Tag archive: Dell Dimension

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… Read More

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… Read More

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… Read More

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… Read More