Micron Electronics introduces 100-MHz Pentium desktop for business users

Business Wire, June 12, 1996

NAMPA, Idaho--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 12, 1996--Micron(TM) Electronics, Inc., today introduced a new generation of desktop Pentium(R) computers specifically intended for business users designated the ClientPro(TM) P100. The ClientPro P100 is available for direct purchase by customers at 1-800/438-3343.

"The ClientPro P100 is Micron Electronics' response to one of our most aggressive research projects to date," said Jeff Moeser, Director of Desktop Products. "Our R&D specialists, sales and customer-relations teams are in touch with the market. They have spent months assembling information that determined the most critical corporate requirements in a desktop, and those needs have been uniquely folded into this exciting new product at a price that we think offers unequaled value."

Moeser said the research for the ClientPro P100 included these initiatives, among others:

-- Focus groups were assembled with large corporations in major

cities.

-- Extensive market research was conducted to specify customer

requirements.

-- Corporate requests for proposals for computer systems were

tracked for months to further tailor customer needs in specific

industries.

-- Extensive interviews were conducted with MEI sales

professionals, whose on-the-ground knowledge of customer

needs shaped important features of this new model.

-- Micron Electronics' rich data base was examined for additional

business use trends for incorporation into the ClientPro P100

package.

The ClientPro P100 incorporates several features from Micron Electronics' award-winning Millennia desktop line, adding important value to a product with a base price of just $1,499. ClientPro is a stable corporate workstation that is extremely configurable and can easily be customized to the most specific customer requirements. The ClientPro P100 is the first corporate PC entry for Micron Electronics, a company whose superior reputation has been built on powerful, high-value computing in home, laptop and technical workstation computers. The new line is targeted for value-minded companies seeking stability in their PC systems. Potential markets include large corporations, network administrators, foreign businesses, and resellers.

ClientPro P100's standard features include Intel's(R) Advanced ML motherboard with Intel 82430HX chipset; a S3(R) Trio V video card with 1 MB of EDO DRAM upgradeable to 2MB; Intel Pentium Processors from 100 to 200 MHz; 1.0 GB enhanced IDE hard drive; 3Com(R) 3C509 NIC card; a 256K Pipelined Burst cache; a minimum of 8MB EDO RAM; plug-and-play capability; and a choice of Microsoft(R) Windows(R) for Workgroups 3.11 and Dos 6.22 or Windows 95. Windows NT 3.51 is available for an extra fee. All systems feature a newly-designed unique case which gives the user increased accessibility for customization and upgrades. The new design also incorporates a highly-efficient cooling design resulting in a quieter overall system. The ClientPro P100 is further strengthened by a five-year limited warranty on the microprocessor and main memory and a three- year limited system warranty on all hardware. "Options abound for this business system," Moeser said. "ClientPro delivers a world of possibilities for users to customize this exceptional Pentium desktop value." ClientPro is the first offering in Micron's new series of "business solutions" that will fill many customer requirements.

Micron Electronics, Inc., manufactures electronic products for a wide range of computing and digital applications. The Company develops, markets, manufactures and supports PC systems for consumer, business and government use, provides contract manufacturing services to original equipment manufacturers and maintains a component recovery operation. The Company is approximately 80 percent owned by Micron Technology, Inc. Micron Electronics, Inc., common stock trades on the NASDAQ Stock Market under the symbol MUEI. More product information is available by calling 1-800/515-9197 or via Micron Electronics home page on the Internet at http://www.mei.micron.com.

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