“Because of lower prices, upgrades in power and capabilities, and gradually more experienced users, customer satisfaction with personal computers has improved to a level last seen in 2000. Apple leads with a score of 81, making a 5% improvement in each of the last two years. Gateway has also improved. Its products are now perceived to offer a better value, particularly after the acquisition of eMachines, which helped pull the company up from a low of 69 a year ago to equal the industry average this year,” BusinessWire reports.
“Higher satisfaction scores have implications for companies beyond simply making customers happier. ‘A company that improves in customer satisfaction tends to perform better financially by generating more repeat business, which leads to greater profits and higher stock price,’ said Professor Claes Fornell, who heads the Index at the University of Michigan. ‘Sales of Apple computers are up and its stock value has improved more than 50% over the past year.’ Going in the opposite direction is Hewlett-Packard. At one time a leader in customer satisfaction, H-P dropped below the industry average for the first time a year ago. The acquisition of Compaq in 2002 has not made a significant positive impact on its ACSI score,” BusinessWeek reports.
Full article here.
In your face Dell!
But this is just preaching to the converted…or the never-needed-to-be-converted.
Gateway now perceived to be offering better value? When will people learn cheaper prices do not inherently mean better value?
Nothing is more annoying than listening to someone tell you how little they spent on their computer, then crying when it goes postal on them… well maybe elephantitis of the prostate could be more annoying, but my point still stands.
yes, PC’s are more affordble arent they.. but my friend wants his money back.. his PC has been out-of-commision for the past month… pathetic
‘You pay peanuts – you get monkeys’ – that’s my philosophy on computers.
Or in laymans speak – ‘you pay for what you get!!
HP has a big rollout of home electronics products scheduled for sometime in the next few days. Its version of the iPod is one of the new products. I wonder, will there be any other connection with Apple involved in what HP is announcing?
http://marketwatch-cnet.com.com/HP+readies+TVs%2C+media+hub+products/2100-1041_3-5321060.html?type=pt&part=marketwatch-cnet&tag=feed&subj=news
OT.
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