November 2009 is the month that my Dell Dimension XPS T500 becomes 10 years old.

Dell shipped it on the 11th November 1999 and it was delivered on the 25th November 1999. I still don't know why it took so long. The Dell machine that my Dad ordered in 2005 was delivered very quickly.

The set up is no longer very original. The original mouse, keyboard, monitor and DVD ROM drive that it came with are now no longer in use, but the original Zip 100 drive, floppy drive, 12GB hard drive and 56k Modem are still there. It has since been expanded with Ethernet, Ultra Wide SCSI and Firewire PCI cards. The original Harman Kardon speakers are current sat on the shelf from when I used them a few months back, but I currently have the built in Yamaha sound card connected to my new 30 year old Aiwa amplifier (A22).

Here is the delivery note and invoice, stating the cost, which by todays standards is rather high: £1257.25.

http://www.stevecoates.net/dell/delnote.jpg
http://www.stevecoates.net/dell/invoice1.jpg
http://www.stevecoates.net/dell/invoice2.jpg

I wonder if it will manage another 10 years.