500Mhz and still decoding in hardware......................
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4. Dell Dimension XPS T500
Product Information
PRO: 4.8X DVD-ROM drive with hardware decoder card, good record for reliability and support
CON: No standard 3.5-inch floppy drive
If you seek a feature-rich, multimedia-capable system for your growing business, the $2816 Dell Dimension XPS T500 may give you a good excuse to splurge. The thin, gray midtower has what your office needs--plus a little extra for after-hours fun. The XPS T500, with its fast new Pentium III-500 CPU, earned a PC WorldBench score of 234, just a couple of ticks behind the number two Micron Millennia 500 Max.
Color-coded, labeled, and icon-marked ports, plus a good assortment of peripheral manuals and an illustrated foldout setup guide, make getting up and running a snap. And the XPS T500's easy-open, sturdy case and tidy interior make accessing RAM a snap when you're ready to add more. The sturdy Dell QuietKey keyboard proved comfortable and solid.
The system includes a CineMaster hardware DVD decoder card with a 4.8X DVD-ROM drive for better video playback, and the giant 22GB hard disk and Iomega Zip drive should give even a pack rat plenty of elbowroom. And teamed with the Turtle Beach Montego II PCI Audio sound card, the Altec Lansing ACS295 speaker-subwoofer system delivers realistic sound.
You can call Dell around the clock for technical assistance, and in our surveys PC World readers consistently rate the company's office PCs as reliable
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