The Dell Dimension 4550 retains the standard Dimension two-tone, gray color scheme. Prices range from less than $1,000 to more than $3,000, and our test system fell somewhere in the middle: it included a 2.66GHz Pentium 4, 512MB of memory, a 120GB hard drive, a GeForce4 Ti 4200 card, and a sharp 15-inch LCD. Unlike the 2300 line, the 4550 has an AGP slot for better graphics, but it uses DDR SDRAM rather than the faster and more costly RDRAM found on the 8250.
But there are key differences between the three series. Positioned between the budget 2300 and performance 8250 Dimension lines, the midrange 4550 edges into both territories with its wide range of options. The same can be said for Dell's versatile mainstream PC: the Dimension 4550 series. Critics often said that there was no role that actor Jack Lemmon couldn't play.
