Hi Dorine! Dell Lowers Prices and Adds Features to WebPC; WebPC Now Starts at $699 with Faster Processors, Larger Hard Drives and Award-Winning E-Support.
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Business Wire - March 16, 2000 11:15
ROUND ROCK, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 16, 2000--Dell Computer Corporation (Nasdaq:DELL) today announced that it has reduced prices and added features to WebPC(tm), its easy-to-use, easy-to-support, legacy-free PC. Starting at just $699, including a 15-inch CRT monitor, Dell customers now get more for their money when they purchase the sleek, stylish WebPC. WebPC with a flat-panel monitor and an Intel(R) Celeron(tm) processor now starts as low as $1,599.
WebPC, designed to provide customers with a quality Web experience, now features 64MB RAM, hard drives with capacities up to 20.4GB, and Intel's speedy 466MHz and 500MHz Celeron(tm) and 600MHz Pentium III(tm) processors. The new hard drives offer more space to store music, videos and other information. In addition, two WebPC models are broadband-ready, equipped with 10/100 Ethernet/modem combinations that allow users to connect an external broadband DSL or cable modem for high-speed Internet access.
Along with these new hardware offerings, WebPC features E-support(sm) Direct from Dell, enabling the consumer to easily get questions answered, diagnose and fix technical issues, and access real-time help from Dell via the Internet.
"WebPC was designed to be easy to set up, easy to use, easy to Web and easy to support," said Jay Parker, WebPC product manager. "By lowering the price, Dell offers a compelling system and a simple, quality Web experience for less cost."
WebPC's low price includes a 15-inch CRT monitor; the Microsoft Windows 98 operating system; the Microsoft(R) Works 2000 software suite; a one-month subscription to Dell's Internet service provider, Dellnet; and other Internet service and support options. For more information, customers can visit www.webpc.com.
About Dell Computer Corporation
Dell Computer Corporation is the world's leading direct computer systems company, based on revenues of $25.3 billion for the past four quarters, and is a premier provider of products and services required for customers to build their Internet infrastructures. The company ranks No. 78 on the Fortune 500, No. 210 on the Fortune Global 500 and No. 3 on the Fortune "most admired" lists of companies. Dell designs, manufactures and customizes products and services to customer requirements, and offers an extensive selection of software and peripherals. Information on Dell and its products can be obtained on the World Wide Web at www.dell.com.
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