Dell 9200 (Dell Dimension 9200)

Member Name: johngas7

Product:	Dell Dimension 9200
Date:	09/10/09 (16 review reads)
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Advantages: Good, reliable PC

Disadvantages: Prone to slowdown

I've had this PC for work for 2 years now. I won't get into all of the tech. spec. here, but just give an overview of performance.

Running Windows XP, it has a decent amount of memory (2GB of RAM) and is fairly quick, although it does have a tendency to slow down when using Windows Explorer. That could be down to the work network, but it's hard to pinpoint.

I installed a Fedora Linux Virtual Machine which ran with no problems and no unexpected slow-down. You can run quite a few browsers at the same time usually without slowdown, although, as with all PCs, it does have it's moments!

All the old favourites are included and work fine on the machine such as Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel etc and you can locate the defrag, disk cleanup and all other security options nice and easily.

The box itself has a handle space which is good for moving it about. It has 2 USB slots on the front as well as the earphone/headphone slot, plus all the expected connections on the back of the box.

It's lasted 2 years and whilst it can be slow at times, I've had no problems with the 9200. Not sure how much they'd cost now - with technology moving on all the time it might be better to get a newer model, but Dell are a leading brand so you'd wouldn't be wrong to consider buying a Dell, whether it's the Dell Dimension 9200 or not.

Summary: A top brand of computer with good reliability

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