Legacy Dell Inspiron 4000

• Brand: Dell
• Manufacturer: Compal Electronics
• Model No.: PP01L
• Weight: 2.66kg with floppy drive, 2.8kg with CD ROM drive
• dimensions: (WxHxD) 319.5 x 254.0 x 37.4mm

• Processor: Intel Pentium III 750 MHz with SpeedStep
  • Caches: 32 KB L1, 256 KB L2
  • External bus frequency: 100 MHz
• Other Processor Options:
  • Pentium III 600, 700, 800, or 850 MHz
  • Mobile Celeron 600 MHz
• Memory: 128MB SDRAM
  • expandable up to 512MB
• Graphics: ATI RAGE Mobility M3* (*graphics chip)
  • Integrated 8MB RAM
  • AGP 2x
• Internal Storage: 12GB ATA-33 hard disk drive
  • capacity options: 6GB, 10GB, 20GB
• Audio:
  • two built-in 4-ohm stereo speakers
  • 16-bit stereo analog-digital/vice versa conversion (ESS Maestro 3i)
  • Built-in microphone* (*located on the right hand side of palm rest)
  • 20-voice 72-operator FM music synth

• Compatible OS:
  • Windows 3.11 to Millennium Edition* (*can be upgraded to XP SP 1-3)
  • Linux Red Hat 7.0
• Software Disks:
  • Re-installation disk for Dell Inspiron 4000 system software
  • Back-up disk for Dell's pre-installed programs
    • Dell-E Software for quick assistance and troubleshooting

• Display: 14.1" XGA TFT active color matrix
  • Display modes:
    • 1024 x 768, 32-16 bit colors
    • 800 x 600, 32-16 bit colors
    • 640 x 480, 32-16 bit colors
• Supported Media: (all of these can be swapped around in the modular bay)
  • 8x DVD-ROM with built-in software encoding
  • 24x CD drive* (*optional)
  • 20x CD Re-Writable drive
  • 3.5" floppy drive
  • ZIP 100 drive
    • A second battery can be used in the bay to double battery life
    • A second hard drive can also be used in the bay to double storage
• Input/Output:
  • USB: 1 4-pin (USB 1.1)
  • Serial: 1 9-pin
  • Parallel: 1 25-pin
  • Video connector: 1 15-pin
    • resolutions: UGA, SXGA, XGA, SVGA, VGA
  • Remote control: 1 IR reciever
    • Speeds: Slow 115 Kbps, fast 4 Mbps
  • Microphone-in*: 3.5 mm mini jack (*mono only)
  • Headphone-out: 3.5 mm mini stereo jack
  • External mouse/keyboard: 6-pin mini-DIN PS/2 port* (*named after IBM's old PC's)
  • Docking Station: Bespoke 200-pin* (*see below for compatible docks)
    • Family Advanced Port Replicator
    • C-Dock Expansion Station
  • dial-up & local internet:
    • internal RJ-11 V.90 56K data/fax modem* (*a standard telephone/line cable and port)
    • 10 or 100Mbps RJ-45 LAN jacks* (*A standard Ethernet cable for local networking)
  • *The above 2 ports were optional when buying an official product, covering one or both with a door if the features aren't integrated* (See bonuses and Accessories for more details)
• PC card slots:
  • Bottom slot: Compatible with Windows OS 95, 98, 2000
  • Top and bottom:
    • two 32-bit Type-II
    • one Type-III
    • Card bus-compatible
    • Zoom video support
• Keyboard & pointing devices:
  • 19 mm keys, 3 mm spacing, 101/102 functionality, 87 visible keys
  • IBM analog pointer joystick and touch-sensitive track pad
• Power requirements:
  • Cable: Bespoke AC adapter
  • Battery: removable 8-cell 'smart' Li-ion with 53.0 WHr capacity
  • Charge time: 1/1.5 hours charging if the computer is off
  • Battery life: 3.5 hours per full charge* (*according to manufacturer's claim)

• Swappable LCD display back plate and palm rests
  • Colors: Tahoe Blue, Storm Gray, Royal Purple, Golden Yellow
• Carrying case with internal straps and pockets to store extra fun stuff for your machine
• If your unit has no internal modem:
  • V.90 56K gold PC card modem+fax from Psion Dacom (comes with proprietary cable and instruction booklet)

Official Inspiron 4000 support from Dell

Inspiron 4000 Set-up video from Youtube (*Have some water when watching this, it's very dry lol*)

Byte my VDU's blog post on modding and retro gaming for this machine

Reviews:

ITPro's Laptop of 'that' month: Dell Inspiron 4000

HardwareZone's precise specs and testing of the Inspiron 4000

First impressions from TheVooner (The included images are sadly broken due to how old this post is)