Our unique direct business model has allowed us to take advantage of rapidly declining component costs and pass along savings to our customers. |
People consume information better with their eyes, |
People have been predicting the demise of the PC for years and have been wrong for years, |
People talk about the death of the PC, but the last time I checked, most people get on the Internet with a PC, |
Sure. We do not have an exclusive relationship with Intel. |
The 55 percent growth is very consistent with what we've seen over the last 14 years, |
The best part was the wisdom of the restaurant owner, which I could capture if I came to work a little early. He took great pride in his work and cared about every customer who came through his door. |
The home market is a very large and growing market, |
The idea of being all things to all people is a thing of the past, |
The idea was to sell computers directly to the end user, without the markup of the dealer ... have a lower level of inventory and a higher level of service, |
The interesting thing is when we design and architect a server, we don't design it for Windows or Linux, we design it for both. We don't really care, as long as we're selling the one the customer wants. |
The Internet is probably the most significant thing that has come along, |
The key to our performance in the fourth quarter was focus. By remaining focused, we have helped our customers benefit from the superior performance, service and value that our unique direct model delivers. |
The latest move to the Intel Pentium II processor to run modern business and consumer applications and the latest Microsoft operating systems, including Windows NT and Windows 98, is already well underway. Dell is well positioned for this transition, |
the market's focus on the top line may be missing the pressure on margins which are increasing. |