By Thilak March 24, 2007

Dell Starts Selling Cheap Desktops in China

Dell has started shipping their new low-cost desktop PC in China. Dell EC280 Desktop sells for 2599 Chinese Yuan ($336 or 14664 Indian Rupees) and features Windows XP instead of Vista. Another model running Linux is also available at a cheaper price. The hardware specifications include 1.2 Ghz Intel Celeron and 15-inch CRT monitor.

A slightly higher priced edition which runs on Linux and includes AMD Athlon64 3200+ and 17-Inch LCD monitor sells for 3999 Chinese Yuan ($517 or 22500 Indian Rupees). Dell being second largest PC manufacture is facing some stiff competition from Lenovo in Chinese cheap desktop segment. Although both Dell and Lenovo recommend Vista Home premium on their websites, their Desktop PCs ships preinstalled with Windows XP. I guess, this is just a cost cutting measure.

Strangely, Dell sells only upto 5 such low priced Desktops to consumers due to heavy prices cuts and discounts. So far Dell has very successful with their direct sales business model, which cuts middle men and improves profits. However, this would be put into test bed when they enter emerging markets such as China, India, Brazil and Russia.

Source: Computer World

Trivia: Seven in a 100 people own a PC in China. In India, only 2 in a 100 people own a PC

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Comments for “Dell Starts Selling Cheap Desktops in China”

  • Interesting:

    "Seven in a 100 people own a PC in China. In India, only 2 in a 100 people own a PC"

    Anyone know how many people per 100 in Japan own a PC?
  • You must note that this is just an "option" for people that don't have such kind of money to burn.
  • Good to see Pakistan taking such measures to make sure that everybody is geeky. Unfortunately, no such thing here in India.

    14.5 K is for a desktop. I'm sure we can assemble a PC for something lower than that. I recently bought a HP DV6137TX Notebook for 67 Indian Rupees (approx: 97480 Pak Rupees). I guess notebooks are cheap in Pak
  • lol very weird

    Even now in my country :P Pakistan everyone atleast owns a PC

    and even our University has started giving away laptops to all students too with T3 Wireless Internet Connectivity :)

    14.5 k is hell cheap :( My friend got a Dell Laptop recently for 60 K :O
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