Dell Expands Value Notebook Computer Line for Small Businesses, Education Market; Latitude 100L Delivers Reliable, Managed Notebook Computer for $899

Business Wire, April 13, 2004

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

ROUND ROCK, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 13, 2004

Dell (Nasdaq:DELL) today introduced the Latitude(tm) 100L, a desktop replacement notebook computer designed for small businesses and institutional customers sensitive to purchase price.

Starting at $899, the Latitude 100L easily handles essential computing tasks like word processing, e-mail and Internet access, and is ideal for customers who value the flexibility and productivity that comes with mobile computing.

Weighing slightly more than seven pounds(a), the 100L can be custom configured with Intel(tm) Celeron(tm) or Mobile Pentium(tm) 4 processors, 14.1- or 15-inch displays, 20GB to 60GB hard drives and a variety of fixed optical drives. Optional integrated wireless capability is available for $29 (802.11b/g) or $49 (802.11a/b/g). A USB port replicator is available for $119. Complete product details can be found at www.dell.com/latitude.

Dell supports the Latitude 100L with a portfolio of product lifecycle services including mobile and security solutions. Smaller IT staffs can focus on internal strategic initiatives while Dell's award-winning service and support can provide accidental damage coverage, custom software integration, on-site break-fix service, advanced technical support, theft prevention security and asset management.

About Latitude: 10 Year Anniversary Celebration

Dell is marking its 10th anniversary of Latitude notebooks this year. Since 1994, Dell has provided customized mobile solutions and had shipped more than 13 million Latitude notebooks worldwide. Today, Dell is the leading supplier worldwide of notebooks for medium and large businesses.(b) Dell's network-optimized notebook products offer long life cycles and cross-family compatibility, all of which contribute to simplified IT management and lower total cost of ownership.

Technical Features of the Latitude 100L include:

-- Choice of Intel Celeron processors at 2.40GHz(c) or Mobile

Intel Pentium 4 processor at 2.66GHz(c) combined with the

Intel 852GMV chipset

-- Choice of 14.1- or 15-inch XGA (1024 x 768) display

-- 128MB to 1GB of DDR266 shared(d) SDRAM

-- Choice of 20GB, 30GB, 40GB or 60GB hard drives

-- Choice of 8-cell, 65WHr or 12-cell 96WHr Lithium Ion Battery

-- Choice of CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, DVD/CD-RW combination and

DVD+RW/+R(e) optical drives

-- Integrated 10/100 Ethernet and 56K V92 modem(f)

-- Ports include: Two USB 2.0, VGA, Headphone and Microphone

-- Optional internal Dell Wireless 1350 802.11b/g or Dell

Wireless 1450 802.11a/b/g wireless Mini-PCI card

-- Optional WWAN capability with Dell TrueMobile 5100 GPRS PC

Card with choice of service from AT&T Wireless or T-Mobile

-- Choice of Windows XP Home or Windows XP Professional Operating

System

-- One Year Service and Support, optional longer terms available

About Dell

Dell Inc. (Nasdaq:DELL) is a premier provider of products and services required for customers worldwide to build their information-technology and Internet infrastructures. Company revenue for the past four quarters totaled $41.4 billion. Dell, through its direct business model, designs, manufactures and customizes products and services to customer requirements, and offers an extensive selection of software and peripherals. Information on Dell and its products can be obtained at www.dell.com.

Pricing, specifications, availability, and terms of offers may change without notice. Taxes and shipping charges are extra, and vary. Dell cannot be responsible for pricing or other errors, and reserves the right to cancel orders arising from such errors.

(a) Weights vary depending on configurations and manufacturing

variability.

(b) IDC Worldwide Quarterly PC Tracker, March 2004.

(c) Power management features limit processor speed to maintain

system cooling or power requirements.

(d) Up to 64MB of system memory may be allocated to support

graphics, depending on system memory size and other factors.

(e) Discs burned with this drive may not be compatible with some

existing drives and players; using DVD+R media provides

maximum compatibility.

(f) Download speeds are limited to 53Kbps. Upload speeds are less

(about 30Kbps). Speeds can vary by line condition and modem

manufacturer. Analog phone line and service required.

Dell, Latitude and TrueMobile are trademarks of Dell Inc.

Dell disclaims any proprietary interest in the marks and names of others.