Dell Announces Vostro All-in-One Desktop PC
All-in-ones go business.
All-in-one desktop PCs have been a popular choice for mainstream consumers, and now Dell believes that there's a large desire for those types of machines in the business space.
Dell today announced an all-in-one PC that will fit into its Vostro line, which is designed for the business customer.
According to Dell's global survey, four out of five small business owners see technology as a way of helping employees to clean up their desktops and improve productivity.
“Small businesses are waking up to the fact that saving space is a critical requirement for their desktops and the Vostro All In One is the first-of-its-kind solution for small businesses wanting a cleaner, more productive workspace at an amazing value,” said Sam Burd, global vice president, Dell Small and Medium Business. “This is a perfect example of how Dell is expanding the Vostro line to bring customers innovative design and productivity based on their unique needs and business environments.”
Regardless of what you may make of that statement, Dell addresses the space saving part of the equation with the new Vostro optional VESA mount, which will save customers as much as 79 percent of their desk space versus a traditional desktop and monitor set-up. When combined with optional integrated Wi-Fi and a wireless mouse and keyboard, the result is a wire-free desk.
Those who can't wait to get up and running will be able to set it up "from box to business" in less than four minutes.
Starting at $629, the Vostro All In One is available today in China and Japan, July 27 in South Asia, Australia and New Zealand and India Aug. 3. Customers in North America and Europe, Middle East and Africa will be able to order the product starting August 11 and August 23, respectively.

A step backwards would be CRT monitors sitting on top of beige boxes IMHO. For a business PC, I see no problem with the Dell pictured.
Me too, seems like it is an obvious inclusion which I guess is why Dell is adding it late better than never.
Some years ago, I chatted with one of the guys who was trying to get this out to market. He had tried get Dell interested in it.
http://www.geocities.com/discpc/products_3gallery.html
Notice how its round like the Dell Logo.
That DiscPC thing is *horrible* looking. Its also not a very good design in terms of scalability. Sure the disc thing might work for a 15" display but scale that up to the 20" displays that are rapidly becoming the norm for desktop use and you'd have a ridiculously large amount of wasted space around the rectangular display due to the top and bottom curved bits. Its also incredibly thick, even by 2001 standards.
Yeah, where's the flashy lightz and windoz yo?! :-P
Some of us prefer minimalistic designs...
Easier said that done my friend. Lots of red tape, at least at the school level. We didn't actually buy our own pc's cause if we did I woulda told them I would build them. But since the money was coming form a technology grant from AT&T they were going to buy them and at 400 bucks a pop, a dell vostro with a dual core cpu and a 19" lcd was our only hope for new computers
My 24" LCD monitor is less than a year old, its heavier and more than twice as thick as todays 24" models. But yeah, the Disc PC has problems in that we are now wide-screen and at least a 19~20" model would be required. Unlike the prototype's 15" 4:3 screen.
True, the thickness of it isn't too bad but the lack of foresight in terms of screen size is really bad. Its been clear for at least ten years that screen sizes are getting larger and larger. Even if you ignore the trend to widescreen, a 20" 4:3 screened Disc PC would sit a minimum of 20" tall on a desk and would have a huge amount of wasted plastic. A 24" Disc PC would look absolutely ridiculous and would be woefully impractical.
It was a novel idea, for sure, however I can see why manufacturers of the time steered clear.
Hmm, but for a little netPC for about $400~500 and a 15" screen, it could be workable. Obviously, with todays technology, it would be a lot thiner very easily - espeically with an Atom CPU and the power supply on the outside. Look at how the netbook market has exploded with 9~12" screens as people seem to be moving away from 17" notebooks.
Looking at the site, it was designed back in 2001 - before the lamp-shade iMacs hit the market. And some how, it was user upgradeable for a graphics card, which could explain its thickness as well.
I saw in Frys, a round computer from SONY - but its sits on a table and obviously no LCD monitor, kind of like a mac-mini.