Dell announced the update of its Optiplex desktop line with ten new models. In addition to this offer, the company also decided to provide availability to its Flexible Computing and Managed Desktop services in other markets, not just in the United States.

Jeff Clarke, senior vice president of Dell's Business Product Group, explained that the new machines consume a lot less power that the models used by many of today’s consumers. "With depreciation cycles of four or five years, those aging desktop machines out there are costing customers more money," he added. Mr. Clarke also talked about the company’s commitment to offer users the best available solution by successfully combining hardware, software and services.

The new desktop line includes the FX160, the Optiplex 960 available for $863, the 760 which retails for $593 and the 360, selling for $475.

"We really believe in flexibility and not coming in and saying that the only way to do it is have a virtual client, or the only way to do it is a thin client," Mr. Clarke said.

The Atom-based FX160 can be bought for $399 and features the Intel Atom processor. It can be equipped with up to 2GB of NVRAM flash storage and up to 4GB of system memory and it was developed to complement many of Dell’s services, such as its On-Demand Desktop Streaming. The 960 features Intel’s latest iteration of VPro technology, making certain tasks a lot easier. It features Intel Core 2 Quad and Duo processors in Intel's Q45 Express chipset, wireless networking, RAID, Solid State Drives, DisplayPort and eSATA.