Dell will start selling PCs in stores — at Wal-Mart

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Source: USA Today

After shunning retail stores for years, struggling No. 2 PC-maker Dell (DELL) on Thursday announced plans to sell computers at Wal-Mart (WMT) stores.

Two Dell Dimension desktops will go on shelves June 10 at Wal-Mart stores in the U.S. and Puerto Rico. Different models, not yet announced, will be sold at Wal-Marts in Canada and at Sam's Club, the company's warehouse store chain.

Prices have not been finalized, but they will be less than $700, says Wal-Mart spokeswoman Melissa O'Brien.

Wal-Mart is expected to account for only a tiny part of Dell's business. Stephen Baker, a tech analyst with researcher NPD, expects Dell to sell between 30,000 and 50,000 PCs there initially. Dell sold nearly 9 million PCs in the first three months of the year, mainly though catalogs and the Internet.

But the deal with the world's biggest retailer is a huge about-face for Dell. The company made its fortune by its direct-sales model, which kept costs low and customers close. Now, an evolving market is forcing Dell to adjust. "It's not an easy transition," Baker says. "You've got to change your mindset and your culture."


http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/technology/200

[Gedo_Boy]

good idea....I hate having to pay for shipping on desktop PCs

[Naaima]

NOOO , their online marketing is one of the best walahi so fast way to reach people all over the world and so simple wlaahi the website is the easiest way which works as a gateway between the seller and buyer..lagac badan nah way u baqani!..

[King-of-Awdal]

WHO CARES DELL SUCKS ANYWAY I DONT KNOW ABOUT YALL BUT I LOVE SONY VIAO.

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[quote="Gedo_Boy"]good idea....I hate having to pay for shipping on desktop PCs[/quote]


GB,

As well, Apple costs have been cut dramatically too....making a PC as powerful as a mac out of the box still takes some dough......I would love it if apple came out with less costly alternatives.


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Naaima

Did you know that all of the hardware Dell sells Is made In China. I guess you can say Dell + Wal-Mart is match made in hell

[Gatspy]

I'm pretty satisfied with my HP powered by Vista.
http://img462.imageshack.us/my.php?image=d1sf4.jpg

[Gedo_Boy]

Naiima,

They will still sell it that way too

[Gedo_Boy]

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I have been looking at an Intel-based Apple laptop for some time now

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[quote="Gedo_Boy"]*jr,

I have been looking at an Intel-based Apple laptop for some time now [/quote]


GB,

Check out Mac mini its pretty cheap;

Closing the book on Apple's Mac mini
http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/07 ... osing_t...

Since then, the Mac mini has been treated to a rather mundane life-cycle. It has seen just four updates since inception, one of which was so insignificant in Apple's own eyes that the company didn't even bother to draft a press release. Even now, the current minis' 1.66GHz and 1.83GHz Core Duo processors are a far cry from the silicon offered in the rest of Apple's PC offerings. And rightfully so, as the company has seen lower margins from the units, which never gained the sales traction of its more fully equipped iMacs and MacBooks.

Some have gone so far as to call the mini Apple's bastard child; the neglected Mac that never was. At the same time, the history behind its creation and the reasons for its seeming abandonment are comparatively fuzzy. There is some speculation that Apple conceived the Mac mini under pressure from shareholders who wanted a sub-$800 Mac, but never really saw much in the design itself. It's almost as if the mini stood in direct contrast to Apple's fundamentals from the get-go.

[michael_ital]

"struggling No.2 PC maker Dell"

Second to whom?

gat

Still got a thing for J.A huh?

[Cilmiile]

What is best brand for a notebook?

I was thinking of Dell. Any others?

[MJ-Pride]

Apple is the best Cilmiile.