Comments on: Michael Dell bristles when his beleaguered PC company is compared with mighty Apple Inc.

By: nonya

nonya — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 05:59:16 +0000

Michael Dell wants to be kicked out before his company fails. It will protect what little of his positive legacy he has left. If someone else takes it over, chops it up and sells it, or brings it back to a position of global leadership he will win all the way around.

By: Mr. Peabody

Mr. Peabody — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 05:57:59 +0000

Dear MD,

Perhaps a better marketing strategy than using animated, cloned, 1st gen., iMac look-alikes, sticking their collective tongues out at actual Apple products, would have been better after all.

By: MacRaven

MacRaven — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 17:54:18 +0000

If only Steve were here to savor this moment with us! I can picture that sly smile now…

By: MacRaven

MacRaven — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 17:51:17 +0000

*snort*

By: Foris

Foris — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 21:45:00 +0000

Think about it? If only people would do some thinking instead of parroting brainless journos who themselves are incapable of original thought. “Beleaguered” does not describe a CEO who has just reported the best results ever, with stunning sales increases on iPhone and iPad. As a failure of objective reporting bordering on hysteria, this is pure insanity.

By: Nope

Nope — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 20:57:10 +0000

Apple didn’t get money to “save” it, it got the money becaue iapple was suing Microsoft at that time for copying apples UI and Microsoft settled out of court. Microsoft did not save apple, period.

By: winstuff

winstuff — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 15:39:45 +0000

Sweet. Revenge served cold.

By: quiviran

quiviran — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 14:47:00 +0000

Screwed, you’re gettin’ a Dell!

By: anim8me2

anim8me2 — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 14:13:54 +0000

What Apple is beleaguered by is know nothing analysts and moronic tech journalists.

By: BoC

BoC — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 13:14:12 +0000

Until recent years, Dell just bought designs from their suppliers as far as I remember reading.

Only in the last few years did they start forming a product design team after Apple released the iPhone.

By: moonlightmaid

moonlightmaid — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 13:11:53 +0000

Chrissy One, we’ve missed you around here.

By: Chas

Chas — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 12:59:27 +0000

..although I clearly have no idea how ti link it properly…

=:~)

By: Chas

Chas — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 12:58:31 +0000

MDN

I’ve fixed that picture of Michael for you:

[img]https://dl.dropbox.com/u/8336763/michael_dell_target.jpg{/img]

=:~)

By: Chuck

Chuck — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 09:53:31 +0000

Why is Apple so different seeing as it aligned itself with Microsoft to save it self from bankruptcy back in the heady days of 1997!
A myth I hear you bleat…sorry folks keep bleating! (smirk)

By: Derek Currie

Derek Currie — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 08:17:53 +0000

Another aspect of the problem is:

CONFORMITY vs CREATIVITY

We know who is who in this situation. In nature, its creativity that wins. Diversity rulz. Deal with it.

By: Derek Currie

Derek Currie — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 08:14:13 +0000

With time comes justice. Sometimes she needs a boot up the ass to get moving, but she gets there in the end. I have a special boot for you Judge Koh.

By: Bogus Jimmy

Bogus Jimmy — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 07:10:16 +0000

SIDAGTMBTTS is an initialism, not an acronym, since you don’t pronounce it as a word (well I don’t say “sid-agg-tem-butts” but maybe you guys do).

By: omalansky

omalansky — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 06:55:38 +0000

Baseless claptrap.

By: Rickumus

Rickumus — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 05:55:44 +0000

Dell makes crap and their service stinks.

By: TomL

TomL — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 05:45:13 +0000

Just like John Crapper enriched the English language with two new words, each used to name his invention (the water closet), Michael Dell provided two works used to describe cheaply made Windoze computers.

Thank you, Michael.

By: Jo

Jo — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 04:56:20 +0000

Dell is following Crapper in history.

By: shinolashow

shinolashow — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 04:46:34 +0000

THIS^

By: Weekend

Weekend — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 04:31:08 +0000

Haven’t seen that Apple versus Dell comparison in quite a a while.

By: Gerry Attrick

Gerry Attrick — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 04:27:55 +0000

Dell. Crap on a stick

By: Gerry Attrick

Gerry Attrick — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 03:41:48 +0000

The design comes down to cost. Typical PCs are built to the lowest cost. Don’t expect that to change any time soon!

By: peterblood71

peterblood71 — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 02:44:16 +0000

Sure Dell’s legacy is making cheap plastic PC knockoffs for idiots who don’t know any better and who actually thought a PC was a good deal. Using it whenever they could when not battling the forces of preloaded junkware, malware, spyware and viruses. And that’s all you ever were Mikey. That day is done. Even the Dell Dude is using a Mac these days.

By: Jubei

Jubei — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 02:33:38 +0000

Payback is such a Bi%$h! LOL!

By: ChrissyOne

ChrissyOne — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 02:20:28 +0000

Wait.

By: MtnMan

MtnMan — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 02:14:02 +0000

If you go private, then the bankruptcy will be (more) private.
I remember Mr. Dell perjuring himself in a hearing with the United States Congress.

By: Michael A. Robson

Michael A. Robson — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 02:05:00 +0000

What’s Dell again? The American Foxconn? Wow. Innovation.

By: ppeterson

ppeterson — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 01:48:18 +0000

I know everybody enjoys the fun with the beleaguered Michael who marked the beginning, I think, of MDN’s declaration of beleaguered of everything not Apple. But, where are we now? Would “beleaguered” now describe Tim Cook? Blasphemy, I know but… think about it for a little while.

By: Wow

Wow — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 01:28:34 +0000

Goatboy calls like he sees it Mikey. You got your 500 mill, now hit the fucking road ! Bill Hicks

By: omalansky

omalansky — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 01:06:32 +0000

Michael Dell looks just like a retarded baboon, no offense meant to retards or baboons.

By: greggthurman

greggthurman — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 00:51:20 +0000

Windows 8 is going to be the catalyst to move a great deal of users to Mac/iOS. I’m looking for a large spike in iPad sales during the next 12 months as a result of Redmond’s best.

By: Jim R.

Jim R. — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 00:39:19 +0000

To think I used to recommend Dell back in the 90s.

Lesson learned for today: Never name your company after yourself. That way if it fails you won’t have to feel the heavy shame that comes with having your name plastered all over your products should many years later they turn to complete shit.

By: SJB Music

SJB Music — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 00:22:07 +0000

I hate to admit it, but we have several Dells in our office here. We use some legacy (DOS based – seriously) software for our work which does what it does very well, and Dells are decent Windoze machines, imo. There’s nothing out there that beats Apple at building quality computers, but Dell isn’t a bad alternative if running Windoze is your thing. Have a new HP/Compaq desktop here that stinks. Have a cheap Acer laptop at home that is total garbage. I’ve liked what I’ve seen from some IBM builds (but have never owned one), but really, Dell isn’t that bad. Nothing innovative, to be sure, but not bad quality compared to most of the others.

Ready to see them die on the vine, though? You bet!

By: qka

qka — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 23:58:52 +0000

He should be flattered by the comparison.

By: Wade

Wade — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 23:43:55 +0000

I’ve never owned a Dell/Dull Computer, but my Uncle owned one a few years back and said it was nothing but pure cheap junk. Makes me glad I’m an Apple Computer user instead of a Dell user.

By: Mark S.

Mark S. — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 23:30:41 +0000

Dell Services (formerly Perot) is no better!

By: MM

MM — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 23:18:26 +0000

I just don’t get why Michael Dell, and other PC designers just don’t get the most obvious. Without exception, every single Dell computer I’ve seen looks like a design monstrosity. Over the years, this has been one of life’s mysteries, why the PC makers can’t see that. I went to the local store to check out Windows 8 computers just out of curiosity to see what Windows 8 was like. From my perspective, every single one of those PC notebooks looked like a frankenstein slapped together from slabs of plastic.

The answer lies close at hand. When I see human beings, and how most people are so closed-minded to new ideas, from that basis, it is not surprising that the PC industry is stuck in a rut which it can’t get out. To me, it is simple. But I guess, to them, sitting in their boardrooms, the obvious does not occur to them.

By: Superior Being

Superior Being — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 23:07:22 +0000

A fitting ending to this saga would be when Mikey’s beady little eyes achieve singularity.