CMS Expands Notebook Hard Drive and Upgrade Kit Support -- Slashes Prices by Up to 21 Percent; Adds 30GB Support for Compaq, Toshiba, Dell, IBM, and Others.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers PC EXPO A trade show for resellers, corporate managers and technical professionals from CMP Media LLC, a subsidiary of United Business Media. First held in New York in 1983 with 120 exhibitors and 9,600 attendees, the show grew from the personal computer's early years to 550 vendors and more than 2001 PC Expo Meeting Room No. 113 Level 4 NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 26, 2001 CMS (1) See content management system and color management system. (2) (Conversational Monitor System) Software that provides interactive communications for IBM's VM operating system. Peripherals(R) Tuesday announced the expansion of their entire line of 30GB Easy-Plug Easy-Go notebook hard drive upgrades and EasyBundle(R) notebook hard drive upgrades with data transfer kits to include expanded support for Compaq, Dell, IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) , Micron and Toshiba manufactured notebook computers A laptop computer that weighs in a range from five to seven pounds. The term originated when laptops were routinely more than 10 pounds, and those that became lighter were placed in a special "notebook" category. In practice, notebook computer and laptop computer are synonymous. . CMS also announced price reductions by as much as 21 percent on selected capacities of their Easy-Plug Easy-Go and EasyBundle product lines. One of the industry's leading providers of notebook hard drives and data transfer kits, CMS Peripherals supports more than 600 models of portable notebook computers. All of CMS' notebook hard drive upgrades and data transfer kits are tested to meet or exceed the original notebook manufacturer's drive specifications. With this latest cost reduction, CMS Peripherals offers IT managers a cost-effective alternative to replacing outdated and under capacity notebooks. The EasyBundle includes a CMS Easy-Plug Easy-Go hard drive, CMS software for Windows(R) 95/98/NT 4.0/Me and 2000 software, PCMCIA card See PC Card. with data transfer cable, ESD (1) (Electronic Software Distribution) Distributing new software and upgrades via the network rather than individual installations on each machine. See ESL. prevention kit and shock-preventive hardware. With EasyBundle, users can safely and easily transfer their operating system operating system (OS) Software that controls the operation of a computer, directs the input and output of data, keeps track of files, and controls the processing of computer programs. , applications and files to a larger hard drive capacity in just minutes. Capacities on both models range from 6GB to 30GB. "In today's mobile workforce it makes more sense to upgrade than to replace a portable PC solely based on a lack of capacity," said Ken Burke, president of CMS Peripherals. "This price reduction in hard drive upgrades, combined with our expanded notebook support, means that virtually everyone can afford to maintain a competitive edge." Availability Shipping now, the Easy-Plug Easy-Go notebook hard drive upgrades were reduced from an estimated street price (ESP (1) (Enhanced Service Provider) An organization that adds value to basic telephone service by offering such features as call-forwarding, call-detailing and protocol conversion. ) starting at $279 to $229 for 6GB, $339 to $329 for 10GB. The EasyBundle notebook hard drive upgrade and data transfer kit has been reduced from an ESP starting at $379 to $299 for 6GB, $439 to $359 for 10GB. Both the Easy-Plug Easy-Go and EasyBundle solutions include a three-year warranty. Solutions are available through major distributors, corporate resellers, mail order and direct from the company's website, www.cmsproducts.com. About CMS Peripherals With more than 3 million CMS storage solutions installed in over 90 countries, the complete line of CMS mass storage products includes backup products for notebooks, notebook hard drive upgrades and data transfer kits as well as high capacity desktop hard drives. For more information, contact CMS Peripherals Inc., 3095 Redhill Avenue, Costa Mesa Costa Mesa (kŏs`tə mā`sə), city (1990 pop. 96,357), Orange co., S Calif., on the Pacific south of Santa Ana; inc. 1953. It is a transportation, residential, and light industrial center. , CA 92626, Phone: 800/327-5773 / 714/424-5520, Fax: 714/435-9504 or visit CMS' website at www.cmsproducts.com. CMS Peripherals is a registered trademark. EasyBundle is a trademark of CMS. Any other product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies. |
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