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Dell hits back at Compaq with workstation price cuts

Martin Veitch ZDNet.co.uk

Published: 28 Jan 1998 10:58 GMT

Although several observers have noted that Dell is one of the companies most threatened by the $9.6 billion buyout, the direct seller seems to have made significant inroads in workstations since the a dedicated unit was launched last July.

IDC gave Dell 14.7 per cent of the European Intel based workstation market for the July-September quarter of 1997, making it the number two player in double-quick time.

A 266MHz Pentium II-based model with 64Mb ECC EDO RAM, 2Gb SCSI-3 hard drive, Matrox Millennium II card with 8Mb RAM, 24-speed CD-ROM drive, sound, Fast Ethernet and 17-inch monitor costs from £1,904 + VAT.

Dell last week announced a "multi-million dollar" order form CAD software developer Parametric Technology for its workstations.