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To: jbn3 who wrote (319)	9/28/2000 11:28:09 PM
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Model Configuration Before After % Decrease ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- PowerEdge Server Configurations with Price Reductions of 43 percent and 47 percent ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Model Configuration Before After % Decrease ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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.