Dell computer prices slashed

A Dell Optiplex GX270 with a 2.66-GHz IntelÒ PentiumÒ 4 processor, 256 MB of memory and an 80 GB hard drive that had a list price of Rs 65,554 before the duties changed can now be purchased for Rs 58,067.

These reductions are available only to customers who are billed in Indian rupees. These savings can be had by Dell's Indian customers because of Dell's build-to-order, direct model, said a release here.

Because Dell only builds a system once it is ordered and sells directly to customers with no middleman, there is no inventory or backlog to sell through before offering the savings delivered by the new tax codes, a press release said.

"For our Indian customers, there has never been a better time to buy from Dell," said Dinesh Pai, the GM of Dell India.

"Since the announcement of the new tax rates, we have been able to pass these saving along immediately to our customers. Other vendors may have to work through accumulated inventory taxed under the old regulations. Dell is able to deliver these savings today," he said.