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    Dell profits due to cheaper components - yahoo news

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by devsk, Aug 30, 2007.

  1. devsk

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    Well, they're also warning that components declines are slowing into the second half of the year.

    http://biz.yahoo.com/rb/070830/dell_results.html?.v=7

    4% revenues increase is pretty meager. Hopefully next quarter will reflect what has been a relatively successful notebook launch, in terms of demand at least.
     
    chuck232, Aug 30, 2007
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    Basic attributes of large corporations.
     
    BlackGS01, Aug 30, 2007
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  4. n19htmare

    n19htmare Notebook Evangelist

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    Cheaper components like:

    Crap microphones
    Crap Dell wireless cards
    Crap Grainy screens
    Crap bleeding screens
    Crap Touch pads
    Crap sound cards that whine
    CS that's gotten crappier


    Sounds like a winner to me :rolleye:

    At the same time, Cheaper, better laptops...... To be honest, I'm willing to pay extra $100 for a non grainy screen, a headphone jack that doesn't whine, a bit better touchpad.... that's just me though.
     
    n19htmare, Aug 30, 2007
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  5. Commander Wolf

    Commander Wolf can i haz broadwell?

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    Well in the case of a big company like Dell you gotta remember that meager 4% is the equivalent of hundreds of millions if not billions of dollars.
     
    Commander Wolf, Aug 30, 2007
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  6. coriolis

    coriolis Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Not surprising.

    Buy mass bulk = Save money
    Sell mass bulk at small profit = Profit
    Sell 4gb RAM for +$1200 = Profit
     
    coriolis, Aug 30, 2007
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  7. chuck232

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    Absolute values in business means very little. It's all about relative growth and 4% is really quite low, above analyst expectations, but still, they have some catching up to do with the likes of HP to stop losing market share.

    If only it were that simple.
     
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  8. Commander Wolf

    Commander Wolf can i haz broadwell?

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    Well, if they can keep up 4% per quarter per year that's more than 16% per year... seems like pretty good growth to me?
     
    Commander Wolf, Aug 30, 2007
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  9. chuck232

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    4% is YoY, not sequential.
     
    chuck232, Aug 30, 2007
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  10. coriolis

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    Of course that's not it, just providing a small glimpse of what's obvious.
     
    coriolis, Aug 30, 2007
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  11. chyeah

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    I LOVE DELL!

    Got my laptop in 13 days and it's absolutely stunning! My first laptop purchase, and it went soooo goood :) Really cheap too


    <3 <3 <3
     
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  12. mux1

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    My LPL screen is gorgeous.
    My microphone works fine
    My Dell wireless is actually pretty good. (If I didn't think it would be, I had multiple additional choices I could have selected)
    My screen has no grain
    My screen has almost no backlight bleed. Comparable to my desktop Samsung (read: as good as it gets)
    My Synaptics touchpad is good
    My headphone jack does output some sort of internal line noise (not a huge issue for me, but annoying none the less).'


    Vostro 1500
    By far, the BEST value for a configurable T7300/nvidia 8600M GT/2GB RAM/etc/etc/etc laptop available ANYWHERE in the U.S.
     
    mux1, Aug 30, 2007
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  13. mxl180

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    cheap customers = cheap manufacturers.... look in the mirror before you point the finger =)

    Get a Fujitsu or AlienWare or Apple...quality comes in a premium
     
    mxl180, Aug 30, 2007
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  14. coriolis

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    As they say, you get what you pay for. Though there are those rare diamonds in the rough ;)
     
    coriolis, Aug 30, 2007
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  15. TuxDude

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    Hmm this does not mean they are selling cheap components lol :D
     
    TuxDude, Aug 31, 2007
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    Luck of the draw. If the quality of their equipment was consistent, I wouldn't be having all these issues.

    My screen is a AUO and it is unbearable to look at.
    There is enough back light bleeding to have the brightness levels askew.
    I don't have a synatics touchpad, it's a dell generic and it sucks.
    the headphone noise is almost unbearable in my machine.
    Friend has a Dell 1490 and it constantly drops the connection. He ended up ordering an intel one on ebay....

    To be honest, I'm jealous of your machine. :)
     
    n19htmare, Aug 31, 2007
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