ALL: DELL workstation voted best. See article below. Note the growth estimates for the workstation market near the end of the article.
Dell Workstation Rated Best in Performance, Price Performance
PR Newswire, Wednesday, September 17, 1997 at 10:51
WorkStation 400 Receives AIM Technology 'Hot Iron' Awards
ROUND ROCK, Texas, Sept. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Dell Computer Corporation
(NASDAQ:DELL), the world's leading direct computer systems company, today
announced that its WorkStation 400 received "AIM Hot Iron" awards for Best
Performance and Best Price Performance among Microsoft(R) Windows NT(R)
workstations in the over $4,000 category in AIM Technology's first benchmark
ranking of Windows NT workstations. The presentation was made yesterday in
New York City at an awards reception.
The WorkStation 400, with dual 300 MHz Intel(R) Pentium(R) II processors,
won the awards based on AIM's Load-Mix Modeling benchmark test, representing
balanced usage of subsystems configured as a typical corporate desktop
workstation. The tested WorkStation 400 was based on a price of $6,143 with
128MB RAM and a 2.2GB hard drive.
"AIM's independent performance benchmark affirms Dell's position as the
standard-bearer for workstation performance and value in this category," said
Jeff Clarke, general manager, WorkStations product group. "We intend to
leverage our performance per dollar advantage and the benefits of Dell's
direct business model to shake up the fast-growing market for open-systems
workstations."
The AIM Hot Iron Awards are based on AIM Technology's extensive array of
system-level performance tests, which use innovative technologies to closely
model "real-life" computing environments. AIM has been the standard for
testing the performance of UNIX systems since 1982. In June 1996, AIM
Technology released the first AIM Server and Subsystem Benchmarks for
Windows NT. This marks AIM's first Hot Iron Awards for Windows NT
workstations.
Dell(R) entered the workstation market July 28 with the aggressively
priced, high-performance WorkStation 400, incorporating the industry-standard
Windows NT Workstation operating system and the latest Intel Pentium
processors, including single or dual 300 MHz and 266MHz speeds. Dell's entry
is aimed to accelerate the market shift from traditional RISC/UNIX systems to
open systems workstations, a market segment that Dell intends to lead.
Industry analyst firm International Data Corp. (IDC) predicts that sales
of Pentium II processor/Windows NT workstations will be almost double that of
RISC/UNIX-based systems in 1997.* IDC expects Intel/Microsoft platform-based
workstations shipments will grow at a compound annual rate of 41 percent
through the year 2000, versus 3 percent compound annual growth for
RISC/UNIX-based systems during the same period. The analyst firm also projects
the total workstation market in the year 2000 to be $26 billion, up from
$17.1 billion in 1997.
"Windows NT workstations is a hot market, and the Dell WorkStation 400 is
the AIM Hot Iron award winner in its class," said Tammy Bauer, Managing
Director of AIM Technology. "AIM is delighted to begin offering independent
performance and value benchmarks for the growing field of Windows NT
workstation products, and pleased to present Dell with the first-ever
Performance and Price Performance awards for the over $4,000 category."
More information on the Dell WorkStation 400 can be found on Dell's
Internet site at: www.dell.com/products/workstat/index.htm.
A Fortune 500(R) company, Dell Computer Corporation is the world's leading
direct computer systems company, based on revenues of $9.8 billion for the
past four quarters. Dell designs and customizes products and services to
end-user requirements, and offers an extensive selection of peripherals and
software through the DellWareO 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 server at www.dell.com.
Dell and DellWare are registered trademarks of Dell Computer Corporation.
Fortune 500 is a registered trademark of The Time Inc. Magazine Co.
Windows NT and Microsoft are registered trademarks of Microsoft
Corporation.
Intel and Pentium are registered trademarks of Intel Corporation.
Dell disclaims and proprietary interest in the marks and names of others.
* Source: IDC worldwide Workstation Review & Forecast, 1996-2001, April
1997. |
