I've spent the last week pondering the options I need to build /purchase a new Dell Laptop. The views and horror stories here mirror those posted on Consumer Reports. I will definitely not be placing this order.
When the Opteron was the hottest thing since sliced bread, Dell said nobody wanted it.
When HP had a hard time keeping AMD systems in stock, Dell said nobody wanted it.
That stupid blunder cost Dell. They were telling customers what they wanted instead of giving customers what they wanted. I think Intel had a hand in that, because Dell only started selling AMD when the awesome Core 2 came out.
It's all about what will sell you, period. They could give a damn about you once you have one of their systems. And you are right, they missed out on the AMD highlight days, when the Athlon kicked the Pentium 4's behind and Opteron is still the ONLY real choice in a TRUE Multiprocessor system since Intel is still stuck communicating on the FSB along with everything else. Even Intel's "quad core" which is not really, is just two dual cores on the same die but for one dual core to talk to the other (beyond cache) it has to go to through the front side bus.
Michael Dell is just as much if not more at fault for the misfortunes at Dell than Kevin Rollins was because Rollins inherited the "Dell" culture from him.
If Dell wants to get back into the consumer market then they have to listen to the customer and that goes against everything Dell is in this market. On the other hand they do care about their large business users and most of the have marketing and engineering sessions with them.
As far as the consumer market Dell has lost it and in my opinion will not get it back.
When the Opteron was the hottest thing since sliced bread, Dell said nobody wanted it.
When HP had a hard time keeping AMD systems in stock, Dell said nobody wanted it.
That stupid blunder cost Dell. They were telling customers what they wanted instead of giving customers what they wanted. I think Intel had a hand in that, because Dell only started selling AMD when the awesome Core 2 came out.
It's all about what will sell you, period. They could give a damn about you once you have one of their systems. And you are right, they missed out on the AMD highlight days, when the Athlon kicked the Pentium 4's behind and Opteron is still the ONLY real choice in a TRUE Multiprocessor system since Intel is still stuck communicating on the FSB along with everything else. Even Intel's "quad core" which is not really, is just two dual cores on the same die but for one dual core to talk to the other (beyond cache) it has to go to through the front side bus.
Michael Dell is just as much if not more at fault for the misfortunes at Dell than Kevin Rollins was because Rollins inherited the "Dell" culture from him.
If Dell wants to get back into the consumer market then they have to listen to the customer and that goes against everything Dell is in this market. On the other hand they do care about their large business users and most of the have marketing and engineering sessions with them.
As far as the consumer market Dell has lost it and in my opinion will not get it back.
"If it decides to go this route, Dell might find it easier to strike up an exclusive partnership with a retailer like Costco or Radio Shack. This would prevent it from having to slug it out with its competitors, but still give it a prominent place to showcase its products. Dell already has a relationship with Costco dating back to 2005, when it used certain Costco stores to rid itself of outdated components, Bhavnani said."
Radio Shack is actually diversifying its brands. I've heard they will even be carrying Apple laptops later this year. (Best Buy is already doing so.) If they just got a manufacturer with a growing market share, why should they want Dell? Nor does having used Costco as a dumping ground previously bode well for an equal partnership. Seems to me that Dell has burned a lot of bridges and is getting desperate.
"If it decides to go this route, Dell might find it easier to strike up an exclusive partnership with a retailer like Costco or Radio Shack. This would prevent it from having to slug it out with its competitors, but still give it a prominent place to showcase its products. Dell already has a relationship with Costco dating back to 2005, when it used certain Costco stores to rid itself of outdated components, Bhavnani said."
Radio Shack is actually diversifying its brands. I've heard they will even be carrying Apple laptops later this year. (Best Buy is already doing so.) If they just got a manufacturer with a growing market share, why should they want Dell? Nor does having used Costco as a dumping ground previously bode well for an equal partnership. Seems to me that Dell has burned a lot of bridges and is getting desperate.
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When HP had a hard time keeping AMD systems in stock, Dell said nobody wanted it.
That stupid blunder cost Dell. They were telling customers what they wanted instead of giving customers what they wanted. I think Intel had a hand in that, because Dell only started selling AMD when the awesome Core 2 came out.
And you are right, they missed out on the AMD highlight days, when the Athlon kicked the Pentium 4's behind and Opteron is still the ONLY real choice in a TRUE Multiprocessor system since Intel is still stuck communicating on the FSB along with everything else.
Even Intel's "quad core" which is not really, is just two dual cores on the same die but for one dual core to talk to the other (beyond cache) it has to go to through the front side bus.
Michael Dell is just as much if not more at fault for the misfortunes at Dell than Kevin Rollins was because Rollins inherited the "Dell" culture from him.
If Dell wants to get back into the consumer market then they have to listen to the customer and that goes against everything Dell is in this market. On the other hand they do care about their large business users and most of the have marketing and engineering sessions with them.
As far as the consumer market Dell has lost it and in my opinion will not get it back.
Fred Dunn
When HP had a hard time keeping AMD systems in stock, Dell said nobody wanted it.
That stupid blunder cost Dell. They were telling customers what they wanted instead of giving customers what they wanted. I think Intel had a hand in that, because Dell only started selling AMD when the awesome Core 2 came out.
And you are right, they missed out on the AMD highlight days, when the Athlon kicked the Pentium 4's behind and Opteron is still the ONLY real choice in a TRUE Multiprocessor system since Intel is still stuck communicating on the FSB along with everything else.
Even Intel's "quad core" which is not really, is just two dual cores on the same die but for one dual core to talk to the other (beyond cache) it has to go to through the front side bus.
Michael Dell is just as much if not more at fault for the misfortunes at Dell than Kevin Rollins was because Rollins inherited the "Dell" culture from him.
If Dell wants to get back into the consumer market then they have to listen to the customer and that goes against everything Dell is in this market. On the other hand they do care about their large business users and most of the have marketing and engineering sessions with them.
As far as the consumer market Dell has lost it and in my opinion will not get it back.
Fred Dunn
Ironically, Apple's capitalization passed Dell's last year.
Ironically, Apple's capitalization passed Dell's last year.
up an exclusive partnership with a retailer like Costco or Radio
Shack. This would prevent it from having to slug it out with its
competitors, but still give it a prominent place to showcase its
products. Dell already has a relationship with Costco dating back
to 2005, when it used certain Costco stores to rid itself of
outdated components, Bhavnani said."
Radio Shack is actually diversifying its brands. I've heard they
will even be carrying Apple laptops later this year. (Best Buy is
already doing so.) If they just got a manufacturer with a
growing market share, why should they want Dell? Nor does
having used Costco as a dumping ground previously bode well
for an equal partnership. Seems to me that Dell has burned a
lot of bridges and is getting desperate.
up an exclusive partnership with a retailer like Costco or Radio
Shack. This would prevent it from having to slug it out with its
competitors, but still give it a prominent place to showcase its
products. Dell already has a relationship with Costco dating back
to 2005, when it used certain Costco stores to rid itself of
outdated components, Bhavnani said."
Radio Shack is actually diversifying its brands. I've heard they
will even be carrying Apple laptops later this year. (Best Buy is
already doing so.) If they just got a manufacturer with a
growing market share, why should they want Dell? Nor does
having used Costco as a dumping ground previously bode well
for an equal partnership. Seems to me that Dell has burned a
lot of bridges and is getting desperate.