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Dell's Marketshare Decline Due to Intel?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the jump-ship dept.

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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  1. It's not totally Intel... by MoogleEXE · · Score: 0, Redundant

    In the part of the gaming world where I reside, Dells are regarded as somewhat of a joke. This has mostly sprung up around the general unreliability of their customer service, but it's also just that Dell products are never quite up to spec. Even if they are in fact okay, it may be due to this growing stereotype about Dell computers as well.

  2. Decline? by Bob3141592 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    News.com reports that Dell's PC sales are growing more slowly than the overall PC market for the first time on record.

    Decline? The summary indicates Dell's sales continue to grow, so how is that a decline? Not growing as fast as you used to doesn't mean you're shrinking. Also, if the growth of the PC market is accounted for by the entry of new companies, Dell could still be growing faster than any other single competitor and still not grow as the market overall.

    This isn't to say that Dell doesn't suck, only that the numbers game being used here is a tad misinformative.

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