Dell flirting with U.K. retailer
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Blog: The embattled PC maker makes another move into the retail channel with temporary promotional deal with European mobile phone and services retailer.
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The computer maker will sell its PCs through Digital China, while Dell will try to target upscale consumers in the country.
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Dell has begun selling two PCs and a notebook pre-installed with the Ubuntu Linux distributions, responding to demand from Linux enthusiasts on its IdeaStorm site.
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'Not an open system' Dell is considering an authorised resellers program for Europe, after taking the plunge into the channel in the US.â¦
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Dell Inc , the world's No.2  personal computer maker, said it would sell its latest range  through China's largest electronics retailer, GOME Group,  aiming to improve on its single-digit mainland market share.
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Picks DSGi for retail love-in DSGi has inked a fat pan-European deal with Dell to punt the firm's notebooks and desktops in stores across 12 countries including the UK.â¦
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Dell (Nasdaq: DELL) is giving its corporate customers a break, announcing price cuts on hardware ranging from enterprise servers and workstations, to desktops and notebooks for large business and institutional customers.
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Listens to the masses Dell users may soon have the choice of having Linux pre-installed on their machines, according to a statement on the technology company's website.â¦
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Dell has signed a deal with a U.K. mobile phone retailer to distribute free laptops with the purchase of a broadband Internet access subscription.
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PC maker Dell and software company Microsoft have formed a development partnership to improve the way customers manage systems across the enterprise.
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Open source software for an extra Â£20 Pssst, pass it onâ¦ Dell is selling Linux-based home PCs and laptops to its UK customers, but youâll need a very good eye and probably a magnifying glass to find the systems on the direct seller's website.â¦
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InfoWorld - Dell plans to sell computers with preinstalled Linux outside the U.S. as well as offer the Ubuntu Linux distribution to small business customers.
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By Crayton Harrison, The Dallas Morning News  Sep. 12--Dell Inc.'s latest snafu has put yet another dent in the Texas computer giant's once sterling reputation.
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The US computer giant Dell announced a deal Monday to sell its products through Gome, China&#39;s largest consumer electronics retailer.
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Don't look on the Dell Web site for home AMD-based PCs. The company is selling them only in brick and mortar stores or via phone orders now.
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By Crayton Harrison, The Dallas Morning News  Sep. 12--To troubleshoot their glitchy computer company, Dell Inc. executives are installing an upgrade.
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(InfoWorld) - Dell has signed a deal with a U.K. mobile phone retailer to distribute free laptops with the purchase of a broadband Internet access subscription, continuing the company'sÂ push into the retail market. Starting in September, consumers who buy a two-year contract for America Online's broadband service through the Carphone Warehouse GroupÂ will get a coupon for a free base-model Inspiron notebook from Dell. AOL broadband costs Â£19.99 ($41) per month. A similar free laptop offering was unveiled this week by mobile provider Orange UK, a move designed to get consumers who may have never owned a computer or bought broadband service using the Internet in order to grow subscriber numbers, said Jonathan Coham, an analyst at Ovum. Those customers tend to be older and are more loyal. But it won't come cheap for those operators. "These are very low-margin customers for the time being," Coham said. "Both Orange and Carphone Warehouse are going to make a slim amount of money on top of what they are getting from the broadband subscriber." The Dell laptop comes with Microsoft's Vista Home Basic OS, 1 GB of RAM, an 80GB hard drive, an Intel Celeron processor and Wi-Fi. The laptop can be upgraded for a fee. Customers also get a wireless router, but have to pay a Â£14.99 laptop delivery fee. By contrast, Orange's free laptop offers fewer features than Dell's. It's made by Ei Systems, and comes with Windows XP Home, 256 MB of RAM and a 40GB hard drive but doesn't have Wi-Fi. Users can upgrade to a better laptop for a fee. Orange's broadband service, however, is cheaper, at Â£14.99 per month for a 24-month contract, excluding an initial discount for the first three months. A Dell spokeswoman said the deal with Carphone Warehouse is an extension of the company's retail strategy, and there will be more retail deals around the world coming soon. Dell, which traditionally sold computers online, by phone or through catalogs, sees the retail market as a way to stop its declining market share, Coham said. Dell could potentially try to entice the novice computer users who take the free laptop into buying technical support packages. "I think if Dell is smart they will see this as an opportunity to upsell these basic PC customers with additional accessories, software and support," Coham said. Dell beganÂ selling computers at Wal-Mart, the American retailer, in June. The company is also now selling three PCs with the Ubuntu 7.04 Linux OS installed, a move driven by customer demand, Dell has said. Â