IBM Gives Power Boost to Small Business Series PC; Adds Intel's Celeron Processor, New Management Tools.RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK Research Triangle Park, research, business, medical, and educational complex situated in central North Carolina. It has an area of 6,900 acres (2,795 hectares) and is 8 × 2 mi (13 × 3 km) in size. Named for the triangle formed by Duke Univ. , NC--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 22, 1999-- 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) (a) today announced powerful new commercial PCs, including new Small Business Series models of the IBM PC A PC made by IBM. IBM created the PC industry in 1981 when it introduced its first model with 16KB of RAM. However, it was way off in its estimates, projecting that 250,000 units would be sold in the first five years. In fact, about three million IBM PCs were sold in that period. 300GL, and a new general-purpose IBM PC 300GL, based on Intel's latest Celeron(b) processor. The new Celeron-based IBM PC 300GLs are designed for commercial customers who are looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. the latest chip technology and an entry-level price point. The new IBM PC 300GL, Small Business Series, featuring IBM's award-winning ViaVoice(a) speech recognition software, will also offer for the first time a model based on Intel's recently-announced Pentium(b) III processor, as well as the new 433MHz (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. (1) Celeron model. The new Pentium III model is available at 500MHz with L2 cache (512 KB), and 64 or 128MB SDRAM (Synchronous DRAM) A type of dynamic RAM (DRAM) memory chip that has been widely used since the late 1990s. SDRAM chips eliminated wait states by dividing the chip into two cell blocks and interleaving data between them. standard. The new Celeron-based model has L2 cache (128 KB) and 32 or 64MB (SDRAM) standard. Both models come pre-loaded with Microsoft Office Small Business Edition (application) Microsoft Office Small Business Edition - (SBE) Editions of Microsoft Office 97, 2003, and probably other versions, targetted at small businesses. Small Business Edition includes Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Outlook with Business (c) and include a Lotus SmartSuite(a) CD, as well as Artisoft i.Share for connecting to the Internet and RingCentral for fax management. RingCentral is particularly important for small and growing businesses who operate both their fax and telephone on the same phone line. The new general-purpose IBM PC 300GL features the 433MHz Celeron processor, 128 KB L2 cache, and standard models are available with either 32 or 64 MB SDRAM, and a 4.2 or 8.4 GB(2) hard drive. All IBM PC 300GL models feature S3 Trio3D AGP (Accelerated Graphics Port) A high-speed 32-bit port from Intel for attaching a display adapter to a PC. It provides a direct connection between the card and memory, and only one AGP slot is on the motherboard. (accelerated graphics port See AGP. (hardware, graphics) Accelerated Graphics Port - (AGP) A bus specification by Intel which gives low-cost 3D graphics cards faster access to main memory on personal computers than the usual PCI bus. ) graphics and up to 4 MB of video RAM for more powerful desktop graphics performance. The small business models IBM announced today are available in a new microtower configuration. Although designed to help free up desk space, the microtower IBM PC 300GLs have ample room for expansion with four slots and four bays. The IBM PC 300GL is also available as a 4X4 desktop or 6X6 minitower min·i·tow·er n. A computer cabinet that is about half the height of a cabinet that houses a tower computer. with an NLX motherboard and advanced chassis design for easy upgrades. The IBM PC 300GL features the often-imitated manageability, security and deployment features that help customers who want to spend less time managing their networks, and more time focusing on their business. "Our customers want performance, yet are focused on their total cost of systems ownership," said Anne Gardner, general manager, IBM Desktop Systems. "The new IBM PC 300GL models will help provide our small business and general-purpose customers alike with additional performance, while delivering IBM's industry-leading management technologies so critical to lowering their costs." IBM Manageability Tools IBM offers the most highly-managed PCs in the industry. All PC 300GL models support IBM Wake on LAN (Local Area Network) A communications network that serves users within a confined geographical area. The "clients" are the user's workstations typically running Windows, although Mac and Linux clients are also used. (a)(3), and IBM LANClient Control Manager(a)(LCCM LCCM LANClient Control Manager LCCM Life Cycle Cost Management LCCM Life Cycle Cost Model LCCM Low Cost Competent Munitions LCCM Legal and Complex Case Management LCCM Licentiate, Curwen College of Music LCCM Lightweight Communications for Combat Medics ). Together, IBM Wake on LAN and LCCM enable customers to perform a wide range of tasks remotely and unattended, such as updating BIOS and CMOS settings and operating system installation. IBM's manageability features can help customers lower their systems management costs, and raise productivity for end-users by making sure all systems management functions are automatically scheduled in the evenings to prevent user downtime. In the IBM PC 300GL, IBM-developed management technology is at the forefront with IBM's Universal Manageability tools including: -- Universal Management Agent(a) -- IBM Wake on LAN -- System Migration Assistant -- LANClient Control Manager -- SMART Reaction(a) Pricing Estimated reseller prices for the new commercial PC models announced are as follows: IBM PC 300GL, Celeron, 433MHz -- $859 IBM PC 300GL, Celeron, 433MHz, Small Business Series -- $1,199 IBM PC 300GL, Pentium III, 500MHz, Small Business Series -- $2,159 Resellers set their own prices, so actual prices may vary. For more information, visit the IBM PC website at http://www.pc.ibm.com (a) Trademark or registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation (b) Trademark or registered trademark of Intel Corporation (c) Trademark or registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation All other trademarks are the property of their respective companies (1) MHz only measures microprocessor internal clock speed, not application performance; many factors affect application performance. (2) GB means one billion bytes when referring to hard disk drive capacity; accessible capacity may vary. (3) Requires purchase of Wake onLAN-enabled network interface card sold separately. |
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