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Dell makes its move to retail via Wal-Mart

Wal-Mart announced today that it will sell Dell Dimension desktops in its retails store beginning on June 10. Earlier this week, Dell announced its intentions to expand into the retail market.

"The direct model was a revolution. It's not a religion,” said Dell Inc. CEO Michael Dell in a company memo.

The Dell Dimension Multimedia Desktop Computer will be available at all of Wal-Mart's 3,400 retail stores. A second, Wal-Mart exclusive Dimension model will also be available at 3,000 stores. Likewise, Sams Club locations and Wal-Mart stores in Canada will see their own exclusive Dell Dimension models.

"Dell is a proven electronics brand and adds a new compliment to our other high quality desktop selections, and we’re very excited to now bring our customers new access to a product they want, with the ability to purchase a Dell right away," said Wal-Mart senior VP of Home Entertainment Gary Severson.

The move to retail will help Dell gain some momentum in chasing down #1 PC manufacturer Hewlett-Packard. For Q1 2007, HP saw its worldwide market share grow by 28.7 percent from the previous year. Dell, on the other hand, saw its market share dip by 7.8 percent according to Gartner Inc.

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Impressive
By NuroMancer on 5/24/2007 2:27:15 PM , Rating: 5
I think this is a good move for dell from a market share standpoint. They want to regain first place and I think this will help them do it.




RE: Impressive
By kibets on 5/24/2007 2:38:32 PM , Rating: 2
I hope they give the product a facelift, Dell doesn't look too good compared to all those shiney HP machines! But eMachines are probably Wal-Mart's best selling brand.


RE: Impressive
By Master Kenobi (blog) on 5/24/2007 2:44:49 PM , Rating: 3
eMachines is also the laughing stock of the tech industry.


RE: Impressive
By blurredvision on 5/24/2007 2:52:23 PM , Rating: 5
quote:
eMachines is also the laughing stock of the tech industry.


Wrong, they are the laughing stock for the tech nerds of the internet. eMachines used to make a quality, problem-free machine. I can't speak for present day, but after a rough start, they really got their stuff together.


RE: Impressive
By Samus on 5/25/07, Rating: 0
RE: Impressive
By ColossusX on 5/24/2007 2:54:03 PM , Rating: 5
eMachines are merely the laughing stock of the tech snobs. While I wouldnt have one, many of my customers do have eMachines and for the most part, they are fine machines when use by their intended markets. They are computers meant to connect people to the net so that they can check their email, type correspondence, maybe look at some photos...they are not meant to be high end video-editing or gaming systems. And most of those types of people dont read AT/DT. For many people, they dont need anything more. If they were truly bad, like the old Packard Bell systems...they wouldnt be around anymore.


RE: Impressive
By Brandon Hill (blog) on 5/24/2007 3:05:50 PM , Rating: 4
eMachines used to be pure crap, but they are excellent machines now. Great value for the money for those looking for a cheap desktop to surf the internet and do basic desktop stuff.

I wouldn't hesitate in recommending one to a friend/family member.


RE: Impressive
By imaheadcase on 5/24/2007 3:57:15 PM , Rating: 2
Walmart sells them like candy, I know I work there. They are good machines for the normal person.

Btw I saw Dell machines on shelf listings last week. I just assumed it was a misprint for the emachines place.


RE: Impressive
By IceTron on 5/25/07, Rating: -1
RE: Impressive
By JBird7986 on 5/24/2007 10:31:58 PM , Rating: 2
As someone who owns an eMachines laptop, I can speak to that. It's a great quality machine, packed with power (although it's now three years old). Even today, my machine is better equipped than some laptops with an Athlon 64 3400+, 768 MB of RAM (upped from 512), 80GB HDD, DVD burner, and perhaps most telling, a discrete 64MB Mobility Radeon 9600. Not even today do too many mass-market laptops have discrete graphics. It's been incredibly reliable, as I use it on a daily basis, and although it is outclassed today by newer more powerful machine, its specs are still respectible.


RE: Impressive
By chick0n on 5/24/07, Rating: -1
RE: Impressive
By MatthewAC on 5/25/2007 1:15:00 AM , Rating: 2
The question is, do you like or hate your family members?


RE: Impressive
By Samus on 5/25/2007 2:56:17 PM , Rating: 1
quote:
The question is, do you like or hate your family members?


rofl


RE: Impressive
By honeg on 5/25/2007 3:33:58 AM , Rating: 3
I have a $350 eMachines desktop that I put another 512MB of RAM into, and its been solid as a rock for two years or so (can't remember exactly when I bought it). When I bought it. it was by far the cheapest desktop around, and its only a Windows box anyway, so there is no need to spend more. It surfs and Offices just fine.

I also bought a $400 eM desktop as a present for my nieces 3 years ago, flew it to New Zealand, and its been humming along just fine since then - and the power supply was 110-240V switchable, which none of the Dells or IBMs I've had have been.

eMachines *may* have been crap when they started out, but they're totally fine if you understand their limitations - I wouldn't (couldn't) game on either of them, but then I don't game, so...


RE: Impressive
By Munkles on 5/25/2007 10:06:32 AM , Rating: 2
I agree whole heartedly. People who seriously believe HP, or Compaq(same company) Sony, Gateway or other NON boutique manufacturer uses higher quality components and THEREFORE is higher quality is delusional. 90% of the time they all use the same exact stuff. Only thing thats different is the name plate and in layout of the case.


RE: Impressive
By Storkme on 5/24/2007 3:26:31 PM , Rating: 2
As opposed to dell, who are a serious alternative to buying a decent computer.


RE: Impressive
By MachFive on 5/24/2007 4:22:49 PM , Rating: 4
Only the laughing stock of those who don't know better.

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,2006502,00.as...

Emachines has been pretty high in initial quality for a while now. They use a lot of off-the-shelf parts and don't do the proprietary stuff some of the OEMs do. Their restore process is less painful than HP and Compaq as well.


RE: Impressive
By christojojo on 5/24/2007 7:03:13 PM , Rating: 2
I had an E machine once; then I changed the video card, the sound card, the MB and the CPU, and the.... Well you get the idea now I have an E machine case.

I hate working on Dell stuff; I hate there slide down hill on customer service (yes, I know other Manufacturers have as well. I used to give my word that Dell's were an excellent buy. Now I can't, I lost face suggesting them . I actually, go with what ever is a non-proprietary, best performance to price ratio that my friends and family need.


RE: Impressive
By Master Kenobi (blog) on 5/24/2007 11:22:24 PM , Rating: 2
Let me correct that. I worked at Best Buy a few years back, and we went through eMachines like candy. We replaced more power supplies than I have ever done in my life. System boards on one of the models went bad pretty often as well.

After going through that, I would never buy an eMachine.


Awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
By RjBass on 5/24/2007 3:20:08 PM , Rating: 4
This is actually really cool. Being a bench tech, the bulk of my income is from fixing people's old busted computers. 85% of the machines I work on are from Dell. I couldn't say if this is because they sell more computers or from a serious lack of quality products, or maybe a combo of both, but regardless, if every redneck and their sister/cousin can now purchase a lame Dell machine at every corner Wal-Mart I will most likely get some more business fixing them after their limited 1 year support policy runs out.

*starts counting the possible $$*




RE: Awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
By Pythias on 5/24/2007 3:38:06 PM , Rating: 4
You shouldn't assume that just because YOUR family tree has no branches, that everyone else's the same.