Direct marketer Dell has been operating in China for eight years, and is currently the number three ranked computer manufacturer in the country. No doubt painfully aware that it’s about to lose its title as number one PC maker to the resurgent Hewlett-Packard, the company is looking to stake out a stronger presence in the Chinese market, offering a pair of low-cost PCs (the EC280 and Dimension C521—both pages are in Chinese) as well as the launch of a Chinese-language corporate blog. The moves were announced on the eve of a visit to China by newly returned CEO Michael Dell.
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Intel Formally Announces Core 2 Duo
Intel Corporation today formally announced the availability of its high-end Core 2 Duo and Core 2 Extreme processors for both desktop and mobile systems. The specs and performance benchmarks of these chips have been detailed for months, making Intel’s formal product debut something of a non-news event: suffice to say, the new CPUs redefine desktop and mobile computing performance for the Intel platform and use less power than their predecessors. And, not to be forgotten, outperform offerings from rival AMD.
For desktops, processor speeds range from 1.86 GHz to 2.93 GHz, with CPU prices from $183 to $999 per unit
Dell Readies Products For Holiday Season
John Hamlin, Dell senior vice president, U.S. Consumer, said the strength of the Dell model enables the company to offer consumer electronics at breakthrough prices on the products customers are most interested in buying now, while still being profitable.
“Our competitors’ prices provide us considerable room to pass on huge savings to our customers. Our high-definition plasma TV is significantly less than other brands with comparable features — less than half the price of one company’s. Our Dell DJ provides more battery life and more storage space at 20 percent less than the price of the No. 1 seller,” he said.
Are The Apple Power Mac Ads ‘Misleading’?
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) said that the G5 was not the fastest computer “in all circumstances for all applications”.
The first claim was based on independent tests comparing the Apple computer with two of its competitors – the Dell Dimension 8300 and the Dell Precision 650.
The ASA said it took expert advice and concluded that the claim could not be justified.
“It understood from the advice that the advertisers’ tests showed the Power Mac G5 was faster than the other two processors on some applications under certain conditions, but not that it was the fastest processor in all circumstances for all applications,” said the ruling.


