SANTA CLARA, Calif. Intel Corp. began selling its long-awaited Pentium 4 processor, and ...

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Round Rock, Texas-based Dell Computer is shipping the Precision Workstation 330 with Pentium 4 processors at 1.4GHz and 1.5GHz. Pricing begins at $1,999, according to a Dell release.