12 month subscription)

Optional

Microsoft Works Suite (likely either 2002, 2003 or 2004)

WordPerfect Office 11

Microsoft Office 2003 Basic Edition

Microsoft Office 2003 Small Business Edition

Microsoft Office 2003 Professional Edition

Archived specs sheet  

 

Optiplex Line

The Optiplex line was introduced in 1993. It is focused on Corporate, Healthcare, Governmental, and Education markets and is one of the most popular in its class. Optiplex computers typically come with Intel processors such as Celeron (at minimum), Pentium and i(x) Core

Photo Machine Year Of Introduction CPU RAM Hard Drive Modem/Networking Cache Sound Card GPU Bundled Operating System Bundled Software Spec Sheet Sources Notes
GX50 2004? Intel Celeron (1.2 to 1.4GHz, Possibly P6, Netburst or Pentium/Celeron M)

128MB

20GB

 14.4/28.8 Modem, Optional Unknown Unknown Unknown

Microsoft Windows XP Professional

Unknown

  

 
GX270 2004? Intel Pentium 4 2.40GHz (PPGA478) 512MB 40GB Gigabit Ethernet 512KB L2 Unknown Intel Extreme Graphics 2 (864G IGPU)

Microsoft Windows XP Professional

OR

Windows 2000 Professional

Unknown   Infamous for it's extremely high failure rates

PowerEdge Line

PowerEdge is the server line of computers. There are 3 styles of server, signified by a letter before the number:

Photo Machine Year Of Introduction CPU RAM Hard Drive Modem/Networking Cache Sound Card GPU Bundled Operating System Bundled Software Spec Sheet Sources Notes
T410 2009

Intel Xeon 5500 (4 Cores)

OR

Intel Xeon 5600 (6 Cores)

Can support up to 2 Processors

1GB DDR3, 1333MT/s

2GB DDR3, 1333MT/s

4GB DDR3, 1333MT/s

8GB DDR3, 1333MT/s

16GB DDR3, 1333MT/s

Supports up to 128GB (8 DIMM Slots)

Supports up to 18TB Via 6 cabled/Hotplug HDD's

Dual-Port Embedded Broadcom NetXtreme II 5716 Gigabit Ethernet

(Likely Optional)

Intel Gigabit ET Dual Port Server Adapter and Intel Gigabit ET Quad Port Server Adapter


Intel Single Port 1GbE NIC


Intel Dual Port 1GbE NIC


Intel Quad Port 1GbE NIC


Broadcom Dual Port 1GbE NIC

 4MB or 8MB Unknown Matrox G200 (Intergrated)

Microsoft Windows Server 2012

Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Essentials

Microsoft Windows Server Small Business 2011

Microsoft Windows Server Small Business 2008

Microsoft Windows Server 2008 SP2 (x86/x64, x64 Includes Hyper-V)

Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 x64 (Hyper-V V2)

Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server

Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Citrix XenServer

VMware vSphere ESX and ESXi

Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization

 Unknown

PDF sheet

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XPS Line (Post Dimension/Inspiron split)

The XPS Line was created in 1993. It stands for eXtreme Performance System. It is primarily focused on businesses and makes desktops and laptops. Up until 2005, the line was a subdivision of the Dimension line and the Inspiron line

Photo Machine Year Of Introduction CPU RAM Hard Drive Modem/Networking Cache Sound Card GPU Bundled Operating System Bundled Software Spec Sheet Sources Notes
M1730 World Of Warcraft Edition 2007

Intel Core 2 Duo Extreme X9000

4GB DDR2-SDRAM, 667MHz

400GB, SATA, 7200RPM

Broadcom NetXtreme BCM5754M PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet (10/100MBit/s)

Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG (a/b/g/)

Bluetooth 2.0

 4MB L2 SigmaTel HD Audio Nvidia Gefore 8700M GT (SLI,625MHz (Main), 800MHz (Memory), 512MB,GDDR3 VRAM)

Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium (32 Bit)

World Of Warcraft

World Of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade expansion

Warcraft III: Battle Chest (Bundle)

Logitech Game Panel software

 

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