Daewoo Unveils User-Friendly PCs

Computergram International, Sept 16, 1999

Daewoo Telecom announced yesterday that it has developed two new PCs designed for easy use by the computer-shy. The 25 centimeter-tall PCs are only a quarter the size of existing desktops, according to a company statement, and come in "two user-friendly shapes, pyramid and cube". They are operated simply by pushing buttons, according to Daewoo. There is no floppy disk drive but four Universal Serial Bus ports instead of traditional serial ports "offering an advanced form of Plug and Play" said the company.

The company said the products "have drawn keen attention from Intel executives, including Vice President Pat Gelsinger, who introduced them to the Intel Developer Forum in California in early September." It said that Daewoo and Intel will jointly launch the new PCs on both the US and Korean markets in December.