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Fujitsu desktops - back to the future?

Business IT - Technology

Fujitsu is returning to the desktop PC business in Australia with the launch of ten new models in the Esprimo family.

Fujitsu has introduced ten desktop PCs aimed at business users. Based on Intel's new Huron River platform, prices of the Esprimo family start at $1288.

Fujitsu Esprimo

"Previously we only offered notebooks under the Lifebook brand for the Australian market" said Bert Noah, country manager for Fujitsu PC Australia, but your correspondent recalls attending the official opening of Fujitsu's desktop PC assembly plant in Dandenong (southeast Melbourne) back in the 1990s when Alan Stockdale was Victorian Treasurer and Minister for Multimedia.

Features of the Esprimo family include 4GB of RAM expandable to 32GB (four slots), and support for older peripherals via serial, parallel and VGA interfaces.

"We see an opportunity right now to bring in our Esprimo brand for desktops as a natural progression to completing our computing range," said Mr Noah. "Releasing over 10 different models shows our long term commitment and investment into this market."