Lenovo To Pre-Install WordPerfect
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In an interesting strategy of teaming with second tier players, Lenovo is getting up close and personal with AMD and Corel.

First came the announcement of a global roll-out of a new rangeof Lenovo branded desktops and notebooks targeting the small business sector. Though the PCs will offer a choice of either Intel or AMD CPUs depending on model, the choice of processors was as follows: either Pentium 4 or Celeron D for the Intel chips or an Athlon processor or Sempron on the AMD side.

AMD was quick to announce that Lenovo has struck up a direct relationship with AMD in Australia and points out that this is the first time Lenovo has offered an AMD-based machine worldwide, though the company sells a fifty-fifty split of AMD and Intel chips in its home base of China.

Nothing too newsworthy in that though, many system builders offer a mix of Intel and AMD processors, despite AMD’s current lawsuit accusing Intel of anti-trust activities designed to stop companies using AMD chips.

Now Corel has announced a deal with Lenovo that will see its office productivity, graphics and digital imaging software bundled with the Lenovo 3000 range.

The new range will feature Corel’s Small Business Center suite of applications including four of the company’s flagship solutions. While the packages are complete three of the four are free trials only.

The Corel Small Business Center is a container which houses a powerful suite of four Corel WordPerfect Office, CorelDRAW, Corel Paint Shop Pro X and Corel Photo Album 6 StarterEdition. However, only the WordPerfect Office application and Photo Album 6 Starter Edition are full versions. Paint Shop Pro X and the CorelDRAW Graphics Suite are all free trials. The bundle also includes a trial of Corel Photo Album 6 Deluxe.

Prices to upgrade start at US$29 for Corel Photo Album 6 Deluxe and US$79 for the Corel WordPerfect Office suite.  The complete upgrade to the entire Corel Small Business Center – which includes the complete WordPerfect Office suite, CorelDRAW Graphics Suite, Paint Shop Pro X and Corel Photo Album 6 Deluxe Edition – is priced at US$386.

According to other Web reports, the Lenovo PCs will also include the Google bundle incorporating the Google Toolbar, Google Desktop and Picasa software, Roxio Digital Media and Norton Internet Security.

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