For example, the Compaq machine took 15 seconds longer than the Dell PC to complete the PowerPoint test.
He thinks more leadership change is in the offing, as HP continues to chase Dell for PC leadership.
The shift has weakened long-time stalwarts such as Dell, fellow PC maker Hewlett-Packard Co.
Intel has never had the best processor, Microsoft the best operating system or Dell the best PC, yet each has triumphed.
Yesterday, Dell indicated that PC demand and pricing remain difficult.
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In the late 1990s, Dell tore through the PC industry with its hyper-efficient, built-to-order manufacturing model.
For much of my professional career (IBM PC, Dell, Power Computing) I competed against Apple.
Lenovo also appointed William Amelio, a veteran of Dell, a rival PC-maker, as its new boss.
Dell, a former PC champion, is deemphasizing PCs as fast as possible in favor of an enterprise solutions business.
Earlier this week, rival PC maker Dell reported an 11% drop in revenue and a 31% fall in quarterly profit.
Desperate for sales growth, struggling PC maker Dell has decided the quickest way to get it lies through retail king Wal-Mart Stores .
After stumbling in the mid-1990s, the company has reinvented itself--thanks to the return of Steve Jobs--passing PC giant Dell in market capitalization last week.
It certainly explains Apple's ability to crank out consumer-friendly gizmos where rivals, ranging from consumer electronics giant Sony to PC powerhouse Dell, have stumbled.
After stumbling in the mid-1990s, the company has reinvented itself--thanks to the return of Steve Jobs--passing PC giant Dell (nasdaq: DELL - news - people ) in market capitalization last week.
Michael Dell shook up the PC market years ago, not that many, either, and can do it again in the cloud, with enterprise servers, and probably some great desktop, laptops, and tablets for the smaller business markets.
It certainly explains Apple's ability to crank out consumer-friendly gizmos where rivals, ranging from consumer electronics giant Sony (nyse: SNE - news - people ) to PC powerhouse Dell (nasdaq: DELL - news - people ), have stumbled.
Mr. Dell has tried to position Dell as something other than a PC company, pointing out that the machines account for just a third of Dell's profits.
Market researcher Gartner Inc. released fourth-quarter PC shipment data today, showing that Dell was the biggest loser among the top 5 worldwide PC makers as its shipments fell 21 percent from the same quarter in 2011.
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While this may be the year that the desktop PC died, Dell has not given up on the market.
The largest independent shareholder in PC-maker Dell has vowed to oppose a plan by its founder, Michael Dell, to buy back the company.
Apple primarily competes with PC makers like Dell, Hewlett-Packard and Acer, all of which have seen greater notebook price erosion than Apple historically.
"Seagate's SHDD technology reinforces our focus on delivering the most reliable PC solutions in the industry, " said Kirk Schell, vice president, commercial PC group, Dell.
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In Q4 2010, Dell became the second largest PC vendor, jumping ahead of Acer which recorded notable sales declines in part due to weak sales of Mini Notebook PCs.
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Criminal hackers are spending more time investigating security flaws in Mac computers, Reuters reports, as Apple gains further market share in desktop computers from PC makers like Dell, HP and Lenovo.
Just like cloud-based IT architectures portend reduced PC usage and risk to PC suppliers like Dell, Microsoft and Intel, they create similar risks for private network equipment suppliers like Cisco.
The average price that Microsoft charges PC manufacturers like Dell and Hewlett-Packard for its Windows operating system has been declining since 2008, led by an increasing mix of netbooks among PC sales.
The tablet PC market has grown exponentially with leading PC makers like Dell and HP introducing their own versions of tablets like the Streak and Slate, respectively, in order to compete better with the iPad.
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In 1997, shortly after Apple Inc. co-founder Steve Jobs returned to the struggling computer maker to lead a turnaround, PC kingpin Michael Dell was asked what he would do if he were running Apple.
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Even though Quanta makes laptops for PC heavyweights like Dell, HP, and IBM, that doesn't necessarily mean that they'll want to implement Quanta's integration technology (to say nothing of the countless mobile device manufacturers that would have to get behind this).
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Led by billionaire Carl Icahn and Southeastern Asset Management, they want investors to chose their proposal, basically a bet that Icahn and Southeastern will find a CEO who can make PC-oriented Dell competitive in an era of tablets and cloud computing.
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