Comments on: This May Rock the PC World (Dell into Wal-Mart) http://www.bizzyblog.com/2007/05/25/this-may-rock-the-pc-world/ The Business End of the Blogosphere Fri, 21 Nov 2008 09:37:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: TBlumer http://www.bizzyblog.com/2007/05/25/this-may-rock-the-pc-world/#comment-114846 TBlumer Sat, 26 May 2007 02:11:45 +0000 http://www.bizzyblog.com/2007/05/25/this-may-rock-the-pc-world/#comment-114846 #2, I would tend to agree. The only boxes that will sell in WM are the low end. They won't have any PC-knowledgeable person working there except by accident. I also have to wonder, since BB and CC are having success with Geek Squad and Firedog, how successful a typical customer going home without any of that help will be in setting things up. If WM wanted to sell machines that a customer couldn't screw up and will have no trouble setting up, they'd sell Macs -- but Apple will probably never let them. #2, I would tend to agree. The only boxes that will sell in WM are the low end. They won’t have any PC-knowledgeable person working there except by accident.

I also have to wonder, since BB and CC are having success with Geek Squad and Firedog, how successful a typical customer going home without any of that help will be in setting things up.

If WM wanted to sell machines that a customer couldn’t screw up and will have no trouble setting up, they’d sell Macs — but Apple will probably never let them.

]]> By: dave http://www.bizzyblog.com/2007/05/25/this-may-rock-the-pc-world/#comment-114845 dave Sat, 26 May 2007 02:06:33 +0000 http://www.bizzyblog.com/2007/05/25/this-may-rock-the-pc-world/#comment-114845 If the strategy is really to introduce customers to mainstream customers, having the introduction be at low-end wal-mart with low-end machines is not the best way to go. Dell has a whole range of PC products and the E series dimensions are arguably the worst of the lot. So I wonder if Bhavnani knows what he's talking about. This product and location seems to me to be all about capturing a few more points of market share. If the strategy is really to introduce customers to mainstream customers, having the introduction be at low-end wal-mart with low-end machines is not the best way to go. Dell has a whole range of PC products and the E series dimensions are arguably the worst of the lot.

So I wonder if Bhavnani knows what he’s talking about. This product and location seems to me to be all about capturing a few more points of market share.

]]> By: Matt N. http://www.bizzyblog.com/2007/05/25/this-may-rock-the-pc-world/#comment-114841 Matt N. Fri, 25 May 2007 17:33:19 +0000 http://www.bizzyblog.com/2007/05/25/this-may-rock-the-pc-world/#comment-114841 And it is also fascinating that Dell, as of yesterday, is selling PCs and laptops with the free Ubuntu OS, which is a version of Linux. dell.com/open Businesses, students, and political campaigns could save a lot of money by avoiding Microsoft and running linux. And between OpenOffice.org, Thunderbird, and services provided by Google, I'll never shell out hundreds of dollars for a copy of Office again. And it is also fascinating that Dell, as of yesterday, is selling PCs and laptops with the free Ubuntu OS, which is a version of Linux.

dell.com/open

Businesses, students, and political campaigns could save a lot of money by avoiding Microsoft and running linux. And between OpenOffice.org, Thunderbird, and services provided by Google, I’ll never shell out hundreds of dollars for a copy of Office again.

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