The average PC is cluttered up with obsolete features such as serial and parallel ports. But the only thing that appears to excite Dell is increased market share - the company has always had a reputation for conservative technology.
The 875P will also pack AGP (accelerated graphics port) 8X, which connects the graphics chip to the processor; and Serial ATA, a faster and relatively new way to connect a hard drive to the rest of the computer.
The machine, which includes a 2.8GHz Pentium 4, 512MB of 400MHz DDR memory, a 160GB Serial ATA hard drive, a DVD burner and a 19-inch CRT (cathode ray tube) monitor, will sell for $2,099. The company is offering the 500S Gaming PC for $1,149...
In addition, Sonoma is expected to include support for the Azalia audio interface; for the PCI Express connection technology for PCs and peripherals; and for Serial ATA, a high-speed interface standard for disk drives that cuts down on the cabling...
The Momentus 5400 FDE.2 offers up to 160GB of capacity, a Serial ATA interface, and hardware-based Advanced Encryption Standard encryption, according to Seagate. Seagate Technology has named the first manufacturer to sell laptops with its new built...
Momentus 5400.6 is a 5400-rpm drive, which uses the Serial ATA (Sata) 3Gbps interface and has capacities ranging from 120GB to 500GB with an 8MB cache. The Momentus 7200.4 hard drive is a 7200-rpm drive and a Sata 3Gbps interface and comes in...