Comments on: Dell profits slide 5 percent

Earnings per share, though, were up. Dell's CFO says that given the state of the global economy, the company is "pleased" with the performance.

[perry444]

It's time for Michael to step down. As an employee, I don't know anyone that supports him, we all think he's a total incompetent, trying to run a business like HP without Mark's execution skills. The board should push him on, it's over, his turnaround plan failed. Please before our life savings are obliterated.

[Renegade Knight]

Yesterday I got my Dell laptop back. Unrepaird and worse unresolved. Had I said "send it back unrepaird" that would have been approrpriate. Insted a lazy dell employee decided to pass the buck not address my concerns and in the process created even more problems for dell. I buy a lot of equipment. I have a laptop a year for the next 3 years planned. Not low end either. Someone is going to get the business. Dell hangs on their ablity to get my laptop working.

[The_happy_switcher]

Ha ha, more roadkill under Apple's tank treads.

[ppgreat]

Maybe someone more on top of Dell can comment on this, but didn't Dell do an awful lot of layoffs and closings this past year?

[Penguinisto]

Yep - they did... it's in the article we're all commenting on :)

[ppgreat]

So, if they can only make money by laying people off and (still) attempting to sell off their manufacturing facilities, and they're operating on very thin margins, how are they going to survive in the long term?

[Penguinisto]

Ouch.... just... ouch.

[fdunn3]

Before they close down the USA plants (Round Rock included) they should try one last attempt at diferentiating themselves from their competition by using the "Built In The U.S.A." logo.

In these times that workers are being laid off by the thousands at least a percentage should appreciate that. If they don't then they shouldn't wonder why they were laid off.

[salele111]

I'm really excited about it's 3G capability. When it's implemented i will definitely switch laptops manufacturer.