Dell lags Apple, HP and Gateway on the American Customer Satisfaction Index 2007 PC industry rankings.
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.
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.
Earlier this month, Bob Peterson, who runs environmental affairs at Dell, blasted Apple's recent marketing campaign in a blog posting.
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.
During an analyst conference this week Johnson reminded the audience that in 2000 Michael Dell suggested that Apple should give the cash back to shareholders and shut down the business.
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That panel will likely turn up in Samsung's own SyncMaster lineup as well as being repackaged and sold by Dell, Apple, HP and others currently in the 30-inch monitor game.
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That mix makes Dell a particularly valuable barometer, since Dell competes with Apple in high-end PC market, Asus and Acer in the mainstream PC market, HTC and Samsung in tablets and smartphones, IBM in the data center, and HP just about everywhere.
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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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Contract manufacturers already make most of the products branded by such companies as Dell, Cisco and Apple Computer.
Based on Fortune's observations, that's more than Coca-Cola, Microsoft, Dell, HP and Apple each spend.
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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.
Supposedly corporations and households have not been keeping up with the latest computer models, operating systems, and software from Dell, HP, Apple, and Microsoft, etc.
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.
He said he was "surprised" by Apple's claim and that at least two Dell notebooks have better environmental ratings than Apple's.
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