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Gartner: Apple Should Quit Hardware Business
News Increasing component costs and pressure to cut its prices mean Apple's best bet for long-term success is to quit the hardware business and license the Mac to Dell, analyst firm Gartner claimed on Tuesday.
[October 18, 2006, 16:55]
Dell Admits Indian Mistake
Talkback Even though my experience with Dell has so far been positive, I wish the critics of the US and UK would shut up and quit insulting these countries that gave you jobs. Insults are not the way to have a respectful debate.
[August 31, 2006, 20:27]
Gartner: Apple Should Quit Hardware Business
Talkback Dell to make Macs.yeah, that will be great.NOT. Dell are a box company, they make boxes with components inside. This is a mature market and Dell will fade and die, quite soon. Dell, M$, HP, all will wither and die - unless they come up with some...
[October 20, 2006, 10:12]
Gartner: Apple Should Quit Hardware Business
Talkback Apple is eating Dell's lunch and Gartner thinks they should just hand all that success over to Dell. The fact that Apple has avoided Dell's model is the reason for their current growth results. Gartner should quit the analysis business and focus on...
[October 19, 2006, 15:34]
Fortunes Of The Dynamic Dozen
News Speaking of direct sellers and fabulous success, Dell continues its rise up the ranks of PC makers. Next year, Michael Dell wants to make the Net the new portal to cut costs and sell more kit. Apple was another trying to put a brave face on it...
[December 30, 1997, 7:00]
Michael Dell Defends His Chief Executive
News Speaking at the company's Technology Day event in New York, Dell responded to critics who claim chief executive Kevin Rollins should quit over the company's current financial problems. Dell chairman Michael Dell has claimed that if critics of the...
[September 14, 2006, 13:40]
Dell Admits Indian Mistake
Talkback Dell really sucks! Your support team is worse then anything I could ever imagine, So quit boo hooin and try selling apples. Usa has to get the BIG picture here. You get what you pay for. Your team in India and in the U>S> just plain SUCKS!
[December 9, 2005, 0:17]
Dell Admits Indian Mistake
Talkback WHEN YOU QUIT, QUIT FROM ALL TECH SUPPORTS including HP, COMPAQ, IBM, etc.NOT DELL ALONE.COZ ELSE OTHERS WOULD SELL THEIR PC's CHEAP GIVING SUPPORT FROM INDIA. QUIT GUYS QUIT THE JOB AND GO FOR SOME OTHER.WE HAVE BETTER JOBS IN INDIA.
[January 7, 2006, 11:26]
Dell Admits Indian Mistake
Talkback I am a member of the technical support in the DELL INTENATIONAL.and we get so many computer illitrate customer who do not even know where MY COMPUTER is on their desktop. Regarding the Hardware support I must tell you that its not us who makes the...
[January 26, 2006, 6:15]
HP Faces Claims Of Spying On Dell
News A former HP executive accused by the company of stealing trade secrets is now saying that he was instructed by the company's management to spy on rival Dell. As a member of HP's imaging and printing group's "competitive intelligence team", Kamb...
[January 25, 2007, 7:59]
Dell Admits Indian Mistake
Talkback After that experience, I instantly understood why Dell would bring back its helpdesk to north america and started giggling at an imagined scenario of someone from Oklahoma trying to troubleshoot with this agent.
[June 8, 2006, 8:16]
Gartner: Apple Should Quit Hardware Business
Talkback Who will give us the macbook, imacs, ipod and other cool stuff, Dell? As if the author knows better. Its so obvious that he just wants to attract attention. You gotta be kidding.
[October 19, 2006, 21:27]
Gartner: Apple Should Quit Hardware Business
Talkback Apple will cature 20% of the market without Dell because of the singular focus of their brand, which includes the entire Apple experience. Apple is a master not of hardware or software but of controlling the entire experience around their products...
[October 19, 2006, 21:26]
Gartner: Apple Should Quit Hardware Business
Talkback If they can't tell the difference between a Dell machine and an Apple machine, they need to hire some new analysts -- some with at least an understanding of if not an appreciation for taste and how it drives purchases.
[October 19, 2006, 21:05]
Gartner: Apple Should Quit Hardware Business
Talkback As an IT professional that has been in charge of troubleshooting both Mac OS- and Microsoft Windows-based computers for years, I can unequivocally state that Dell hardware does *not* compare to Apple hardware.
[October 19, 2006, 21:04]
Gartner: Apple Should Quit Hardware Business
Talkback Overall Dell spends more in R&D than Apple, but with what goal? Some people just can't grasp the whole concept. It is the combination of software AND beautifully designed hardware that make Apple product so attractive (Not to mention the fact that...
[October 19, 2006, 18:43]
Gartner: Apple Should Quit Hardware Business
Talkback I don't think the mindless masses are going to choose the MacOS as an option for their Dell P.O.S.box (heaven save us from Dell's designers), because they will buy what most of the world uses, Windows.
[October 19, 2006, 17:25]
Gartner: Apple Should Quit Hardware Business
Talkback Comparing Apple hardware to Dell's is like comparing a Mercedes to a Chevy Nova. This preposterous claim is nothing but an attempt by Gartner to gain attention, since nothing they say really hold's any worth anymore.
[October 19, 2006, 16:13]
Gartner: Apple Should Quit Hardware Business
Talkback And if you recall, at the launch of the Mac Pro, Jobs compared Apple's prices to Dell's for a similarly specced machine. And Rolls Royce should stop building cars. After the recent reports of Apple's hardware reliability (forget the iPod for the...
[October 24, 2006, 12:17]
Gartner: Apple Should Quit Hardware Business
Talkback For Apple to be able to grow share in a mature market dominated by price, and to have sustainable margins in the 30s means that Apple has a competitive advantage vs.low-cost vendors like Dell who MUST rely upon production efficiencies and turns to...
[October 19, 2006, 15:43]
