Dell 90-MHz Pentium zooms past competition; XPS P90 minitower offers phenomenal speed, good price. (Dell Dimension model) (Hardware Review) (Evaluation)

PRODUCT SUMMARY

Company: Dell Computer Corp., located in Austin, Texas, can be reached at (800) 289-3355 or (512) 338-4400; fax: (800) 727-8320.

List price: $3,499 list price; includes 8MB of RAM, 540MB hard disk, MS-DOS 6.21, Windows 3.1, Sound Blaster 16 multimedia audio card with software, Number Nine Computer Corp. #9GXE video card with 2MB of VRAM and Number Nine HawkEye for Windows software, PhotoStyler CD, and Sound Effects Library and Multimedia Sound Studio CD. Sold through dealer and direct sales.

Features: Intel 90-MHz Pentium CPU; 2 serial ports, 1 parallel port, Sound Blaster 16 multimedia audio card with game port; #9GXE video card with 2MB of VRAM and PCI local bus; four ISA and 2 PCI slots, one combination PCI or ISA slot; built-in IDE/PCI controller; 200-watt power supply.

Peripherals: Enhanced keyboard; mouse.

Storage and memory: 540MB hard drive; 1.44MB 3.5- and 5.25-inch floppy drives; CD-ROM drive; 8MB of 70-nanosecond RAM, 128MB maximum; 256KB maximum internal RAM cache.

Pros: Extremely fast; affordable; …