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.
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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