Maybe tomorrow in the conferense call we will here more about how the negotiations with Richo and company are going.
Micron Electronics Offers Sony ReWriteable CD Drive With Desktop PCs
NAMPA, Idaho--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 16, 1999--
Provides Easy-to-Use, Inexpensive Removable Storage Solution
Micron Electronics, Inc., (Nasdaq:MUEI), a leading direct vendor
of personal computer systems, today began offering Sony's new
state-of-the-art recordable and rewriteable CD drive as an upgrade
option with its award-winning Millennia and Client Pro desktop
computer products.
The Sony CD-RW drive is the industry's first CD recorder capable
of 4X max recording and 24X-max CD reading (10X minimum), providing
Micron Millennia and Client Pro users with industry-leading
performance for creating their own CDs. The CDs, which hold 650 MB
of uncompressed data, can support up to 1000 erasures and rewritings,
providing users with an inexpensive and flexible solution for data
backup and data distribution. Offering further flexibility, CD-RW
discs used in the new CD-RW drives can also be read by Micron's
DVD-ROM and CD-ROM drives.
"With CD-RW technology, CDs are now a great option for individual
data storage and backup as well as for dissemination of large files,"
said Mark Gonzales, Micron's vice president of worldwide marketing.
"This Sony CD-RW drive provides the best available performance at the
right price, which is what our customers expect."
With the bundled Adaptec DirectCD software, users can easily
store files on the CD-RW by dragging and dropping them onto the CD-RW
icon.
Micron is offering the Sony CD-RW drive for the upgrade price of
$199 over the standard 40X CD-ROM drive. Alternatively, Micron will
configure a Millennia or Client Pro system with both the standard 40X
CD-ROM drive and the Sony CD-RW drive for the upgrade price of $249. |
