Then there's Dell's new stance on its suppliers, who will be told to start reporting greenhouse gas emissions data.
It's very Voodoo PC or Alienware, not at all your father's Dell computer.
For example, Hexus's Geekbench scores put the APU 40 percent behind last year's Dell XPS 15z, which is totally underwhelming.
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By contrast, Semel, a former movie mogul, has often seemed out of place in an industry of geeks-turned-CEOs like Apple's Steve Jobs, Dell's Michael Dell and Amazon.com 's Jeff Bezos.
And he's remade Dell's product line with slicker designs and more of the laptops consumers crave.
As part of this process, we would expect to have full access to the senior management team of Dell, certain other key employees, Dell's independent accountants and Dell's records, financial and operating data and material agreements (including the schedules attached to the Merger Agreement).
It is also interesting to note the response of Dell's board of directors to Dell's SEC settlement.
We can't say we're completely surprised when Microsoft made an investment in Dell's reorg precisely to safeguard PCs, but it's good to know that Dell's interest in PCs still extends well beyond the server room.
By contrast, Semel, a former movie mogul, has often seemed out of place in an industry of geeks-turned-CEOs like Apple's (nasdaq: AAPL - news - people ) Steve Jobs, Dell's (nasdaq: DELL - news - people ) Michael Dell and Amazon.com 's (nasdaq: AMZN - news - people ) Jeff Bezos.
The acquisition was not so much for Compaq's PC business-- Dell Computer 's (nasdaq: DELL - news - people ) relentless cost-cutting model has taken out most of its competitors' profits there--but in the hope of building a consulting business, particularly in managed services, that could complement HP's highly profitable printing business.
And Dell's largest independent shareholder, Southeastern Asset Management, says Mr Dell's offer "grossly undervalues the company".
At the time of Mr Dell's offer, the company's board pointed out that it represented a 25% premium over Dell's share price in mid-January when rumours of the deal first broke.
We have held discussions with some of Dell's largest shareholders, and we anticipate inviting them, certain of Dell's other shareholders and certain other strategic and financial partners to participate in the transaction as part of our group.
Dell's largest independent shareholder, Southeastern Asset Management, has said that Mr Dell's offer "grossly undervalues the company", while reports suggest other large investors also oppose the deal.
And while Dell's year-long accounting probe makes it plain that the company was struggling to meet investor's sky-high expectations, (see: "Dell: Cooked Books and Computers") the company remains in robust financial health, even as rivals Hewlett-Packard and Apple continue to tear off fresh chunks of the PC market at Dell's expense.
Dell's third-quarter numbers, however, may be less important than Chief Executive MichaelDellMichael Dell's remarks.
Dell's third-quarter numbers, however, may be less important than Chief Executive Michael Dell 's remarks.
Dell's team includes the former head of Motorola's phone division (Ron Garriques) and another Moto employee (John Thode) who heads up Dell's netbook group.
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Over the past year Dell has broke Dell 's mania for dealing directly with consumers to strike deals with Best Buy, Tesco and others to get Dell's computers in consumers' faces.
But if that's going to put a strain on Dell's relationship with its suppliers or shareholders, Dell, who says he was compelled to care more about the environment by his 15-year-old daughter's penchant for recycling, appears unfazed.
Compaq's attempts to embrace Dell's direct-from-the-web model have appeared half-hearted.
But Michael S. Dell spent the last half of 2006 agonizing about the company he had built from a college dorm room operation into an entrepreneurial icon and a Wall Street phenom.
But Michael S. Dell (nasdaq: DELL - news - people ) spent the last half of 2006 agonizing about the company he had built from a college dorm room operation into an entrepreneurial icon and a Wall Street phenom.
What begins as a lineup of manipulated individual tubes, at times as if escaped from a pipe organ, climaxes in the arrangement and rearrangement of its parts now as starbursts, then as galloping horses, and again into male and female stick figures that tell of the Pulcinella and Pimpinella characters in the music's commedia dell'arte scenario.
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It turned out to be a big mistake not matching Dell Computer 's (nasdaq: DELL - news - people ) price cuts, which slowed Gateway's (nyse: GTW - news - people ) sales and subsequently ate into revenue.
Dell 's (nasdaq: DELL - news - people ) sales multiple: 1.0.
Investors will get a clearer take on the state of Dell's turnaround Thursday, when Dell releases its first-quarter earnings.
It's hard to imagine that Dell's current testosterone-heavy management group--or any other group--will ever be able to change that.
On a post to Dell's Direct2Dell blog, a Dell employee said the company is not cutting its ties to AMD.
It's also a channel where Dell's build-to-order advantage does it little good.
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