ABOUT: For your consideration is another piece from my personal collection of retro gaming systems, a Dell Inspiron 8200 15" laptop with the higher spec active matrix color screen and DVD+CDRW combo drive. This unit has NO hard drive installed but DOES have its caddy and adapter. Unit has been tested to POST and boot from a period Windows CD. This is a clean project for parts, or ready for enthusiast restoration.

Please remember that, while I am a retro tech enthusiast, I am not an expert on the specifics of any given piece of retro technology. Some small components may be missing that I am not familiar with, so please ask any questions BEFORE bidding. This is a piece of 1990's technology that is incomplete, and bidding on it constitutes an interest to tinker with the understanding of potential unexpected hurdles common to retro tech.

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SPECS: 
• Dell Inspiron 8200 Gaming Laptop
• Pentium 4 1.2/1.7ghz CPU
• 640MB DDR266 RAM
• Dell GeForce 2 Go 32MB GPU
• DVD/CDRW in fixed bay, 3.5" floppy in removable bay, Dell battery in second bay (non functional)
• 2.5" HDD bay w/ screws and IDE adapter (no hard drive included)
• serial, parallel, USB, LAN+modem, onboard audio, mini firewire
• PA-6 power supply included

• Laptop has been tested to POST and boot from an assortment of CD's.


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CONDITION AND TESTING: Laptop is in better than average condition and has no cracks or serious yellowing of the plastics, except for the Dell-optional silver palm rests which have discoloration from 23 years of palms on them. Keyboard is squishy but reasonably responsive for the age, trackpoint/trackpad and mouse buttons are in good shape. 

Please note: the included 70W power supply works fine with this laptop, but the unit displays a warning suggesting a 90W power supply that you can click through.

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TERMS: This is a used, barebones, vintage laptop that is offered ASIS for enthusiast rebuild or collecting. It is not a modern computer and will require tinkering to find compatible components. I am offering this unit to another enthusiast with the understanding that the buyer is willing to undertake responsibility for the many repair and maintenance variables that come with antique computer components including such delicate tasks as floppy drive reconditioning and capacitor replacement.