“Dell Inc. on Thursday reported a fiscal second-quarter profit that fell 23% from a year ago as sales fell across all of its business areas, and the computer giant also gave mixed signals about its outlook for the rest of the year,” Rex Crum reports for MarketWatch.
“Dell said it earned $472 million, or 24 cents a share, on revenue of $12.76 billion. During the same period a year ago, the computer-industry giant earned $616 million, or 31 cents a share, on $16.4 billion in sales,” Crum reports.
MacDailyNews Note: Beleaguered Dell sure works hard for its meager profits. Revenue of $12.76 billion to eke out only $472 million. Nice margins. A race to the botom will do that to you. FYI: last quarter, Apple earned $1.23 billion on revenue of $8.34 billion. In other words, 2/3rds the revenue to generate 3 times the profit.
Crum continues, “Dell’s release slipped out with out three minutes before the market closed, giving the company’s shares a boost of 98 cents, or 6.7%, to close at $15.65 a share. However, in after-hours trading, the stock was off about 1%.”
Full article here.
MacDailyNews Take: And a one, and a two, and a three: SIDAGTMBTTS!
@Zune Tounged.. You forgot to add the Dell DJ Ninny or Nincompoop on your list. Probably the premier iPod Killer at the time.
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His few remaining stock holder are starting to ask for their money back… sounds from the past!
Ouch…
Besides, am I the only one that thinks that Mikey’s eyes are set too close together? It must be the result of some in-breeding further up the line…
*Raises a glass*… nice work Mikey. Hope you stay in charge for as long as it takes. Cheers.
3.7% LOL. You can get 4.5% on your savings down here in Oz. Come on down Mike, the weather’s fine!
Is it my imagination or is this guy’s brain casing shrinking?
OK, I’ve got no idea what SIDAGTMBTTS means, what am I missing?
Funny, when you look quickly at SIDAGTMBTTS
looks like “saggy tits.”
“OK, I’ve got no idea what SIDAGTMBTTS means, what am I missing?”
A long time ago when Michael Dell was asked what Apple should do… his response was:
‘Shut It Down And Give The Money Back To The Stockholders’
@ iLuvMyMacs
Which royally pissed off Jobs. So much that he had a video will Ali bouncing and boxing implying Apple is going to get you sucka. Then he even had a large target up with DELL at Apple sites… Pay back is a biatch eh Mr. DELL? lol
I find it funny that on CNN they have it spun as good news…
Look at photo of Mikey on the SIDAGTMBTTS link above
And his picture here
Worth a 1,000 definitions of “beleaguered”
BC
Oh, and Zuney …
” … the simple truth is everybody has a bit of a slump once in a while”
Yes, one day soon we’ll bid farewell to that Hindu-Arabic System
And once again return to the Glory Days of Roman Numerals
Is just a matter of time …
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BC
@BC Kelly
Seems like his noggin is shrinking too.
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Ju-bay (yes?)
Good Eye … and as you probably know
Pressure will eventually take its toll on a vacuum …
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BC
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
HP should buy Dell and force the average sell price of a PC back up. There is too much competition in the PC hardware space and too little in the PC Operating System space.
@HolyMackerel
Of course, they would have to buy Acer, Asus, Lenovo,etc. HP and Dell are by far the most prominant PC resellers ;] in the US, but they are running scared of the lower priced Asian brands. Its hard to compete when all you are doing is adding a POS plastic shell to a motherboard, whith no real added value.
I love this Zune Tang guy. He shows up ALL the time, like the geeky kid at parties nobody talks to.
This MUST be a Mac guy just taking the piss.
Jake … yes, some have know that for years, since the first day he showed up around here – soaking wet from being out in the Microsoft Rain all day, hungry like a lil lost kitty, he was, well … beleaguered.
Then as time went by he found his voice, gained his confidence, and even got his name Registered with the Trademark Office.
One theory is he’s wannabe Author working toward a degree in Creative Writing and uses this as an opportunity to fine tune his Antagonist -v- Protagonist development.
Whatever his aspirations – all of us here at MDN are very proud of our little Zuney, wish him continued success in his endeavors, and hope one day he’ll wise up to his little-asshole-smart-guy posing out on the Playground so maybe the Big Boys will stop beating the shit out of him during Recess.
(but shhh, don’t let on we know, would spoil the fun and don’t wanna pop his self-esteem bubble)