Comments on: Dell paints a sunny, customizable future

New desktops, AMD processors, customer service initiatives and "Dell 2.0" image announced at annual tech gathering.
Photos: Dell's new desktops

[bommai]

Dell copies Apple in everything

Apple is what Dell is after. First the attempt at making stylish computers (yeah right), now the stores. They are even copying Apple's stock options scandals :-)

[Brian Scates]

Apple copied Gateway

Gateway did this first if I remember right. Apple just had better success with it.

[rmiecznik]

OEM are being forced to by Guess Who ?

Acctually Microsoft is pushing all the OEMs to make the PC stylish, they wrote a paper on that, they want all OEM that sell their Windows, to copy Apple :- )

Not just Dell.

[cwhissen]

Dell wants to be Apple?

Perhaps it's the other way around. Apple may have the cool factor, but Dell still posts more than three times the revenue ($55.9B vs. $17.3B) and more than twice the Net income ($3.6B vs. $1.7B). Considering that the two companies exist for money - not some high school popularity contest - I'm sure that Apple would much rather be in Dell's shoes. At least, the people (employees, stock holders, etc.) that make apple possible would.

[Jackson Cracker]

Like the choice between Intel and AMD chips?

Dell certainly isn't copying Apple there.

[dysonl]

This statement is as ridiculous

as saying Apple copies Dell because it's now using Intel chips.

By the way, why are we now always seeing Apple references in comments on articles about Dell? Is this called Apple zealot insecurity or Apple zealot snobbism? Or, is this simply a demonstration of runner-ups taking a shot at the Champion at every opportunity?

[fred dunn]

I think Dell is moving in the right direction....

More call center personnel.
More choices on Processor Platform (consumer systems).
Incorporating Opteron into Multi-way servers.

I would just recommend looking into moving AMD into Optiplex line as well.

Things will get better for Dell as it looks like they are finally making their own decisions.