Dell launches Atom-powered OptiPlex 160 PC

Posted by David Walker on Thu 11 Dec 2008

Coming to an office desk near you

At first glance, it looks like the OptiPlex 160 is the next shot in the budget desktop battle. Well, in a way it is - only Dell is taking aim at the office.

Not a million miles away from the budget Eee Box desktop, the Dell offering packs the single-core Atom processor, 1GB of RAM, an 80GB hard drive, integrated video and Microsoft Vista into a 1.85-inch box. Not great for playing the pick of today's gaming greats, but perfectly good for banging out a few Word docs and some sneaky web browsing.

Unfortunately the price doesn't match up to Eee's offering at $563 (£376) and there's already a dual-core Atom version heading to market in 2009. Give it a consumer makeover and drop the price by £100+ too and this could well be a contender for more frugal times.

Link: Dell (via Engadget)

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