Wednesday, 23 January 2008

Windows & Dell join the PRODUCT(RED) bandwagon


Although details are very sketchy at the moment, Nick White from Microsoft has reported over at the Windows Vista Blog that Microsoft, in coordination with Dell, will begin to release special Dell-made products painted in red schemes, and with a portion of the sale price being dedicated to putting an AIDS sufferer in Africa on ARV treatment for more than three months.


Rumour has it that the special Dell products will include PRODUCT(RED) models of the XPS 1330 and 1530 notebooks (which are conveniently already available in red (US$50 donation)), the XPS One all-in-one desktop (US$80 donation), and even the Dell 948 AIO printer (US$5 donation).

Included with the PCs will be a special RED-themed Vista Ultimate with a customised desktop and sidebar gadgets. 

Hopefully we'll see all this here in Australia, but we've started to see more PRODUCT(RED) items now that Apple has brought out its themed iPod shuffles and nanos, and Motorola offers a RED RAZR V3.

More details will be revealed this week.

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