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Michael Dell - Loves Windows 7, slams netbooks

O.o[i]Looks like Michael Dell is pushing for people to upgrade to the newest Dell laptops/desktops and Windows 7.[/i]He has to. It's how they make money.RE: Michael Dell - Loves Windows 7, slams netbooksNetbooks are about travel and portability. Am I going to give up my quadcore desktop? ...

Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Operating systems, Microsoft Windows, Dell Computer Corp., Michael Dell, netbook, Microsoft Windows 7

Discussion threads 2009-10-14

Michael Dell's smartphone hints: A show about nothing

Michael Dell's smartphone hints: A show about nothingI can see it now....A smartphone from Dell that will be the equivalent of the DELL DJ to the iPOD.Pagan jim

Tags: Smart phones, Cellular phones, Handhelds, Digital media, Digital music, smartphone hint, smart phone, Michael Dell

Discussion threads 2009-03-24

Using social media to help ride out the downturn

ZDNet correspondent Sumi Das talks to Senior Editor Sam Diaz at the Dreamforce conference in San Francisco about why some are hesitant to put their faith in the cloud. Diaz also discusses how social-networking tools like blogs, podcasts, and Facebook may help generate new ideas during lean times.

Tags: Social Media, Podcasts, Productivity, Blogging, Internet, Dreamforce, Salesforce.com, social media, Facebook, podcast, blog, Ideastorm, cloud computing, Michael Dell, Sumi Das, Sam Diaz

Videos 2008-11-04

Michael Dell takes direct model into emerging markets

Michael Dell takes direct model into emerging marketsDellAll is Well

Tags: Marketing research, Financial services, Michael Dell, emerging market

Discussion threads 2008-09-12

Michael Dell: Telcos may subsidize netbooks to sell 3G

Michael Dell: Telcos may subsidize netbooks to sell 3GIt's been going on for a while ...IN FRANCE!A couple of French telcos, Orange and SFR have been offering subsidies on netbooks with a new subscription.See this http://www.sfr.fr/mobile/internet-eeepc.jspe or the Orange offer than can't be found on their "90s are still big"...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, telecommunications company, Michael Dell, 3G

Discussion threads 2008-09-08

Photos: Dell netbooks revealed

At the D: All Things Digital conference, Michael Dell was caught carrying a version of his company's upcoming netbook. So Dell decided to share with everyone. by Andy Smith

Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Photograph, Andy Smith, netbook, Dell, Michael Dell

Image galleries 2008-08-18

Michael Dell's a believer: Makes a $100 million statement

Michael Dell's a believer: Makes a $100 million statementDoes that make him...?Just wondering if that makes him the majority shareholder now? Or could that be his goal, to make sure he retains control over Dell as a rule because he may be considering stepping aside as CEO to pursue something...

Tags: Mortgages, Dell Computer Corp., Michael Dell, believer

Discussion threads 2008-07-03

Michael Dell's 2008 compensation almost halved, but security tab remains

Michael Dell's 2008 compensation almost halved, but security tab remainsHay Mike I blue screenedNow what---

Tags: Benefits, Michael Dell, compensation, security

Discussion threads 2008-06-02

Michael Dell promises 'Greenprint' reference architecture

Michael Dell promises 'Greenprint' reference architectureI doubt that is a direct quote.Is the part in parenthesis from you or from Dell?

Tags: GreenPrint, Michael Dell

Discussion threads 2007-11-18

Michael Dell: Changing the economics of SMB storage

Michael Dell: Changing the economics of SMB storageMore garbage from DellDell has no business in the reliability game. They make garbage plain and simple.RE: Michael Dell: Changing the economics of SMB storageI have played with one of these and they are excellent value for money. Here in the...

Tags: SMB/SME, SMB Storage, Michael Dell, small and medium business, Dell Computer Corp.

Discussion threads 2007-09-10

Michael Dell unaware of accounting woe; says Dell misjudged demand

Michael Dell unaware of accounting woe; says Dell misjudged demanddell & iraqFrom what I've heard, most of the contractors and army are using Dell machines in Iraq for whatever reason, does anyone know what sort of revenue that has generated for the company?RE: Michael Dell unaware of accounting woe; says...

Tags: Operational accounting, Dell Computer Corp., Michael Dell, accounting woe, accounting

Discussion threads 2007-09-05

Shut down Dell and give the money back to shareholders

Shut down Dell and give the money back to shareholdersdamn dell financialI got ripped off by dell as did my friends. Promise this and don't get it and charged more. I was involved in the class action suit and got a refund. $4oo. less than I was harrassed for. The...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Financial accounting, shareholder, Apple Inc., Dell Computer Corp., Michael Dell, computer

Discussion threads 2007-07-29

Shut down Dell and give the money back to shareholders

In October 1997 at the Gartner Symposium and ITxpo97, Michael Dell was asked what he'd do if he was in charge of Apple Computer. Dell responded to an audience of several thousand IT executives "I'd shut it down and give the money back to the shareholders."According to Mac Daily News: A...

Tags: Humor, Finance, AAPL

Blog posts 2007-07-29

Hey Michael Dell, bring customer service home

One of the reasons given for Michael Dell re-claiming the CEO mantle at Dell last week was the realization that customer service standards had slipped, and need to be restored.In our ZDNet neighborhood, as well as in the blogosphere and among friends and neighbors, this perception has taken on...

Tags: customer service, Dell Computer Corp., General, Michael Dell, trends

Blog posts 2007-02-05

The problem at Dell wasn't the CEO. It's the commodity R&D

Michael Dells reassumption of the CEOs post at Dell is a shell game that can do little more than temporarily assuage Wall Street. Lets be honest. As chairman of the company, Michael Dell had whatever opportunity and access he needed (to the now-ex CEO Kevin Rollins as well as other...

Tags: General, Vista, Hardware Infrastructure, Mobile, Dell Computer Corp., DSi

Blog posts 2007-02-02

Dell digs greener tech

Michael Dell wants to plant some treesFrom CES 2007: Chairman Michael Dell explains his company's plan to aid the greening of the planet through online customer donations to a tree-planting fund.

Tags: Michael Dell

Videos 2007-01-10

Dell unveils first AMD-based servers

Michael Dell introduces AMD servers at Oracle OpenWorldFrom Oracle OpenWorld 2006: Michael Dell discusses two new systems available starting today: the four-processor PowerEdge 6950 and the two-processor PowerEdge SC1435. Both use Advanced Micro Devices' Opteron processor, a first for Dell.

Tags: Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Michael Dell

Videos 2006-10-23

Michael Dell talks PC history

Industry leader remembers his first computerMichael Dell, a college dropout whose company went on to become a tech-industry giant, has led the rise and evolution of the PC. On the 25th anniversary of IBM's first desktop, Dell talks with CNET News.com's Tom Krazit about his first computer, which came from...

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Videos 2006-08-03

Michael Dell takes direct model into emerging markets

"97 percent of the people we want to sell our products to don't live in the U.S."At the Gartner Symposium/ITxpo in Orlando, Fla., Dell Chairman Michael Dell tells Gartner analysts Jennifer Beck and John Enck that the fastest-growing markets for the company are outside the U.S. and that the...

Tags: Michael Dell, emerging market

Videos 2005-10-21

Oracle OpenWorld: Just one last thing...

Dell's PR today sent us some screen shots from the hysterical Tech Force video shown during Michael Dell's keynote Video at Oracle OpenWorld. It was described as a Dell training video to show how to work with Oracle as a sales team. The video was a spoof on the recent...

Tags: Dell Computer Corp., video, Tech Force

Blog posts 2004-12-13