Dell's Marketshare Decline Due to Intel?

timeOday writes "News.com reports that Dell's PC sales are growing more slowly than the overall PC market for the first time on record. Gartner's Charles Smulders blames Dell's decline on their allegiance to Intel, and cites Hewlett Packard's embrace of AMD as a key to their growing sales. Can Dell continue to shun AMD, or is a breakthrough imminent for the #2 chipmaker?"

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Dell losing share because....

[Spy Handler]

1) They feature "Satan Inside" (TM)
2) Their tech support people have horrible accents and you can't understand WTF they're saying
3) They fired the Dell Dude
4) PC prices have dropped so much that competitors like HP are almost as cheap as Dell, and often nicer
5) Frist Post

Choose one...

Re:Perhaps

[grungebox]

So that's where Sameer ended up after Initech burned down.

Dell Dude's Denunciation Drives Dell's Decline

[digitaldc]

Dell's decline is due to its denunciation by the dumped Dell Dude.

Re:Waitaminnit

[hentaidan]

Dell has alienated their customer base

Well, now that they've bought Alienware, it's not surprising.

Dude...

[zpeterz63]

Dude, no one's getting a Dell.

Re:Perhaps

[Citizen of Earth]

Good people cost money.
Heck even bad people cost money.

But Americans cost the most money.
Dell should outsource to Canada, eh?
Or maybe an Australian accent on the phone would be more fun.

Re:HP?

[Rick.C]

I still prefer to put my own together.

I tried that, but the duct tape covered up part of the LCD panel and when the hard drive got warm, the hot-glue melted and the hard drive and battery fell out.

I finally just bought a used Dell CP-600 (PIII/850) for $250. I dunno, maybe laptops are rocket science.