cgibson911

Waiting for Dell's iPod Moment

From the very beginning Dell has never been more than another "clone" manufacturer (like Acer, Gateway, etc) with a "Build-to-order" (BTO) business model that differentiated them. In the 90's that model added value to plain old vanilla product distribution. Well now that the business has matured to the point that BTO no longer adds value (IT Mgrs would rather handle their own imaging, etc. Unless Dell comes up with something LIKE an i-Pod (not necessarily an i-Pod competitor) they are doomed to become just another company chasing the "best-of-breed" ie HP/IBM. Hey ... maybe they need to bring back the "Dude, you're getting a Dell" guy.