Aggressive new pricing announced for the NEC Versa S Series of lightweight notebook computers; NEC Technologies Inc. reduces prices by up to 29% on the Versa S Series.SAN JOSE San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 28, 1994--Taking the lead in price and performance, NEC (NEC Corporation, Tokyo, www.nec.com, www.necus.com) An electronics conglomerate known in the U.S. for its monitors. In Japan, it had the lion's share of the PC market until the late 1990s (see PC 98). NEC was founded in Tokyo in 1899 as Nippon Electric Company, Ltd. Technologies Inc. Monday announced reduced pricing of up to $1,000 on its Versa Versa Versatile System Architecture (Genrad) S Series of lightweight, high-performance notebook computers. This new pricing makes the Versa S, which is available nationwide through major reseller channels and superstores, even more attractive to today's highly mobile professionals. "This aggressive new pricing for the Versa S Series clearly confirms NECT's commitment to maintain our leadership position in the lightweight notebook category," said Bob Levin, director of marketing for NECT's Portable Systems Group. "The Versa S is designed with one prevailing thought in mind: give users `no compromise' notebook features -- a full 9.5" color display, a large keyboard, up to 50MHz (MegaHertZ) One million cycles per second. It is used to measure the transmission speed of electronic devices, including channels, buses and the computer's internal clock. A one-megahertz clock (1 MHz) means some number of bits (16, 32, 64, etc. processing power and 340MB of storage -- in a sleek, lightweight platform at a price that's hard to beat." Price reductions on the Versa S Series are as follows (shown in estimated selling prices): -0- Model Description New Price Old Price Versa S/33M $1,299 $1,799 (33MHz, 210MB HDD, Monochrome Display) Versa S/33D $1,499 $1,999 (33MHz, 210MB HDD, DSTN Color Display) Versa S/33C $2,299 $2,999 (33MHz, 210MB HDD, TFT Color Display) Versa S/50C $2,499 $3,499 (50MHz, 260MB HDD, TFT Color Display) Versa S/50C $2,699 $3,699 (50MHz, 340MB HDD, TFT Color Display) The Versa Family The Versa line of notebooks offers users fine-tuned performance, brilliant color displays that are a pleasure to look at and the highest level of user-friendly modularity, all backed by a standard three-year limited warranty Limited warranty A warranty with certain conditions and limitations on the parts covered, type of damage covered, and/or time period for which the agreement is good. and one free year of UltraCare, NEC's enhanced warranty service program. The Versa S Series incorporates full notebook functionality into a travel-weight platform. The Versa V Series provides high performance, upgradeability and comprehensive docking solutions for value-conscious corporate and SOHO Soho (sōhō`, sə–), district of Westminster, London, England, known for its continental restaurants. Once a fashionable quarter, it became popular among writers and artists in the 19th cent. users. The Versa M Series has the computing power to drive the most demanding software applications and, with its brilliant 16 million colors True Color (1) Specifically, refers to 16,777,216 colors (24-bit color). See high color. (2) Generically, refers to photo-realistic color (typically requires 24-bit color as a minimum). display, the Versa M is an excellent choice for multimedia presentations. The Versa P Series, NECT's state-of-the-art Pentium-based notebook featuring the industry's first true 800 x 600 High-Resolution display, rounds out the Versa family of distinctly innovative notebook computers. NEC Technologies Inc. Headquartered in Boxborough, Mass., NEC Technologies is a leading manufacturer of computers and peripherals for the North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. market. Product lines include the Image, PowerMate, Express/II and Ready system products, RISC-based workstations and servers, the award-winning Versa notebook computers, the MultiSync V, XE and XP monitors, Silentwriter and SuperScript Any letter, digit or symbol that appears above the line. For example, 10 to the 9th power is written with the 9 in superscript (109). Contrast with subscript. printers and MultiSpin CD-ROM readers. NEC Technologies Inc. is a subsidiary of NEC Corp. CONTACT: Golin/Harris Communications Richard Farana or Eric Bone, 408/433-2127 or 508/264-8835 |
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