http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/17/dell-overtakes-hp-in-us-sales-hp-plans-elaborate-retaliation/ Engadget Comments for Dell overtakes HP in US sales, HP plans elaborate retaliation http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2010 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/17/dell-overtakes-hp-in-us-sales-hp-plans-elaborate-retaliation/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/17/dell-overtakes-hp-in-us-sales-hp-plans-elaborate-retaliation/When I first check HP website for a laptop, I got so confused by the names of HP computers. Somehow I just don't like the way they name a computer dv9700t or dv6700z ...... Or maybe the way they present those laptops online is not attractive to me. ]]>Feb 11th 2008 4:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/17/dell-overtakes-hp-in-us-sales-hp-plans-elaborate-retaliation/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/17/dell-overtakes-hp-in-us-sales-hp-plans-elaborate-retaliation/
WELL DUH !

Walmart stocks the cheaper models of Dell configurations - you won't find any XPS on their shelves. Walmart typicaly stocks the mid priced HP laptops for $700 - $1200. When the average lay person is shopping for a computer - especially whilst shopping for groceries, they are more likely to pick a name they recognize for a price they can afford. ]]>Jan 17th 2008 11:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/17/dell-overtakes-hp-in-us-sales-hp-plans-elaborate-retaliation/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/17/dell-overtakes-hp-in-us-sales-hp-plans-elaborate-retaliation/
It's a business and they are selling. Most computer consumers are not high end users. Higher end and more computer savy users typically never buy at a retail outlet, unless they are buying parts to build their own.]]>Jan 17th 2008 11:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/17/dell-overtakes-hp-in-us-sales-hp-plans-elaborate-retaliation/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/17/dell-overtakes-hp-in-us-sales-hp-plans-elaborate-retaliation/Jan 17th 2008 12:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/17/dell-overtakes-hp-in-us-sales-hp-plans-elaborate-retaliation/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/17/dell-overtakes-hp-in-us-sales-hp-plans-elaborate-retaliation/Jan 17th 2008 1:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/17/dell-overtakes-hp-in-us-sales-hp-plans-elaborate-retaliation/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/17/dell-overtakes-hp-in-us-sales-hp-plans-elaborate-retaliation/Jan 17th 2008 12:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/17/dell-overtakes-hp-in-us-sales-hp-plans-elaborate-retaliation/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/17/dell-overtakes-hp-in-us-sales-hp-plans-elaborate-retaliation/
*glances angrily at ACPI*]]>Jan 17th 2008 12:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/17/dell-overtakes-hp-in-us-sales-hp-plans-elaborate-retaliation/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/17/dell-overtakes-hp-in-us-sales-hp-plans-elaborate-retaliation/Jan 17th 2008 12:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/17/dell-overtakes-hp-in-us-sales-hp-plans-elaborate-retaliation/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/17/dell-overtakes-hp-in-us-sales-hp-plans-elaborate-retaliation/ More units shipped, huh ? You'd kind of expect that if they just picked up a couple new customers who buy thousands of units at a time.

With a gap of ~800,000 units I'm gonna guess Dell is legitamitely in the lead, but I think if you look at the number of machines that have been purchased by end users thus far (ie ones that aren't sitting in warehouses, back stocks, and store shelves, the gap would be a little narrower...]]>Jan 17th 2008 11:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/17/dell-overtakes-hp-in-us-sales-hp-plans-elaborate-retaliation/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/17/dell-overtakes-hp-in-us-sales-hp-plans-elaborate-retaliation/Jan 17th 2008 12:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/17/dell-overtakes-hp-in-us-sales-hp-plans-elaborate-retaliation/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/17/dell-overtakes-hp-in-us-sales-hp-plans-elaborate-retaliation/ Sure, but not necessarily(sp?) proportionally. I would tend to think retailers have a better handle on how HP stuff moves off their shelves than they would for Dell, them being the newcomer, and so would be able to stock and order more efficiently at this point.

But hey, could be going the other way. Being "fresh and exciting" in a realative way, Dells could be flying off the shelves for all I know. Like I said, They probably have switched positions (Dell in 1st, HP in 2nd), but I still doubt the numbers quoted in the Engadget post tell the whole story...
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My only real complaints were that the power supply was a bit weak, a problem since I love jamming more HDDs into my PC, and the cooling system needed more umph. But whatever, after the $750 off $2000 coupon the PC cost me less than the parts would have had I built it off of Newegg (like the three computers before.)



Dell has been lacking lately, though. For one, extreme coupons are hard to come by. For another, XPS coupons are always skimpy, and extremely rare regardless. This is problematic as the best parts are XPS exclusive. Quads only recently made it out of the XPS lineup, even as other companies were offering Quad systems under $1000. Want a 512MB graphics card? Gotta go XPS.

No way would I go Dell now. They won't build you a gaming machine even remotely close to in price to what you can do it yourself. So it'll be back to building for me. No complaints, I like it. I just liked getting a better deal from Dell more.]]>Jan 17th 2008 11:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/17/dell-overtakes-hp-in-us-sales-hp-plans-elaborate-retaliation/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/17/dell-overtakes-hp-in-us-sales-hp-plans-elaborate-retaliation/Jan 17th 2008 12:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/17/dell-overtakes-hp-in-us-sales-hp-plans-elaborate-retaliation/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/17/dell-overtakes-hp-in-us-sales-hp-plans-elaborate-retaliation/Jan 17th 2008 12:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/17/dell-overtakes-hp-in-us-sales-hp-plans-elaborate-retaliation/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/17/dell-overtakes-hp-in-us-sales-hp-plans-elaborate-retaliation/Jan 17th 2008 12:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/17/dell-overtakes-hp-in-us-sales-hp-plans-elaborate-retaliation/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/17/dell-overtakes-hp-in-us-sales-hp-plans-elaborate-retaliation/Jan 17th 2008 12:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/17/dell-overtakes-hp-in-us-sales-hp-plans-elaborate-retaliation/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/17/dell-overtakes-hp-in-us-sales-hp-plans-elaborate-retaliation/
Dell, make more of your product line attractive and then we'll talk. Selling cheaper and uglier units through Wal-Mart doesn't impress me.]]>Jan 17th 2008 12:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/17/dell-overtakes-hp-in-us-sales-hp-plans-elaborate-retaliation/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/17/dell-overtakes-hp-in-us-sales-hp-plans-elaborate-retaliation/Jan 17th 2008 12:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/17/dell-overtakes-hp-in-us-sales-hp-plans-elaborate-retaliation/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/17/dell-overtakes-hp-in-us-sales-hp-plans-elaborate-retaliation/
Also dells powersupplies are rated much lower then what they can handle.]]>Jan 17th 2008 3:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/17/dell-overtakes-hp-in-us-sales-hp-plans-elaborate-retaliation/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/17/dell-overtakes-hp-in-us-sales-hp-plans-elaborate-retaliation/
I'm telling you, if no plans and details are leaked soon enough, I'm planning to get the HP Oak with WM 6.1]]>Jan 17th 2008 12:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/17/dell-overtakes-hp-in-us-sales-hp-plans-elaborate-retaliation/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/17/dell-overtakes-hp-in-us-sales-hp-plans-elaborate-retaliation/Jan 17th 2008 6:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/17/dell-overtakes-hp-in-us-sales-hp-plans-elaborate-retaliation/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/17/dell-overtakes-hp-in-us-sales-hp-plans-elaborate-retaliation/
my sista bought a hp laptop. fck, it is one of the shittiest design ever.

1) no back up cd provided. wtf? my sista is an IT idiot, no back up cd means someone(probably me) have to go through alot of trouble to recover the system for her.

2) design wise, dell is way nicer. hp's design is just bad

3) hp still got so much spy wares. god.. get rip of them already..

4) i think dell will do well if they sell their products in buybest and wal-mart.]]>Jan 17th 2008 1:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/17/dell-overtakes-hp-in-us-sales-hp-plans-elaborate-retaliation/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/17/dell-overtakes-hp-in-us-sales-hp-plans-elaborate-retaliation/Jan 17th 2008 1:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/17/dell-overtakes-hp-in-us-sales-hp-plans-elaborate-retaliation/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/17/dell-overtakes-hp-in-us-sales-hp-plans-elaborate-retaliation/
Wow. That's a lot of Apple Trolls here if they only have 5.7% market share or 1 million units shipped.]]>Jan 17th 2008 1:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/17/dell-overtakes-hp-in-us-sales-hp-plans-elaborate-retaliation/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/17/dell-overtakes-hp-in-us-sales-hp-plans-elaborate-retaliation/Jan 17th 2008 7:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/17/dell-overtakes-hp-in-us-sales-hp-plans-elaborate-retaliation/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/17/dell-overtakes-hp-in-us-sales-hp-plans-elaborate-retaliation/
Excuse me if I sound bitter, but I had a Dell Inspiron and was embarrassed to be seen with it almost immediately the first time I saw an HP dv.]]>Jan 17th 2008 2:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/17/dell-overtakes-hp-in-us-sales-hp-plans-elaborate-retaliation/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/17/dell-overtakes-hp-in-us-sales-hp-plans-elaborate-retaliation/
I didn't even read the article!

Yes my imagination is hyperactive :]]]>Jan 17th 2008 3:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/17/dell-overtakes-hp-in-us-sales-hp-plans-elaborate-retaliation/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/17/dell-overtakes-hp-in-us-sales-hp-plans-elaborate-retaliation/
Looked over to the Mac area and saw there was not a soul, not even a salesperson. And this is in a wealthy part of Chicago.

I am glad to see Dell is back! ]]>Jan 17th 2008 8:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/17/dell-overtakes-hp-in-us-sales-hp-plans-elaborate-retaliation/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/17/dell-overtakes-hp-in-us-sales-hp-plans-elaborate-retaliation/Jan 17th 2008 8:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/17/dell-overtakes-hp-in-us-sales-hp-plans-elaborate-retaliation/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/17/dell-overtakes-hp-in-us-sales-hp-plans-elaborate-retaliation/
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7193862.stm]]>Jan 18th 2008 12:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/17/dell-overtakes-hp-in-us-sales-hp-plans-elaborate-retaliation/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/17/dell-overtakes-hp-in-us-sales-hp-plans-elaborate-retaliation/My family does, and everyone else I know that bought a dell.
Now HP is a better buy. All those people that bought a dell will wish they didn't an upgrade to hp.]]>Jan 18th 2008 10:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/17/dell-overtakes-hp-in-us-sales-hp-plans-elaborate-retaliation/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/17/dell-overtakes-hp-in-us-sales-hp-plans-elaborate-retaliation/Jan 18th 2008 4:24AM