Dell Reduces Prices On Award-Winning Enterprise Client/Server Systems.ROUND ROCK, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 2, 1998-- Dell's Lower Cost Business Model Combined with Lower Component Costs Enable Significant Price Reductions Dell Computer Corporation (company) Dell Computer Corporation - One of the biggest US manufacturers of IBM PC compatibles. "From notebooks to networks", their slogan says. http://us.dell.com. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :DELL), the world's leading direct computer systems company, today announced it is passing along cost savings to its customers in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. through price cuts on its client/server An architecture in which the user's PC (the client) is the requesting machine and the server is the supplying machine, both of which are connected via a local area network (LAN) or wide area network (WAN). systems. The company announced price reductions of up to 15.4 percent on its family of Dell(R) PowerEdge(R) servers and up to 12 percent on its line of Dell OptiPlex Dell, Inc. targets its OptiPlex™ line of desktop computers for sale into the corporate, government and education markets. These systems typically contain Intel CPUs, beginning with the Pentium and currently with the Core 2 although Dell sells some models with AMD CPUs as well. (R) commercial desktop computers. "The combination of Dell's lower cost business model and component price reductions enables us to deliver savings directly to our customers, while providing high-performance Adj. 1. high-performance - modified to give superior performance; "a high-performance car" superior - of high or superior quality or performance; "superior wisdom derived from experience"; "superior math students" , industry-standard enterprise systems that meet our customers' unique and diverse client/server needs," said Joe Marengi, senior vice president, Dell Relationship Group. The price cuts are due to the efficiencies gained through the company's direct business model and its build-to-customer-order structure, which allows for integration of hardware and software into its client/server systems on the factory floor, helping the company reduce its inventory to seven days in the most recent quarter. That inventory flexibility, combined with Dell's direct customer relationships, permits the company to implement component cost reductions and pass along those savings faster than most of its competitors. PowerEdge Server Price Reductions Dell, which was recently ranked No. 1 by PC server customers in a Datapro worldwide customer satisfaction survey based on reliability, performance and price, reduced prices on its family of PowerEdge servers (see chart). Dell reduced by 15.4 percent its price on the PowerEdge 4200, a departmental server ideal for growing databases or intranets, and made other reductions on its PowerEdge 6100, an enterprise-class server which delivers business-critical performance for multiprocessing multiprocessing Mode of computer operation in which two or more processors (see CPU) are connected and are active at the same time. In such a system, each processor is executing a different program or set of instructions, thus increasing computation speed over a applications. The PowerEdge 2200, Dell's premier small business workgroup Two or more individuals who share files and databases. Local networks (LANs) are designed to provide electronic sharing of data within workgroups. In general, products designed for workgroups support approximately 50 people, whereas departmental devices support several hundred, and and remote site server, yielded cuts of up to 6.9 percent. Dell is the third largest PC server company in the United States and fourth largest in the world, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. IDC's final calendar year 1997 reporting. OptiPlex Desktop Price Reductions Dell reduced prices by up to 12 percent on its OptiPlex desktop computers, including systems based on Intel(R) Pentium Pentium Family of microprocessors developed by Intel Corp. Introduced in 1993 as the successor to Intel's 80486 microprocessor, the Pentium contained two processors on a single chip and about 3.3 million transistors. (R) II processors. OptiPlex PCs are designed to provide outstanding manageability man·age·a·ble adj. That can be managed or controlled: manageable problems. man , reliability and performance for business and institutional customers in networked environments and are ideal for use with advanced Microsoft (Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA, www.microsoft.com) The most successful and influential software company. Microsoft's software and Intel's hardware pioneered the PC and revolutionized the computer industry. (R) operating systems Operating systems can be categorized by technology, ownership, licensing, working state, usage, and by many other characteristics. In practice, many of these groupings may overlap. such as Windows NT (Windows New Technology) A 32-bit operating system from Microsoft for Intel x86 CPUs. NT is the core technology in Windows 2000 and Windows XP (see Windows). Available in separate client and server versions, it includes built-in networking and preemptive multitasking. (R) Workstation and Windows 95(R). Sample PowerEdge server configurations in today's price cuts include: Model Configuration 2200 1 x 233MHz Intel(R) Pentium(R) II processor/32MB RAM/1 x 4GB HD Before After % Reduction $2,177 $2,027(a) 6.9% Model Configuration 2200 1 x 266MHz Intel Pentium II processor/128MB RAM/1x 9GB HD Before After % Reduction $3,126 $2,976 4.8% Model Configuration 4200 1 x 233MHz Intel Pentium II processor/64MB RAM/1 x 4GB HD/ non-redundant power supply Before After % Reduction $3,725 $3,150(b) 15.4% Model Configuration 4200 1 x 300MHz Intel Pentium II processor/128MB RAM/3 x 9GB HD/4MB Cache PowerEdge Raid Controller, redundant power supply Before After % Reduction $8,150 $7,575 7.1% Model Configuration 4200 2 x 300MHz Intel Pentium II processors/512MB RAM/3 x 9GB HD/4MB Cache PowerEdge Raid Controller/redundant power supply Before After % Reduction $11,569 $10,894 5.8% Model Configuration 6100 2 x 200MHz Intel Pentium Pro processors with 512K cache/256MB RAM/3 x 9GB HD/4MB Cache PowerEdge Raid Controller/redundant power supply Before After % Reduction $13,200 $12,900(c) 2.3% Note: All systems configured with Intel Pro 10/100B Network Interface Card, 12/24X CD ROM, HP OpenView Network Node Manager Special Edition. (a) PowerEdge 2200 sample configurations and prices include 3-year limited warranty service (1-year onsite service, years 2&3 parts only service.) (b) PowerEdge 4200 sample configurations and prices include BusinessCare(SM) service (1-year onsite service, years 2&3 parts only service, and 5 DirectLine network operating systems support resolutions.) (c) PowerEdge 6100 sample configuration and price includes BusinessCare service (3 years onsite service and 5 DirectLine network operating systems support resolutions.) Sample OptiPlex configurations in today's price cuts include: Model Configuration GXa 1 x 266MHz Intel Pentium II processor/64MB RAM/4.3GB HD/ Logitech mouse/Windows keyboard/ 14/32 CD-ROM /Windows 95/Ultrascan monitor/Low profile chassis Before After % Reduction $2,622 $2,303(d) 12.2% Model Configuration Gn 1 x 200MHz Intel Pentium II processor/32MB RAM/3.2GB HD/ Logitech mouse/Windows keyboard/ 14/32 CD ROM /Windows 95/Dell 1000LS monitor/mid-sized desktop chassis Before After % Reduction $1,810 $1,650 8.9% (d) OptiPlex desktop systems sample configurations and prices include 3-year limited warranty service (1-year onsite service, years 2&3 parts only service.) -0- Ranked in the top 200 of Fortune(R) 500 companies, Dell Computer Corporation is the world's leading direct computer systems company, based on revenues of $12.3 billion for the past four reported quarters. Dell designs and customizes products and services to end-user (job) end-user - The person who uses a computer application, as opposed to those who developed or support it. The end-user may or may not know anything about computers, how they work, or what to do if something goes wrong. requirements, and offers an extensive selection of peripherals and software through the DellWare(SM) program. Information on Dell and its products can be obtained through its toll-free number 1-800-388-8542 or by accessing the Dell World Wide Web at www.dell.com. -0- Dell, PowerEdge and OptiPlex are registered trademarks and DellWare is a registered service mark of Dell Computer Corporation. Windows NT and Windows 95 are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corp. Intel and Pentium are registered trademarks of Intel Corp. Fortune 500 is a registered trademark of Time Inc. Dell disclaims any proprietary interest in the marks and names of others. Note: On-site on-site adj. 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