Press Relations

Be Press Releases

Be Product Information

Executive Profiles

Company Background

Be in the News

Photos and Images

For more information, contact: Be, Inc. Sylvie Pelaprat sylvie@be.com +1 (650) 462-4113 CHEN PR Shelly Eckenroth or Mary Leddy +1 (650) 357-8749 In Europe: Marie-Françoise Lelong-Weinberg mflelong@beeurope.com +33-1-55-91-7736 For iDOT.com: Kari Bell, Edelman/GTT 512-347-1008 kbell@gttcom.com Be and iDOT.com Launch Low-Cost BeOS based PCs iDOT.com to Open BeOS Storefront for One-Stop Shopping NEW YORK, NY, JUNE 22, 1999 - Be Incorporated, developer of BeOS®, an operating system designed for digital media applications on desktop computers and Internet appliances, and iDOT.com, the first PC company built for the Web, today announced the first in a series of personal computers with BeOS pre-installed. iDOT.com's offering will make it easy and affordable for users to purchase a machine that only runs BeOS. The first of iDOT.com's BeOS based PCs will be priced at under $500, including a Cyrix MII 333 processor, floppy drive, 32 megabytes of RAM, a 3.2 gigabyte hard drive, 24X CD-ROM, keyboard and mouse. Monitors are available for $129 for a 15-inch monitor and $229 for a 17-inch monitor. Customers can further upgrade the system with iDOT.com's easy to use configurator. The system comes with a standard 1-year parts, 90-day labor limited warranty, plus 20 days of toll-free set-up assistance. Extended service plans are available and all systems come with a 30-day money-back guarantee. Customers can begin ordering BeOS based systems July 12 and iDOT.com will start shipping July 26. iDOT.com also announced plans to create a BeOS storefront on the iDOT.com Web site, where customers will be able to purchase software and other add-ons designed specifically for BeOS in addition to BeOS-equipped PCs. The storefront is set to launch at the end of the summer. "We wanted to provide a robust alternative operating system and found BeOS to be a perfect fit," said Mark Marlow, vice president of marketing for iDOT.com. "BeOS is a great choice for consumers demanding media-rich content. iDOT.com is thrilled to be a Be partner and proud to continue offering customers low cost alternatives." "We're excited to have iDOT.com as one of the first PC manufacturers in North America to pre-install BeOS on personal computers," said Frank Boosman, vice president of business development at Be. "iDOT.com's products give customers the chance to experience a BeOS computer at a low price."   # # # About Be® Be Incorporated, founded in 1990 by Jean-Louis Gassée, is a software company focused on delivering an operating system designed for digital media applications and Internet appliances. With a team of industry-leading engineers and business executives in the United States and Europe, the company is dedicated to removing the limitations of existing computer architectures and delivering a new level of price/performance for digital media applications on both personal computers and Internet appliances. Additional information on Be and BeOS is available online at http://www.be.com/. Be is headquartered in Menlo Park, California. About iDOT.com Designed for both sophisticated users as well as first-time buyers and available via iDOT.com's virtual storefront, http://www.idot.com, iDOT.com PCs feature top-flight components and the latest in technology from Microsoft, Be, Intel, Cyrix, AMD, IBM and others. iDOT.com systems can be built to order or purchased in pre-set configurations. Based in Austin, iDOT.com is the first PC company built for the Web. The management team includes former executives from Motorola, Power Computing, Dell, CompuAdd and others. Be and BeOS are registered trademarks of Be Incorporated. Other brand product names are registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective holders. All rights reserved.

About Be, Inc. | Be Products | World of Be | BeOS Support | Jobs | Developers | Press | Partners | Investors

Copyright © 2001 by Be, Inc. All rights reserved. (Legal Info)
Comments, questions, or confessions about our site? Please write the Webmaster!