
By Andy McCue
Published: Monday 17 January 2005
Dell is definitely an extremely efficient business...
Anonymous
Yes, Dell is an extremely efficient busines
But...
BJMC
Dell is worried and it has every reason to be.
F...
Anonymous
Quote: "When I was growing up there was a product ...
N Hughes
Fad defn: temporary, passing fashion or item that ...
MG
Dell is just another PC Manufacturing company, the...
Anonymous
Somebody is a little jellouse
Anonymous
There us a "HUGE" difference between and innovator...
Anonymous
Wow! What an incoherent affirmation! What does exa...
Anonymous
> Somebody is a little jellouse
Do you mean "Je...
TM
We have no way of know who will be proven right, b...
Alan Brask
Dell may be efficient, but they make low quality p...
Anonymous
Our doors stay open by themselves. We don't need a...
Anonymous
Stupid, ignorant, or just in plain denial? You dec...
Brett Archibald
If Apple is so insignifcant, then why is Dell even...
Anonymous
The "fad" or "one product wonder" called the walkm...
Per
Yeah yeah.. Sony 'Walkman'.... hmmm.. what the hec...
Rob
Remember this article when Dell "Invents" the ipod...
Bright
How short-sighted of Mr. Rollins. Some people prob...
Ken M.
What did you EXPECT him to say. Just too laughable...
Charles Cusumano
Dell === DULL
This Rollins guy is effectively c...
Bert Dago
"Well you don't hear about the Walkman anymore." -...
Jules Galagarza
The Smell of Dell
Where does the DJ rank on the...
Anonymous
These Dell idiots have said from day one that the ...
JF
Dell is a Fad, look at every PC company that has c...
Michael De Jong
I remember growing up there was this fad called te...
Tobe Harvey
Dell = Garbage
At EVERYTHING they do. Their co...
Anonymous
Yeah Sony must have really suffered because they w...
Anonymous
Lessee here, here's some info on how well the Sony...
Charles Gaba
"You don't hear about the Walkman anymore"
Gee,...
Steven Balaban
Violin Playing,Motocross and the Republican party?...
Anonymous
Mercedes-Benz USA, Volvo, Nissan, Alfa Romeo and F...
Anonymous
Dell ist building (or rather: assembling) boxes.
...
Halix
It's intriguing when you see dismissive comments f...
Anonymous
Who cares about all this really anyway? I dont car...
John Smith
Dell's fad could be over soon.
Anonymous
Apple has been making profits hand over fist for a...
ross cottrell
Dell machines are like, well, Britney Spears and t...
Dell Spears
LOL! He HAS to say that!! What a dork! He knows th...
Shorty
Not sure who really cares about an opinion from a ...
WTF
Not in the same league? That's for sure. Dell (D...
Anonymous
Dell is the smartest PC company ... in Texas.
A...
jbelkin
Seems to me, if a business or a person was truly n...
James M. Gross
A fad. The Walkman was a fad? What kind of comme...
Anonymous
thats right Apple is in a totaty different league ...
Anonymous
thats right Apple is in a totaty different league ...
Anonymous
Dear Dell: thanks for the additional publicity!
...
Apple PR dept
Dismissive comments? Mocking?
Yeah, that would ...
Mark Fenoglio
Dell and every other company NEED Apple, and they ...
Christopher Mann
Well, then, they shouldn't have to worry about the...
Anonymous
Somebody can't spell jealous.
Anonymous
A fad lasts 90 days. Dell is seriously worried bec...
Anonymous
Let's see: Apple II, Macintosh, LaserWriter, Power...
If you say so
Quote:
CEO Kevin Rollins said the number of headl...
Jeff Drake
Sony sold over 200 million Walkmans before the "fa...
John Farmer
Great insight, whatever happened to Sony anyway? ...
Robert Dupuy
Yes, Dell are very competitive on cost, but I agre...
Anonymous
Dell and every other company NEED Apple, and they ...
Christopher Mann
One thing in this article is true. Apple is not in...
Dave MacDonald
"When I was growing up there was a product made by...
Pompo
OK, look at the Dimension 3000 that Dell that just...
Anonymous
I'm scratching my head trying to think of any Dell...
Anonymous
And Dell's wonders are? Cheap off-the-shelf compu...
Anonymous
The Walkman was a fad? Wasn't it around for 20 ye...
Anonymous
Had Dell had the success that Apple have had with ...
Anonymous
It is amazing how the slightest mention of Apple b...
Laurence Cook
Takes me back to the time when, Bill Gates said 16...
Angus
Not sure that I'd buy Dell again! No longer in an...
Anonymous
funny statements regarding DELL being crap machine...
Reader
Not an Apple Fan. In response to the other comment...
Anonymous
From a business perspective Mr Rollins must be com...
John Doh
Apple convert ... it's down to design, usability a...
Kappa
Dell is not so efficient!
Mr Kevin Rollins shou...
David Hampden-Smith
Funny to see all this Dell bashing, as without Del...
Damian Crotty
Walkman entered the language in the same way as Ho...
Marc Thomas
I guess Dell likes to continually dismiss the iPod...
Anonymous
When Apple made beige, PCs went beige. When they w...
Malcolm
Dell is akin to a factory, just another money maki...
Aaron
Apple did not invent the GUI or its associated ext...
Anonymous
He's right, the iPod is a 'fad'. You can get equal...
Anonymous
Wonder where that guy from the Dell commercials is...
Anonymous
Memo to self:
Stop everybody writing about Appl...
Richard
When I was growing up there was a product made by ...
Pedro
Dell who ?
Unless you live in USA it's highly unl...
ga
Apple is just now delving into servers, storage so...
Anonymous
Andy McCue needs to buy a clue. First off, Xerox P...
Anonymous
Walkman a FAD?
Excuse me! The Walkman was perhaps...
Mirko
Technology changes. So I guess everything relating...
Anonymous
What ever happened to Sony?
Didn't they go on t...
Anonymous
If iPod is a fad what is Dell Pukebox mp3-player? ...
Anonymous
Well for those of the windoze persuasion, they wil...
Chris B
Ok. So the way he expressed his opinion could have...
Anonymous
Michael Dell said in '97 that the best thing Apple...
Anonymous
Yeah, it's strange, but there was a time when peop...
Kevin
20yrs ago sony was just another electronic company...
Anonymous
A month ago I heard Kevin Rollins Speak at a dinne...
Anonymous
I was thanking of purchasing a new Dell. But Dell...
Anonymous
dell? dell who? dell what? dell take a walk.
jim
It's all about the money. We use Dell PC's here at...
elh
Mr Dell Man; just SWITCH, you know its right!! App...
Nick
Re: "I was going to buy a Dell but now I'm buying ...
Richard
Rarely has anyone missed the point quite as much a...
Anonymous
Hey there, Anonymous IT Manager, UK.
Read what I ...
Malcolm
"The iPod is a fad, yes, a one-product wonder. May...
Anonymous
And when all the young ones today using mac at hom...
Karin Folkertsen
Consumer electronics successes are not fads. It's...
Brian Whiteside
I think one of the most telling comments from Roll...
Jeff Huskey
Dell should admit they're the McDonalds of the har...
D. Recirus
just seems to me that a pc maker would not publicl...
JD
Interesting bit about the Sony Walkman. Sony had t...
Anonymous
This Dell moment is classic!
I've been using Ma...
Christopher Svensk
I well remember my first Dell. It was a 286, that ...
Anonymous
What is Mr Rollins on? Of course you hear about th...
James Couper-Johnston
Never before have I seen so many posts on a Silico...
Alistair Thomas
Let us also not forget that Dell continues to offe...
Anonymous
That's the CEO??? That sounds like something that ...
Greg Golding
Comming from the CEO of the company that makes the...
John
Maybe we don't mind paying a little extra for the ...
Tez
>He's right, the iPod is a 'fad'. You can get equa...
Spiggy
As an apple owner, i feel that the apple computer ...
Theo Willison-Parry
I bought a Dell and sold it on eBay after 60 days....
Rod
Dell is bad yes, but Windows is a Good System. Why...
Anonymous
Dell seems to be selling like crazy.. which is wei...
Lynn Tracci
To follow up on my comment of january 2005----some...
Charles Cusumano
You don't hear much about the Walkman anymore, but...
John from beyond
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