DELL PACKS MORE PUNCH IN NEW GREEN SMALL-BUSINESS PC

KUALA LUMPUR, 2 June 2008 – Dell today announced the Energy Smart Vostro™ 410 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 RM3,099 and saves customers up to 47 percent in annual energy costs¹. For more information, visit www.dell.com/vostro, and share your feedback on the new small-business blog.

The Vostro 410 is immediately available to customers in Asia on June 2 and the rest of Europe, the Middle East and Africa on June 5. “Small businesses are increasingly concerned about rising energy costs,” said Saleh Haji Munshi, General Manager, SMB, Dell APACS. “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® Core™2 Quad processors, an optional 512MB graphics card 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 4GB of memory;
· More expansion slots (six vs. standard four) and bays (four vs. standard three), holding up to six cards (3 PCI & 3 PCIe) to increase configuration flexibility;
· Gigabit Ethernet for fast wired network access;
· Continuation of Dell’s 14-day worry-free return policy; and
· Available with no trial ware and services including Dell Network Assistant (free) and Dell Automated PC TuneUp (at a fee).

“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 Saleh. “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 customize 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.

To complement the Energy Smart Vostro 410, Dell announced today, worldwide availability of its first EPEAT Gold-certified display – the E207WFP 20-inch widescreen flat panel monitor. More than 25 percent of its plastics are made from recycled materials, plus flat panel monitors save customers up to 28 percent in annual energy costs when compared to using a boxier CRT monitor².

Dell’s Commitment to the ReGeneration
On World Environment Day 2007, Dell announced it would partner with the ReGeneration – people of all ages who care about the environment – to become the “greenest” technology company on the planet. The company has since pledged to become the first in its industry to neutralize the carbon impact of worldwide operations by the end of 2008.

Dell offers the industry’s only free recycling program for consumers and an award-winning suite of asset recovery services for businesses. Launched in January 2007, Dell’s “Plant a Tree for Me” program helps customers offset the CO2 emissions related to their use of IT products. Expanded to corporate partners in September 2007, “Plant a Forest for Me” enables organizations worldwide to share best practices and facilitate the planting of trees in sustainable managed reforestation projects.

For more information on Dell’s energy and environmental initiatives, visit www.dell.com/earth. To join with the company and thousands of others in lending a voice and saving the planet, visit www.regeneration.org.