Michael Dell and Vision

Quite an oxymoron. His only talent is managing to create brand recognition with very forgettable and uninnovative products. And staying in business with paper thin profit margins.
Besides, he's a real a--hole.

not to mention

one ugly bastárd.

Vision ?

visio defecationis

And...

His employee relations are none too good... He is less than popular in Austin (?), TX... Dell's HQ. All in all, everything I have read about him leads me to believe that he has all the charm of week-old roadkill.

Who the h*** cares?

Soooo whhattt?! He's got the same amount of vision for the computer industry as a used car salesman has for the car industry.The guy's a good business man but next to him, Microsoft can be seen as a true innovator!

Stephen Ads BLOW

I hate that DUUUUDE. If I ever see him, I'm gonna smack him over the head with (someone else's) iPod! Loser.
Dell's a tart too.

Dell's "success"

The only reason Dell has grown and become a little more successful than the competitors is because his PeeCee's cater to the HUGE IT industry who have a love affair with his conservative beige boxes! Nothing is innovative about Dell except his vision NOT to innovate!

Dell Schmell

Michael is about as appealing as d*** Gephardt. I'm going to hurl

Yo

Youse gettin' a DELL, bizitch!

Since founding his Austin, Texas-based company in 1984 as a 19-year-old dropout from the University of Texas, Dell has heard no shortage of experts explain why the sky was about to come crashing down on top of him--starting with the stock market collapse of 1987, which hit just as he was preparing to take the business public.

A company of less than $8 billion at the time, the PC maker grew to finish 2001 with $32 billion in sales. Perhaps most remarkable, Dell has succeeded without the next-big-thing bluster and hype that have come to define much of the high-tech industry in recent years.

... all in all, he's done what most haven't . . .

Texas

We should have let Texas leave the Union back when they wanted to. Fight the civil war, but tell Texas, "no problem, you are all free to go...don't let the door smack you on the a** on the way out".

And no, Dell is not the only influential Texan I despise..

HOO ha!

"And no, Dell is not the only influential Texan I despise..."

Tell it! Tell it! :-)

generic clones

 

Anyone who has taken Econ 101 knows that Dell is in the commodity business. He has the same product everyone else has. He has to distinguish himself with a clever sales pitch or a lower price.

Duh! Opening stores and getting into the unprofitable PDA business doesn't help with either. He can't even go colorful like Apple because that would scare his timid target market to the competition. All he can do is keep his prices lower, cut his costs to the bone and pray the public IQ doesn't increase.

 

Dell? Support?

I would never buy a Dell. But in the competitive Wintel market, you have to admit he has done a good job. How? I don't know.

In my opinion, Gateway makes a great machine (for a Wintel) and they have a local place I can go for help. Why someone would buy a computer with no place to get service or support except over the phone is beyond me. They may have the best phone support, but come on, it's Windows, you need support.

Make a smarter decision people, just buy a Mac, it's easier to use, has more out of the box and you most likely won't need the support. They just work.

Please don't slam the president, he's trying to do a good job. Notice how much more grey hair he has already. Besides, he's a Mac user, and we need to stick together.

tv ads

i'm sure he also had a vision of those great tv ads they air

Dell h***...

M. Dell has not only stood on the backs of giants, he single handedly took the best out of the best and lined his pockects with plenty of cash, thus placing himself among the giants....and there is nothing wrong with being the giant peniss of all time....except when the truth come to carry you away to where you belong..in the giant peniss vault..and part of heritage as computer users.....

And that article sucks

I can't bear to finish it. The writer tout Dell by smacking Apple for their product (a link to the new Flat Panel iMac) being experiemental and brown nose Dell's a cool haed non-flashy guy ... man that guy sucks, building PC box and make tons of many only qualify him as a good businessman, what innovation and vision he bring into the industry? Nothing!

Is the writer on drug?

money=innovation=vision?

Dell can cut cost and make money other PC makers can't, but how this transform him into a visionary in the techology field?

Money can buy ANYTHING, even a name that don't belong to him.

dude you've been dell-ed

Let's see... Apple stays afloat by constantly innovating and improving, putting out cool new products like the iPod...


Dell sells new products with a TV spot whose main character is a total ripoff of Alex Winter in "Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure". A 15 year old movie to boot.

is Michael Dell a direct descendant of PT Barnum?!?!??!

"the last refuge..."

"The last refuge of a marketer is price."

Dell is selling boring, beige boxes. What's he going to do to pump up his market share? Slash costs, slash prices, run a lame-o TV ad to fool the unwashed masses.

I am convinced that the "Stephen" character is Dell's attempt to counter Apple's stratospheric HQ (hipness quotient).

BTW I would love to get the phone number of the thug Tonya Harding hired to wack Nancy Kerrigan. I got two lame-a** punk TV spokesmen who need to disappear... "Stephen" and Carottop.

boycott DELL

I'm sure most people wouldn't even consider it here, but just in case you know other people who might, tell them

DONT BUY DELL!

jerkoff

duuude. you're goin' to h***......

ads work your memory

ads don't always have to be liked; they just need to be memorable and apparently, it's working for Dell. I find Carrot-top and that Dell guy annoying too, but the fact that you remember them and what product they're associated with, you'll be more likely to consider their merchandise/services when you come across the need.

Personally, I like the old Apple ads that tells you about how cool their products are b/c of what they can do. Remember the ads for the Powerbook Duos? I saw them on the net just a year ago and it makes me want one. Too bad Apple doesn't do that stuff anymore. TV advertising is more expensive than print, but it works so much better, esp. for the home market.