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Sun Micro releases low-priced workstation

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LOS ANGELES: Network computer maker Sun Microsystems Inc has introduced

workstation servers for about $1,000 in a bid to increase its market, the firm

said on Monday.

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High-end computer companies like Sun and traditional personal computer makers

are slugging it out for the middle ground of computers that can handle heavy

workloads but are relatively cheap and easy to use.

The Sun Blade 100 workstation costs about half the price of the previous

bottom of the line, the Sun Ultra 5 2D and works faster, Sun said. Software

engineers and other primary users of the Sun Blade 100 workstation, as the new

machine is known, can also run Microsoft Corp Windows NT operating system, said

vice president marketing, Shahin Khan, for systems products.

"Our focus in this market segment is entirely on unit shipments,"

he said.

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