Dell Reduces Server Prices by Up to 47 Percent
ROUND ROCK, Texas, Sep 27, 2000 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Dell(tm)
(Nasdaq:DELL) today
announced that it has completed U.S. price reductions of 14 percent to
47
percent across its entire line of award-winning PowerEdge(tm) servers,
continuing to set the industry benchmark for combined price,
performance and
value, and increasing the pressure on its competitors in the server
market.
Customers can now purchase a PowerEdge server from Dell, the world's
leading
direct computer systems company and the world's second-largest provider
in the
Intel architecture-based server market(a), for as little as $1,182.
Dell's most dramatic price reduction appears in the enterprise-level
server
segment with fully configured, four-processor PowerEdge 6400 and
PowerEdge 6450
servers receiving price reductions of 47 percent and 43 percent
respectively. At
the high-end, customers can now purchase robust PowerEdge 8450
enterprise
servers for as little as $13,955.
"Dell's direct model and incredibly efficient supply chain, which
measures
inventory in minutes, not weeks, days or even hours, enables us to very
quickly
pass component savings along to our customers," said Kevin Soelberg,
Dell vice
president for public sector and Americas enterprise marketing.
"Our customers understand that they don't need to overpay for
industry-leading
performance, the latest, most relevant technology, and superior levels
of
customer service. Dell has a long history of delivering it all at a
great
price."
Sample Minimum PowerEdge Server Configurations and Prices
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Model Configuration Before After % Decrease
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PowerEdge 1300 Pentium(R)III 700 MHz $1,817 $1,182 35 %
/ 64 MB memory / 9 GB
hard-drive / three-year
next business day service
contract
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PowerEdge 2400 Pentium III 733 MHz $2,869 $2,069 28 %
with 256 K cache / 128 MB
memory / 9 GB hard-drive /
4 bay backplane /
three-year next business
day service contract
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PowerEdge 2450 Pentium III 733 MHz with $3,624 $2,675 26 %
256 K cache / 128 MB
memory 9 GB hard-drive /
three-year next business
day service contract
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PowerEdge 4400 Pentium III Xeon(tm) 800 $4,718 $3,818 19 %
MHz with 256 K cache / 128
MB memory / 9 GB hard-drive
/ Intel(R)Pro 100 NIC / 8
bay backplane / three-year
next business day service
contract
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PowerEdge 6400 Pentium III Xeon 550 MHz $7,798 $6,398 18 %
with 512 K
cache / 256 MB memory / 9
GB SCSI hard-drive / Intel
Pro 100 NIC card / 8 bay
backplane / three-year next
business day service
contract
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PowerEdge 6450 Pentium III Xeon 550 MHz $7,921 $6,821 14 %
with 512 K cache / 256 MB
memory / 9 GB hard-drive /
Intel Pro 100 NIC card
/ rack rails / three-year
next business day service
contract
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PowerEdge 8450 Pentium III Xeon 700 MHz $20,006 $13,955 30 %
with 1 MB cache / 256 MB
memory / 9 GB hard-drive /
Intel Pro 100 NIC with
adaptive load balancing /
rack rails / three-year
next business day service
contract
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PowerEdge Server Configurations with Price Reductions
of 43 percent and 47 percent
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Model Configuration Before After % Decrease
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PowerEdge 6400 4 Pentium(R)III 700 MHz / $29,195 $15,341 47 %
1 GB memory / 18 GB
hard-drive / 128 K RAID
controller / Intel Pro 100
NIC / 6 bay backplane /
three-year next business
day service contract
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PowerEdge 6450 4 Pentium III 700 MHz $31,446 $18,042 43 %
with 1 MB cache / 2 GB
memory / 18 GB hard-drive /
128 K RAID controller /
Intel Pro 100 NIC / rack
rails / three-year next
business day service
contract
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Dell PowerEdge Servers
Dell PowerEdge servers power the infrastructures of a range of
worldwide
customers, from large corporate accounts to small businesses and
government
institutions. The servers have won numerous awards for their
performance,
reliability and ease to service, and overall value from leading
industry trade
publications like InternetWeek, Network Computing and Network Magazine.
PowerEdge servers range from single-processor workgroup systems to
eight-processor enterprise systems. Dell also offers a complete line of
server
appliances with its PowerApp(tm) line and storage systems with its
PowerVault(tm) line. For more information about Dell server and storage
products, go to www.dell.com. |
