Dell SmartStep

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The Dell SmartStep was a short-lived series of personal computer sold by Dell [ when? ] for the consumer market. The series of desktops and laptops sold for a fixed low price, with fixed configuration. The desktops were manufactured by MiTAC, while the laptops were manufactured by AOpen. The SmartStep was Dell's lowest-cost computer, with a starting price of $599. It was designed to compete with off-the-shelf computers sold in retail stores made by companies such as EMachines. The SmartStep 100D also included a 15 inch monitor, and included keyboard, an included modem, and speakers, along with 6 months of AOL internet service. [1] The 100D sold for $599 with a 90-day warranty, or a one year warranty for $50 more. The SmartStep was a successor to the also-short-lived WebPC, which was discontinued after less than a year due to poor sales. [2] The 100D ran Windows XP Home Edition RTM [3] [4] The Dell SmartStep line was discontinued after ten months. It was replaced with a version of the Dell Dimension 2300, [5] called the 2300LE. The SmartStep line was sold in Asia under the SmartPC Brand. [6]

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Desktop Models
ModelProcessorRAMStorage
SmartStep 100D1 GHz Celeron128 MB20 GB HDD
Notebook Models [7]
ModelProcessorRAMStorage
200N [8] Intel Pentium 4 @2.0 GHz

- 512 K on-die cache - 8 KB L1 Cache - 400 MHz Bus

- 256 MB Standard

- 1 GB Max

- 2x DDR slots, one user accessible and one not

30 GB Standard

- IDE 2.5"

250N- Intel Pentium 4 @2.4 GHz

- 512 K on-die cache - 8 KB L1 Cache - 400 MHz Bus

- 512 MB Standard

- 1 GB Max

- 2x DDR slots, one user accessible and one not

- 40 GB Standard

- IDE 2.5

100N [9] 1 GHz Celeron128 MB20 GB HDD

See also

WebPC

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