By Desire Athow
Although Dell has, for decades, been a staunch proponent of the direct sales model – which cuts out the middlemen – it has over the years mellowed and embraced the channel in order to boost its revenue streams.
You can now buy Dell systems from a number of surprising outlets like Dabs, Amazon and even Tesco. We’ve been told that some vendors even manage to undercut Dell’s own recommended retail price by ordering in bulk for certain products.
Which is the case today with the Dell Vostro 3900, a mid-range, mini-tower base unit aimed at the SMB market. The model we reviewed costs £309 (around $440, or AU$575) excluding VAT and shipping but you can buy it from Debenhams (yes, Debenhams) for as little as £265 including delivery and VAT as part of Dell’s PartnerDirect preferred scheme.
Dell describes the PC as being highly dependable, easily expandable and delivering “exceptional business-class performance and value”, and the Vostro 3900 certainly ticks at least one of these boxes. The offering hasn’t evolved significantly, a sign that the traditional enterprise desktop PC market has matured with very little room for innovation, at least when it comes to base units.
<img src="http://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/art/TRBC/Desktops/Dell/Vostro%203900/vostro%202-420-90.jpg" …read more
Source:: techradar.com – PC and Mac
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