BIZ IT - Dell Packs More Punch in New Green Small-Business PC

Dell announced its first Energy Smart Vostro desktop, delivering industry-leading performance and expandability in a system designed exclusively for small businesses - * Customer Feedback Drives Performance, Expandability Improvements Six-Months Ahead of Schedule * Vostro Energy Smart 410 Desktop Saves Customers up to 47 Percent in Annual Energy Costs

BRACKNELL, England -- (BUSINESS WIRE) - Tuesday June 3, 2008

Dell announced its first Energy Smart Vostro desktop, delivering industry-leading performance and expandability in a system designed exclusively for small businesses. The latest in a series of energy-efficient products and initiatives designed to drive unprecedented customer savings, the Vostro 410 starts at £229 / €349 excluding VAT and delivery, and saves customers up to 47 percent in annual energy costs¹.

The Vostro 410 is available in North and South America and the United Kingdom. It will be available to customers in Asia 2nd June and the rest of Europe, the Middle East and Africa from the 4th June.

“Small businesses are increasingly concerned about rising energy costs,” said Aongus Hegarty, vice president and general manager, Dell Small and Medium Business in EMEA. “With the Energy Smart Vostro desktop, we’re able to save our customers money and collectively cut down on CO2 emissions, while delivering the features and functionality they require - especially high-performance processing power, graphics technology, fast networking and maximum expandability.”

Direct customer feedback guided Dell to design and deliver the Vostro 410 desktop six months earlier in the product cycle than originally planned. Customer-driven enhancements include:

* Outstanding desktop performance with Intel Core2 Quad processors, 512MB graphics cards and 800MHz system memory;

* A larger “tower” design to allow the desktop to grow according to business needs with space for up to four hard drives vs. two in the Vostro 400 and up to 3TB of local storage and memory;

* More expansion slots (six vs. standard four) and bays (four vs. standard three), holding up to six PCIe/PCI graphics cards to increase configuration flexibility; and

* Gigabit Ethernet for fast wired network access.

“The changes we’ve made to the Vostro 410 aren’t moderate improvements but an unrivaled combination of performance and expandability for a small-business PC,” said Hegarty. “For customers running complex spreadsheets or databases, multi-tasking frequently and heavily, or using video-intensive applications, you can’t beat the Vostro 410.”

In addition, Vostro customers can take advantage of Dell’s new services portfolio, ProSupport, which gives them the ability to customise and tailor services to fit their technical expertise and business needs. With growing demand for mobile technology among small businesses, Dell also recently announced its refreshed line of Vostro laptops.

1 - Based on testing by Dell Labs in May 2008 and Dell energy calculations comparing a Vostro 410 with Energy Smart settings vs. the same configuration without Energy Smart settings. Actual performance will vary based on configuration, usage and manufacturing variability.

² - Based on testing by Dell Labs in May 2008 and Dell energy calculations comparing a Vostro 410 system with Energy Smart settings and a 17-inch flat panel vs. the same configuration with Energy Smart settings and a 17-inch CRT. Actual performance will vary based on configuration, usage and manufacturing variability.

(Business Wire)

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