Jim - XEON Towers
At 400 MHz, things heat up!
Looks like IBM, DELL and Compaq know how to keep things cool!
Check out this:
PC Expo: From agents to Xeon chips
April Jacobs and Kim Girard
Users will see a wide range of new products at this week's PC Expo in New York, from servers based on Intel Corp.'s Xeon processor to IBM's desktop systems management technology.
Technologies debuting at PC Expo will include the following:
Compaq Computer Corp., Dell Computer Corp. and IBM will demonstrate servers using Intel's speedy new Xeon chip.
Xeon incorporates a 100-MHz system bus and can accommodate up to 2M bytes of Level 2 cache, providing a substantial performance boost over its predecessors.
IBM will demonstrate its Universal Management Agent, a combination of software and firmware for managing heterogeneous client environments.
It includes components pulled from Intel's LANDesk and IBM's Tivoli management suites.
IBM also will unveil a workstation, dubbed the E Pro Intellistation, that is targeted at high-end desktop users and entry-level workstation users.
It features a 100-MHz system bus and Advanced Graphics Port graphics.
NEC Corp. in Mountain View, Calif., will debut universal notebooks -- the Versa LX and Versa SX -- that share the same docking station and components. Pricing starts at $3,499.
Compaq will announce the Armada 1700 series, a enhanced version of the Armada 1500 notebooks.
The Armada 1700 features the mobile Pentium II 233-MHz or 266-MHz processor, up to 8G bytes of storage, 32M bytes of SD-RAM, a 56K bit/sec. modem and a dual bay that accommodates a second hard drive.
Pricing for a 233-MHz Pentium II Armada with 12.1-in. display starts at $2,869, and pricing for a 266-MHz Pentium II with a 13-in. display starts at $3,349.
LG Electronics in Englewood Cliffs, N.J., will introduce the Phenom Handheld PC Ultra. Priced at $899 and available this month, the Phenom features Microsoft Corp.'s Windows CE 2.0 operating system.
Toshiba will show off the new Satellite 335 notebook line, which is equipped with 266-MHz Pentium MMX processors and a 12.1-in. screen. Pricing starts at about $2,500.
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