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To: Jim McMannis who wrote (62644)	8/18/1998 12:37:00 AM
From: Jim McMannis	Respond to of 186894

HP, IBM Ready Desktops For New Intel Line (08/17/98; 1:04 p.m. ET) By Tom Davey, InformationWeek Hewlett-Packard and IBM will be among the first vendors to ship desktop computers based on Intel's new processors, delivering the units as soon as the CPUs launch on Aug. 24, industry sources say. Others, such as Compaq, plan to have PCs available just weeks after the introduction of the 450-MHz Pentium II and the 300-MHz and 333-MHz Celeron processors. The new PCs will offer low starting prices, from just under $1,000 to a little over $2,000. More memory and storage space will be standard on some models. HP's Brio 8000 series, for instance, will include a 450-MHz CPU, 64 megabytes of RAM, and a 10.1-gigabyte hard drive. The mini towers will have a 24x rewriteable CD-ROM drive and a 10/100-Mbps Ethernet adapter. The PCs are part of HP's value-priced business line and will start at around $2,100. HP will also introduce 450-MHz Vectra VL Series 8 models. Prices start at $2,300 for units with 64 MBs of RAM, a 6.4-GB hard drive, and a 10/100-Mbps Ethernet card. The systems are positioned for customers that want highly managed PCs, and they come with HP's TopTools and OpenView management software. They will also support the Advanced Desktop Management interface. The newest network-optimized, managed PCs from IBM, the 450-MHz PC 300 PL series, will start at $1,890, with 64 MBs of RAM, a 4.2-GB hard drive, and a 10/100-Mbps Ethernet card with Wake on LAN and Alert on LAN remote-management capabilities. The 450-MHz PC 300 GL series, starting at $1,690, will form part of IBM's value-oriented business line, with 64 MBs of RAM and a 3.2-GB hard drive.