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...MICHAEL DELL In 1984 he declared his intention to unseat IBM as the world's leading computer maker. It sounded outlandish at the time, but in pursuit of that goal DELL COMPUTER has revolutionized its industry. It bypasses retailers by selling made-to-order computers directly to consumers at low prices, and profits from hyperefficient, just-in-time inventory management. Those innovations helped make Dell the No. 1 computer seller in the world this year. Michael Dell, 36, is raising his sights from PCs to the powerful servers and storage devices that serve businesses. In Dell's cross hairs...
CHEAP $949 DELL INSPIRON 2500 It may be low on frills, but with an 800-MHz Celeron processor, a 10GB hard drive and a 12.1-in. backlit screen, this Inspiron can handle most essential tasks. Six months of MSN Net access are included, but you'll probably want to double the 64MB of RAM. www.dell.com...
Some market leaders, like Wal-Mart and Dell, have such enormous scale and low cost structures that they can use aggressive pricing to bleed their rivals. Other relatively smaller players, like Toyota, Steel Dynamics and Southwest Airlines, are so efficient and innovative that they can steal customers away from lumbering giants. Certain companies, like online-auction dynamo eBay, offer a service that lots of struggling firms and consumers are eager to use in hard times...
...over the past 20 years, the computer industry is seeing sales decline for the first time ever. Before Sept. 11, research firm IDC was predicting unit shipments in 2001 would slide 6.3% from last year, to 45.3 million, and the terrorist attacks could push fall sales down further. Dell, Compaq and the rest of the PC companies have so far cut--or announced plans to cut--46,000 jobs this year, or about 12% of the industry's payroll. Chipmakers have it worse. Their worldwide revenue is expected to plunge 20% to 30% this year...
...annual invitation-only European Technology Roundtable Exhibition attracts top Silicon Valley investors, some 1,000 ceos (like Bill Gates and Dell Computers' Michael Dell), and start-ups looking for cash and credibility...