So how fast is the processor?

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nothermark wrote:
C family latitudes are old, slow machines. I would not be surprised
to find out the proc cloc was less than a GHz. 512MB of mem will run
XP, just don't add anything else. This would make a Linux box or a
dedicated something but not a general purpose web browser machine. Too
slow.

I don't know? As I use a lot of XP systems which are underclocked and
they work just fine for virtually everything that doesn't peg the
processor. Including browsing the web, email, etc.

This computer for example uses Intel's SpeedStep. And it has been
sitting at 988MHz all morning, like where it normally sits at all day.
My three Asus EeePC netbooks uses an Intel Celeron 900MHz underclocked
to 633MHz. And they too run XP just fine at these speeds.

What hurts XP is not enough RAM. All of the machines I talked above have
2GB of RAM. Although even with 1GB of RAM, they run the very same. As I
rarely ever use more than 1GB of my 2GB anyway. Now 512MB of RAM will
slow down XP a bit. But it shouldn't be too bad.

--
Bill
Gateway M465e ('06 era) - OE-QuoteFix v1.19.2
Centrino Core Duo 1.83G - 2GB - Windows XP SP3

On Apr 23, 7:35*am, nothermark wrote:
On Mon, 18 Apr 2011 06:46:05 -0700 (PDT), Ben Myers









wrote:
On Apr 18, 1:22 am, mm wrote:
On Sun, 17 Apr 2011 23:39:14 -0400, "Steve W."
wrote:

mm wrote:
So how fast is the processor?

Processor
Microprocessor Intel Mobile Pentium III microprocessor
System chip set Intel 815e
L2 cache 256 KB
External bus 100 MHz Front Side Bus
Microprocessor data bus width 64 bits
DRAM bus width 64 bits
Address bus width 32 bits
Flash EPROM 4 Mb
AGP bus 133 MHz
PCI bus 33 MHz

Does it say? Or is it me?

http://support.dell.com/support/edoc...n/ug/specs.htm

I dl'd all the other docs I could find on the Dell site also.

It's a Latitude C800 laptop, or a model PP01X. They both seem like
model numbers to me. :-)

Any help much appreciated!

Got the Service tag number? Enter that and it will tell you the original
build info.

Thanks.

I did that, and this is all I got. Is it the 850 on line 1? I
guess I should have figured that out.

(850 MHz would definitely be fast enough to warrant reloading windows
etc. (It's also missing the cord and brick but I think I can borrow
one, and if it works, can buy one for $10 dollars. IF the battery is
no good, that's okay. It's for someone who would plug it in anyhow.))

Does line 2 mean 500Megs of RAM? It's hard to tell!
What is line 3, "Pipe....LONSDALE/LAVACA"?
(I reordered the lines for your convenience. )

Original System Configuration
Quantity Parts # Part Description
1 82WEJ PROCESSOR..., PIII-CUM, 850, 256K, PGA2, C0
2 6332P Dual In Line Memory Module, 256100M, 32x64, 4K, 144
1 50RMM Pipe, Height, THIN..., FINS, LONSDALE/LAVACA...

2 0120C INSERT..., Blank, PC MEMORY CARD INTL. ASSOC....,
CP/CPX
1 75UYF Battery, 59Wattage Hour, 14.8V, 8Cell, Lithium
1 007KN Liquid Crystal Display, SXGA+ 15.0, HTCH

Incredible detail compared to other Dell computers I've looked up.
4 0640E Cover, Screw, Top, Adhesive, Corona
1 146CM Assembly, Cable, Flex, 15inch, SXGA+-UXGA,
LONSDALE/LAVACA...
1 273MY Assembly, Bezel, Liquid Crystal Display, 15.0,
Lonsdale, V2
1 40YEV Assembly, Cover, Top, Liquid Crystal Display, 15,
Lonsdale, V2
1 433MR Assembly, Cover, Hinge, Plastic Lonsdale
1 818FW Assembly, Palmrest, Touchpad, Lonsdale
1 81TDF Assembly, Cover, Bottom, Base, Lonsdale/Lavaca
1 88DRE Assembly, Printed Wiring Assembly, Main, Aurora,
Lonsdale Lavaca
2 89346 Cover, Screw, Bottom, Oval, ADHESIVE...
1 09YXE Subassembly, Floppy Drive, Internal/External,
Celestica, CP
1 620DF ASSEMBLY..., CABLE..., BAY (DRIVE BAY)..., C800...,
UNITED STATES...
1 9364U Adapter, ALTERNATING CURRENT..., External, 20V, 70W,
3WBA
1 3609Y Keyboard, 87, United States, LONSDALE/LAVACA...,
United States
1 92KJC Kit, Housing, CDOC2, DOCKING STATION..., Tray/ Stand,
V.2
1 77EUG Keyboard, 104, 6P, UNITED STATES..., SILITEK...,
Mechanical, Midnight Gray
1 47FEM Mouse, Personal System 2, 2 Button, Wheel, Microsoft,
MG
1 2509T Case, Carrying, Nylon, Notebook, Inspiron 7500
1 75UYF Battery, 59Wattage Hour, 14.8V, 8Cell, Lithium
2 6332P Dual In Line Memory Module, 256100M, 32x64, 4K, 144
1 1887W KIT..., DOCUMENTATON ON FLOPPY DISK..., SOFTWARE...,
DIGITAL VIDEO DISK DRIVE..., IVIB39, WITH DOLBY HEADPHONE
TECHNOLOGY...
1 14DJD Digital Video/Versatile Disk, 17G, 8X-24X, Internal,
Small FormFactor, Toshiba
1 303CU Assembly, Carrier, Mounting, Metal, Compact Disk
Drive, LONSDALE/LAVACA...
1 61TPH Bezel, Assembly, Plastic, DigitalVideo/Versatile Disk,
L2 Toshiba
1 6C266 Subassembly, Compact Disk Rewritable, 8X, Sony,
LATCHED ADDRESS..., Kit
1 110MX Modem, 56K, V90, Internal, Notebook, 3COM, WORLD
WIDE...
1 82UXX KIT..., CABLE..., INPUT/OUTPUT..., 4 PIN PHONE
CONNECTOR..., BLACK..., 6FT, WORLD WIDE...
1 0D405 Assembly, Printed Wiring Assy, Graphics, 32MB,
LONSDALE/LAVACA..., V2
1 980XM Display, Multiscan, Color, 19, DUAL..., M991, DELL
AMERICAS ORGANIZATION..., Midnight Gray
1 48CVX Assembly, CARRIER..., Hard Drive, LONSDALE/LAVACA...
1 4C449 Hard Disk Drive, 20Gigabytes, I, 2.5" Form Factor,
9.5Millimeters, IBM..., Version2
1 548GJ Connector, Header, 2X22, M/F, 2, SCSI, Gold, 35K,
Third Height
1 77MYY KIT..., DOCUMENTATION ON COMPACT DISK..., WINDOWS 2000
PROFESSIONAL..., SP1, 5.25" FORM FACTOR..., ENGLAND/ENGLISH...
1 083YT Kit, Card, Network, 10/100, 3COM, 2.6.5

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What you see when you look at the system configuration for a given
Dell service tag comes from the bill-of-materials used to assemble the
computer at whichever factory put it together. *So there is a lot of
cryptic information to be deciphered, and the quality of the
information is as good as the factory drone who created the bill-of-
materials originally. *With some of the more recent and really cheap
Dell laptops (1200, 1300, 2200), even the processor type and speed may
be obscured, because it is integrated into the motherboard used in the
system. *Lonsdale, Lavaca etc are internal Dell code names for
something or other.

PP01X is an identifier of the plastic chassis of a Dell laptop. *C800
identifies the model of Dell Latitude. *Other PP01X systems include
the Latitude C810, Latitude C840, Inspiron 8000, Inspiron 8100,
Inspiron 8200, and probably some early model of Precision laptop. *In
other words, Dell used this chassis (and others) on a wide range of
models. *And it plays the marketing game of promoting one product line
as premium/workstation (e.g. Precision), business class (Latitude) and
consumer/home (Inspirion). *But when they are torn down to see what is
inside, there is little variation. *HPaq plays the same game. *So does
Acer-eGateMachines.

With its Intel 815 chipset, the maximum amount of memory possible is
512MB.

The 15" SXGA+ LCD screen used in the C800 was state-of-the-art back
then at 1600x1200, and it still matches up well with today's laptops.
The P3 processor and the smallish 512MB of memory limit the usefulness
of the C800... Ben Myers

The model difference is HD's. proc's and memory. *Sometimes trim. *

a 1600x1200 LCD would be premium in that vintage. *800x600 or 1024x768
would be more normal. *

C family latitudes are old, slow machines. *I would not be surprised
to find out the proc cloc was less than a GHz. *512MB of mem will run
XP, just don't add anything else. *This would make a Linux box or a
dedicated something but not a general purpose web browser machine. Too
slow. *

Way back when, you could get a Latitude C800 or Inspiron 8000 with
slow P3 processor and 1600x1200 resolution. A friend of mine just
retired his beloved C800 after keeping it together with bubble gum,
paper clips and rubber bands (and cheap replacement parts) for many
years.

But I have seen hi-res C840s with Pentium 4 M processors as fast as
2.2GHz, which really was state of the art back then. In fact, if you
want to buy a couple, I have them in my toy chest, er, warehouse...
Ben Myers