Hardware

Dell Offers Self-Branded Printer Line

Submitted by jbreland on Tue, 03/25/2003 - 10:32

Apparently, all of the year+ old rumors are true - Dell will begin selling its own printer line next week. According to C|Net, Dell has two goals in mind: boost it's own sales, and hurt archrival HP. HP, you might remember, snubbed Dell last year when the rumors of a Dell-branded printer line first surfaced. Dell, it seems, is still rather pissed about that.

This move, combined with their decision to begin selling Dell-branded PDAs last fall, makes for some interesting times at Dell.

You can read the full article here:
http://news.com.com/2100-1041-993750.html?tag=lh

Intel, AMD chop chip prices -- good for us, bad for them

Submitted by jbreland on Mon, 02/24/2003 - 15:58

Intel reduced the prices on all its desktop Pentium 4 processors by as much as 21 percent Sunday. Meanwhile, AMD cut prices on select Athlon XP desktop chips by as much as 32 percent Monday.

Link to article on Zdnet

--looks like ill be getting a new athlon after all... now if only the motherboard prices would go down ;)