SMALL BUSINESS CUSTOMER FEEDBACK DRIVES DELL VOSTRO LAPTOP REDESIGN

KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA, May 2, 2008 – Dell Asia Pacific Sdn (“Dell Malaysia”) today announced its redesigned Vostro™ laptop line for small businesses, including the new 13.3-inch Vostro 1310 starting at RM3,099 RM2,499 and 15.4-inch Vostro 1510 starting at RM2,599. Products are available for orders today.

The company will also offer a redesigned 17-inch Vostro 1710 laptop in mid May. For more information, visit http://www.dell.com.my/ and Dell’s new small-business blog direct2dell.com/smallbusiness to join the conversation.

“Listening to customers and acting quickly on their feedback to improve our products and services sets Dell apart,” said Pang Yee Beng, general manager,Dell Malaysia. “For example, customers told us in a recent global laptop study that data protection and pre-installed security software are, by far, the most important security features.

(From L-R) Mr. Lee Hwee Hsiung, Chairman, ICT Bureau, SMI Association; Pang Yee Beng, General Manager, Dell Asia-Pacific Sdn.; Mr. Andrew Wong, CEO, MCA ICT Resource Centre holding aloft the new Vostro 1510 and Vostro 1310 notebooks.

“They also said they wanted thinner and lighter machines, all at a good price,” Pang said. “We paid attention.”

The new Vostro laptops deliver the following customer-driven features:

A sleek design, with slot load optical drive, that is thinner and lighter than previous generation Vostro laptops;

The display screen of the new Vostro 13.3-inch has 94 percent the viewing area of a 14.1-inch model, yet weighs nearly 20 percent less;

Continuation of Dell’s 30-day worry-free return policy;

Total Satisfaction Period (TSP) is for Malaysia 14 days (TSP charges may apply)

Available with no trialware and services including, Network Assistant and optional PC TuneUp;

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Vostro 1310 and 1510 laptops offer more security features than comparable competitive products¹ with integrated fingerprint readers, Trusted Platform Module (TPM) 1.2 helping prevent unauthorized network access and data theft, cable lock slot, and Dell-exclusive, factory-installed McAfee® Security Centre security software.

Small businesses are increasingly adopting laptops over desktop PCs. Today, half of PC-owning small businesses in the United States own laptops, and the number is expected to grow to almost 57 percent by 20122, with similar laptop penetration in Western Europe and Japan.

To address this shift and provide more choice to customers, Dell plans to expand its laptop product portfolio this year, to deliver the broadest product lineup in the company’s history.

In addition to investments in its laptop portfolio, Dell is expanding its services, server and storage offerings to meet the unique needs small and medium businesses.

Dell’s new services portfolio, ProSupport, gives customers the ability to customize and tailor services to fit their technical expertise and business needs.

Dell’s new PowerEdge R300 and T300 servers have industry-leading performance, memory and high-availability features so small and medium businesses no longer have to sacrifice server performance or reliability for an affordable price.

Through affordable iSCSI storage area network (SAN) solutions like the PowerVault MD3000i and Dell EqualLogic PS5000 Series, Dell is simplifying storage for businesses of all sizes.
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