overall rating 0-10


dell inspiron 5000 notebook
cpu=500mhz celeron mobile
memory=192mb
harddrive=8gb
video=ati rage mobility onboard 4mb
os=windows 2000


i got this for free.... i paid 15$ for the power adapter. rofl. so yeah rate it :]

-10 out of 10
I would just throw that thing away. How dare it be called a notebook

My left pinkie toe has more computing power than that by a fair margin.

lolwut 10/10 but throw it away? there's so much power goin' all the time
ah didn't see the negative sign...

Cool, my BlackBerry has nearly the exact same specs. And it probably get things done faster, too.

And it can fit into my pocket too.

~Bcloutier~

wow awesome
dood u could play duke nukem on that thing! sick!!!
best computer of 1992

more like 1988

I seriously hope you're trolling

can anyone say mutt?

No, no i can't.

That processor is very bad. So is the RAM. So is the Hard Drive. And definitely so is the video.

BUT

The Operating System is good. And you know something? It was made with this kind of hardware in mind. Meaning it should be as fast in day to day tasks than an average system today.

Software is getting slower more rapidly than hardware is getting faster.

Basically, by todays standards, it's shizzle. You need to upgrade. But for what it is and when it was it's okay. If you see what i mean...

Install Linux and you should see a speed improvement

HEY

dont hate

this is a legit computer i am playing RS on it right now

Holy shizzle.

That thing is about level with my first computer. Which was out of date when we got it.

We got it in 1998.

It had 800MB HD, 32MB RAM, I think its video card was 16MB, and a 500MHz processor. An older Compaq Presario.

BUT IT HAD THAT AWESOME NEW WINDOWS 98 ON IT MAN

Did you not read the rest of my post? I don't know if installing something like DSL would be an improvement though... does anybody know how it is against 98?

I should imagine DSL would be significantly faster than Windows 2000 (the OS the original poster said the notebook uses). Linux might not be the best OS for the original poster though, they're probably happy with Windows.

Meh, personal preference but i don't much like the default 2k theme. Although that said, i was using ME throughout most of 2k's lifetime

That would be worth more if you took it apart and sold the scrap metal...

Seriously.
~Vincent