Dell Reduces Prices On Small Business Desktops, Notebooks and Servers; Small Business Server Prices Begin at $1,199.Business Editors & High-Tech high-tech also hi-tech adj. Informal Of, relating to, or resembling high technology. high-tech Adjective same as hi-tech Adj. 1. Writers ROUND ROCK, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 27, 2000 Dell (Nasdaq:DELL) today announced completion of price reductions of up to 34 percent on select PowerEdge servers, 15 percent on Dimension(R) desktop PCs and 12 percent on Inspiron(R) notebooks for small businesses 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. . Today's small business price reductions coincide with the completion of across-the-board price cuts of 14 percent to 47 percent on Dell's entire line of award-winning Adj. 1. award-winning - having received awards; "this award-winning bridge spans a distance of five miles" PowerEdge(tm) servers. With today's discounts, PowerEdge server prices for small business begin at $1,199, Dimension desktop PCs at $599 and Inspiron notebooks at $1,099. Dell is the No. 1 computer systems vendor to U.S. small and medium businesses(a). "As Dell takes delivery of lower-priced components, we can immediately pass those savings on to our customers," said Frank Muehleman, vice president and general manager of Dell home and small business group. "Best of all, Dell can provide our customers with these savings without hidden `gotchas,' like reduced warranties warranties, n.pl the details of a contract; considered less important than the conditions. Whereas the penalty for breach of conditions is the termination of the contract, the penalty for breach of warranties is payment of damages to the innocent party. or lower service and support levels." The power of Dell's business model also extends to its consumer customers. The starting price starting price n (COMM) → precio inicial starting price n → prix initial starting price start n (at auction on Dell Inspiron notebook See notebook computer. 1. (computer) notebook - laptop computer. 2. (tool) notebook - Labtech Notebook. PCs is now 11 percent less with prices starting at $1,199. Dimension desktop PCs start at $799. Both Dimension and Inspiron models come with one year of AOL (A division of Time Warner, Inc., New York, NY, www.aol.com) The world's largest online information service with access to the Internet, e-mail, chat rooms and a variety of databases and services. Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the service. All products included in today's price reductions include a 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 lifetime hardware service and support. Reduced prices on notebook and desktop PCs are good through Oct. 25. Today's announcement of PowerEdge server price reductions culminates action that began six weeks ago. Sample configurations from today's announcement include:
Small Business Models
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Inspiron 3800 Notebook PowerEdge 1300 Server
600MHz Intel Celeron Processor 700MHz Intel Pentium III processor
12.1" Display 64MB RAM
32MB RAM 9GB hard drive
5GB hard drive 3 year next business day service
MS WorkSuite 2000 contract
1 Year NBD OS service
Before - $1,249 Before - $1,817
Now - $1,099 Now - $1,199
Difference - 12 percent Difference - 34 percent
Dimension L Series
Intel Celeron Processor at 566MHz
64MB RAM
7.5GB hard drive
15-inch (13.8 viewable) monitor
MS WorkSuite 2000
48X Max Variable CD-ROM Drive
Before - $699
Now - $599
Difference - 15 percent
Consumer Models
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Inspiron 3800 Notebook
600 MHz Intel Celeron Processor
12.1 inch display
32 MB RAM
5.0 GB Hard Drive
24X Max CD Rom
2X AGP 8MB ATI RAGE Mobility
M1 3d video card
3D Positional Sound w/Wavetable sound card
Internal PCI 56K Capable v.90 modem
MS Works Suite 2000
1 Year next business day onsite service
1 Year AOL Membership included
Before - $1,349
Now - $1,199
Discount - 11 percent
Inspiron 5000e G600LT Pentium III
600MHz/500MHz Processor
featuring Speedstep technology
15" XGA TFT Display
64 MB 100 MB SDRAM
5.0 GB Hard Drive
24X Max CD Rom
2x AGP 8MB ATI RAGE Mobility
128 3d Video card
3D Positional sound w/wavetable
Internal 56K capable v.90 modem
MS Works 2000
3 Year next business day onsite
1 Year AOL membership included
Before - $1999
Now - $1849
Discount - 12 percent
Dimension L Series Desktop
566 MHz Celeron
64 MB SDRAM
7.5 BG Hard Drive
Soundblaster sound card with Music Match software
15-inch (13.8 viewable) monitor
Modem
PC speakers
3 Year limited warranty
Before - $849
Now - $799
Discount - 6 percent
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