(ZD Net) Compaq Computer took a swipe at rival Dell Computer this week with a new low-cost desktop PC. Compaq says its new Evo D300v is aimed at offering the lowest price possible for a corporate PC that can still run office applications reliably. The D300v starts at $499, making it competitive with several low-price Optiplex desktop PCs from rival Dell. Dell began making aggressive moves to increase its PC market share late last year, relying on deep price cuts to help sell its PCs. The desktop, Compaq's first such offering under the Evo brand, follows a tradition begun with Compaq's DeskPro EX line, which touts prices starting at $567, according to Compaq's Web site.
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(Reuters) - Hewlett-Packard Co. announced on Monday it will buy Compaq Computer Corp. for some $25 billion in stock, in a deal that would create a new computer and technology services powerhouse amid an industry-wide slump. The combined company, which would retain the HP name, would become the largest personal computer vendor in the world and have revenues of $87.4 billion, rivaling information technology leader IBM.
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Value Gaming PC Buyer's Guide: Once again it's time to take a trip down value lane and see what kind of gaming PC we can build. The basis of the Value Gaming PC Buyer's Guide is determining the best possible combination of gaming hardware, while still coming in under budget. We'll start off with $1,000 in cold hard cash, and then determine what is the right match of components in a variety of critical areas.
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(Press Release) Acer Laboratories Inc. (ALi), has announced the southbridge M1535D+ supporting Maxtor's Fast Drive ATA/133 hard drive interface technology. Overpowering potential IDE bottlenecks while providing superior system performance, ALi's new southbridge M1535D+ expeditiously transfers data between the hard drive and the main system up to one-third times faster than current technology. Ultra ATA/133 is a new hard drive interface technology that utilizes the current IDE interface transmission. The new interface, which is 1.3 times faster than earlier Ultra ATA/100 technology, is also backward compatible to ATA/66 and /100.
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