Honing prices, seeking an edge

Gateway shaves PC prices, aiming to be the low-cost leader, and Dell reconfigures. Plus: Intel's coming to market with cheaper mobile Pentiums and faster desktop chips.

Seeking an edge, Gateway pares prices
The computer maker appears to have reached its goal of price leadership in competition with Dell and others. But at what cost?
March 29, 2002

Dell prices take a new turn
The company roiled the PC market by relentlessly cutting prices in 2001, but it is taking a different tack this year.
March 28, 2002

Faster Pentium 4 desktop chips on tap
Chipmaker Intel will bring out a faster version of the Pentium 4 for desktops next week, and other PC performance improvements are on the horizon.
March 28, 2002

Dell, Gateway notebooks may lighten up
The announcements of the new notebooks are expected to come despite slowing shipments of ultra-portable notebooks by other companies.
March 28, 2002

Price cuts ahead for mobile Pentium 4
Intel's flagship chip for notebooks will likely experience the same sort of dramatic reductions in price that hit the desktop Pentium 4 a year ago, analysts and others say.
March 27, 2002