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Adobe and Dell Join Forces to Deliver Special Promotional Bundle for Web Design Professionals

   Purchase of Dell Precision(TM) Workstation Entitles Customers to Over 30
                     Percent Off Adobe(R) Web Collection

    NEW ORLEANS, July 26 /PRNewswire/ --
Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq: ADBE), the leader in digital publishing
solutions for Web, print and dynamic media, today announced it will offer for
a limited time its popular Adobe Web Collection software suite at a special
discounted price of $699 (U.S.) to customers who purchase a Dell Precision
Workstation. The promotion was announced today at SIGGRAPH, where Adobe and
Dell join other industry leaders to present the most innovative technologies
for computer graphics and dynamic media.
    The Adobe Web Collection features award-winning applications that have
been combined in a boxed set to provide an integrated set of tools for Web
designers. Now featuring Adobe LiveMotion(TM), Adobe Illustrator(R) 9.0, Adobe
GoLive(TM) 4.0 (with a free upgrade to GoLive 5.0(1)) and Photoshop(R) 5.5,
the Web Collection offers both designers and business users a leading-edge Web
publishing solution. Professionals can create extraordinary Web graphics,
optimize those graphics for efficient downloading, and build dynamic Web sites
that support the latest technology and standards. This special promotion saves
customers $300 (U.S.) off the regular price of the Web Collection, and more
than $900 (U.S.) off the combined price of the four separate programs.
    "The combination of the Adobe Web Collection and Dell's Precision
Workstations offers a superior solution for today's design innovators," said
Bryan Lamkin, senior vice president of Product Marketing for Professional
Publishing Solutions, Adobe Systems Incorporated. "With powerful graphics and
processing capabilities, Dell Precision Workstations provide the ideal content
creation platform for Adobe's customers."
    Dell is the world's leading direct computer systems company and a premier
provider of customized products and services required for customers to build
their Internet infrastructures. The company's workstations are intended for
professional users who demand exceptional performance in the digital content
creation (DCC), computer-aided design (CAD), geographic information systems
(GIS), computer animation, software development, and financial analysis
markets.

    Pricing and Availability
    Available beginning Aug. 1, 2000 in the United States and Canada,
customers purchasing a Dell Precision Workstation can order the Adobe Web
Collection for Windows for the promotional price of $699 (U.S.). The offer
ends Jan. 25, 2001. Customers can take advantage of the discount by visiting
http://www.dell.com/us/en/biz/topics/products_siggraph_precn_siggraph.htm/ or calling
800-WWW-DELL.

    About Adobe Systems Incorporated
    Founded in 1982, Adobe Systems Incorporated (http://www.adobe.com) builds
award-winning software solutions for Web and print publishing. Its graphic
design, imaging, dynamic media, and authoring tools enable customers to
create, publish and deliver visually rich content for various types of media.
Headquartered in San Jose, California, Adobe is the third largest PC software
company in the U.S., with annual revenues exceeding $1 billion.

    NOTE:  Adobe, the Adobe logo, GoLive, Illustrator, LiveMotion, and
Photoshop are either trademarks or registered trademarks of Adobe Systems
Incorporated in the United States and/or other countries. All other trademarks
are the property of their respective owners.
    (1) The free upgrade to Adobe GoLive 5.0 expires 30 days from the ship
date of the next version of the Adobe Web Collection.


SOURCE Adobe Systems Incorporated




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