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To: goin HOG wild who wrote (101)	9/15/1998 10:05:00 AM
From: Dave Taylor	Respond to of 335

Tuesday September 15, 9:09 am Eastern Time Company Press Release Dell Drops Prices On Precision WorkStations Component Cost Reductions Lead To System Price Cuts Of Up To 14.2 Percent ROUND ROCK, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 15, 1998--Dell Computer Corporation (NASDAQ:DELL - news), the world's leading direct computer systems company, today reduced prices on selected configurations of its Dell Precision(tm) WorkStation 410 by up to 14.2 percent in the United States. Effective today, the price of a Dell Precision WorkStation 410 with a 400MHz Pentium(R) II processor, 64MB of RAM, 4GB SCSI hard disk drive, 14/32X(1) CD-ROM drive, 21-inch monitor (19-inch viewable), Windows NT(R) and a Diamond Permedia2 8MB AGP graphics card is $2,970, a drop of 14.2 percent. The Dell Precision WorkStation 410 offers customers workstations with dual-Pentium II processors at prices comparable to some competitors' single-Pentium II processor workstations. Dell is a leading vendor of workstations running the Windows NT operating system. A full list of prices and configurations for these dual-processor-capable systems can be found on the World Wide Web at dell.com. ''Customers can benefit by buying the industry's latest technology directly from Dell,'' said Linda Hargrove, vice president of Precision WorkStations, Dell Americas. ''Because Dell builds workstations to individual customer orders, Dell is better able to pass along component price drops.'' Dell Precision WorkStations are intended for professional users who demand the most in performance in the computer-aided design (CAD), geographic information systems (GIS), digital content creation (DCC), computer animation, software development and financial analysis markets. All of Dell's workstation products are dual-processor-capable, and the product family consists of the Dell Precision WorkStation 410, based on the Intel Pentium II processor, and the Dell Precision WorkStation 610, based on the Intel Pentium II Xeon(tm) processor. Ranked No. 125 among the Fortune 500 companies and No. 363 in the Fortune Global 500, Dell Computer Corporation is the world's leading direct computer systems company, based on revenues of $15.2 billion for the past four quarters. Dell designs, manufactures and customizes products and services to customer requirements and offers an extensive selection of software and peripherals. Information on Dell and its products can be obtained through its toll-free number 800/388-8542 or by accessing the Dell World Wide Web site at www.dell.com. (1) 32x max/14x min variable speed.

To: goin HOG wild who wrote (101)	9/15/1998 10:50:00 AM
From: jbn3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 335

DELL cuts prices for Workstations, the day after INTEL announced 29% price reductions on its chips. austin360.com The world's largest maker of computer chips on Monday said it was slashing prices by up to 29 percent on its Pentium 2 microprocessors, which are the brains in PCs typically costing from $1,500 to $2,000. While Intel routinely cuts prices, the spotlight has been on the sparest machines. Intel early this year started selling basic microprocessors as the brains in these computers to compete with rival chip makers AMD and National Semiconductor. These machines, good for word processing, spreadsheets and other common computer uses, now cost from $400 to $1,000 each. But Monday's price cuts are likely to push down prices of the next tier of machines, where prices now start at $1,500, to as little as $1,200. Intel's sharpest price cut of 29 percent, for example, lowers the price of Pentium 2 chips running at 350-megahertz to $299 from $423.