A sedate Dell posted fourth quarter results that didn't horrify investors even though its PC and notebook sales fell in dramatic fashion. Dell reported USD 14.4bn in revenue down from USD 15.2bn in the same period last year. The company's net income came in at USD 673m, which marks quite the fall from last year's haul of USD 1bn. Officials declined to face off against financial analysts and discuss the results in a conference call as is customary, primarily because Dell counts its fourth quarter results as 'preliminary' due to a pair of investigations into its past accounting.
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Member since:2005-07-23
Forgive me for playing devil's advocate here, but technically that did happen.
Apple Computer no longer exists.
And from the ashes rose Apple. Just Apple.
Yes, I know, the distinction.... it's alot of splitting hairs. But Apple's core business just isn't computers anymore. It's Ipods and music downloads.
Finally, the name reflects reality.
Member since:2005-07-06
Based on what evidence? their computer shipments are growing at double digit rates, yes they're selling more iPods but that is due to the cheap, disposable nature of them, they're upgraded along more willingly than say a computer which costs around 3 times the amount.
So far from my tracking of Apple they have gone from shipping *only* 4million Macs per year to a situation where they're going to get to 8million soon and continue growing.
I have to admit, I've always been a fan of the vertical model - it may not be the 'cool' thing for the wall street types who seem to have wet dreams over buzz words but it seems that if you look at the companies who focus on the customer and market their products to buggery rather than blathering on about so-called 'new business models' are the ones which succeed in the end.
Edited 2007-03-03 00:03
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2006-04-03
Remember what the Dell CEO once said about Apple? Guess maybe he should refer to his own company!
"Shut it down and give the money back to the shareholders"