They are also kicking the tires on tablets from Apple, Dell and Hewlett-Packard, he said.
So who decides to locate the manufacturing bases of Apple, Dell, and Nike to China or other countries?
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The company makes many of the products sold by Apple, Dell and Hewlett-Packard.
The multi-device, single experience has become the competitive environment for Microsoft, Intel, AMD, Google, Apple, Dell, HP, Lenovo, Samsung, ASUS, HTC, LG, and all the rest.
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Mark Anthony Longoria, Daniel L. DeVore, Winifred Jiau and Walter Shimoon allegedly accessed inside information about companies including Apple, Dell, AMD, Marvell and Flextronic without the knowledge of their employers.
Apple, Dell and Hewlett-Packard are wonderful companies, too.
Having an endpoint strategy is different from flogging endpoints in the marketplace, as Apple, Dell, and Hewlett-Packard do.
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GoPro CEO Woodman could not recall another instance where Foxconn, which makes products for the likes of Apple, Dell and Cisco, had backed an American-based company that was also a customer.
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Dell lags Apple, HP and Gateway on the American Customer Satisfaction Index 2007 PC industry rankings.
Among the products announced were new notebooks from Apple, Samsung, Dell, HP, Asus, Acer, Lenovo, and Sony.
Dell, Apple and Google also made the list, with a total of 4, 030 online job listings between the three.
The LCD price-fixing conspiracy affected some of the largest computer manufacturers in the world, including Hewlett Packard, Dell and Apple.
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Despite fears of a spending slowdown by consumers and financial institutions, Dell rivals Apple, Hewlett-Packard and IBM, have all turned in strong results.
Similarly, hard drives and other components used in small machines from Dell, Apple and many others were initially developed for use in laptops.
"This issue has been considered in three different Congresses, " says Steve Elmendorf, spokesman for the pro-reform coalition that counts Microsoft, Dell and Apple among its members.
This is all the more inexplicable considering that Jon is lugging around laptop computers from Dell and Apple, Verizon and Droid smart-phones, an iPad and an iPhone.
The series of laptop computer fires that led Dell and Apple to recall 5.9 million Sony-made battery packs this summer were sparked by those same lithium ion batteries.
By contrast, Dell competitors Apple and Hewlett-Packard have long concentrated spending heavily on design and new product development, while relying on overseas contract manufacturers to build their machines.
And we old-timers will struggle to tell our grandchildren how thrilling it was to first open that box with an Apple or IBM or Dell logo on the side.
And while most of those lawsuits are ongoing, many companies have already settled with TQP rather than take the case to trial, including Apple, Amazon, Dell, and Exxon Mobil.
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The flashiest new models, however, are a pair of thin, light models that will pit Dell against Apple 's and Sony 's efforts to couple style and portability into ever sleeker shapes.
Worldwide, it's a different picture than it was a few months ago: HP is back on top at 15.7 percent, followed by Lenovo, Dell, Acer and ASUS. The American climate is somewhat more familiar, with HP in front at 25.1 percent while being chased by Dell, Apple, Toshiba and Lenovo.
The flashiest new models, however, are a pair of thin, light models that will pit Dell against Apple 's (nasdaq: AAPL - news - people ) and Sony 's (nyse: SNE - news - people ) efforts to couple style and portability into ever sleeker shapes.
Dell has lagged behind Apple, Amazon and Google in offering such devices, but when asked if Dell may be too late to the party for tablets, Gladden said no.
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He said he was "surprised" by Apple's claim and that at least two Dell notebooks have better environmental ratings than Apple's.
Earlier this month, Bob Peterson, who runs environmental affairs at Dell, blasted Apple's recent marketing campaign in a blog posting.
And its imminent debt offering is just a part of what makes me wonder whether Apple could become the next Dell.
The project was ambitious: This machine was not a knockoff of a Dell or an Apple but a complete rethink, from the motherboard to the escape key.
Hurd is said to be mulling his future career, while HP is gearing up for significant product rollouts that will compete with IBM, Cisco, Dell, and Apple, among others.
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