Price: ~US$3776 (as tested)

Availability: Shipping November 10th, Orderable Now

It's big, it's bad ass, it's a monster, it's the Dell Inspiron 8000, the big daddy of Dell's mobile line. It does everything their 5000e model does, but on a larger scale. Here are the specifications of our test system:

• Pentium III 850MHz
• i815 chipset motherboard
• 128MB SDRAM
• 15" 1400x1050 LCD
• ATI Rage Mobility 128 w/32MB SGRAM on 4x AGP
• 32GB 5400rpm ATA66 IBM HD
• Integrated 8x DVDROM
• Swappable floppy drive

As you can see from the basic specifications, the Inspiron 8000 is a full-featured notebook, and you can read on to get a full-featured review.