Comments on: Why history isn't on Dell's side

Nice colors and a new ad agency won't change the biggest problem in Round Rock: The computer market has fundamentally changed and Dell hasn't.

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Anyone want a Dell precision...

for 3 grand? I'll take it for an engineering/CAD/or graphics workstation, those things are fairly well built, but I don't see home users chunking up that kind of change. Oh wait, dell makes a consumer product line as well. Oh, that's a dell?? It looks like it is built out of a chinese plastic toy factory. Then again, the consumer PC market went to hell a long time ago. There is no money in that market, and of course we are moving towards an industry where people are not upgrading every two years. After all, that P4 3 gig machine will still run windows XP, it's requirements haven't changed since 02. I do wonder if more frequent OS releases/feature increments drive hardware sales? I.e. how often do mac owners purchase computers vs windows PC owners? Apples frequent releases probably help drive HW sales. Perhaps if MS did the same (at least consumer versions, with a 4-5 year business release), sales might increase.