Dell says Windows 7 release drags its third-quarter revenue

Dell Global SMEs President Felice said that Windows7 was released in October, which affected the consumer's purchase plan for the month, thus affecting Dell's third-quarter revenue. But he stressed that Windows7 is currently selling Positive impact has already emerged.

Dell released its third-quarter earnings report for fiscal 2010. The report showed that Dell’s third-quarter net profit was $337 million, down 54% from $727 million in the same period last year; The amount was $12.9 billion, down 15% from $15.2 billion in the same period last year.

Felice said at the performance interview held on Thursday morning in Beijing time that our revenue was affected by the release of windows7 this quarter. Many consumers have not procured since October. The revenue for that period was only 80% of their expectations. However, after the release of Windows 7, the business of SMEs and consumers was rapidly increased, and the expected value reached 110%.

"I have seen sales revenues continue to rise in the three weeks of November, especially in the consumer sector and the SME sector." Phyllis said.

Dell Chairman and CEO Dell In the press release: "The third quarter overall I T demand has shown significant growth, and we expect this growth trend to continue in the fourth quarter. Dell's business development has also shown the same trend, especially for our large enterprises and small and medium-sized enterprise services.” Mike Dell is also It is predicted that windows7 will bring more favorable effects in the fourth quarter.

Felice will attribute the increase in market share of Acer and other manufacturers to "the recovery of IT demand mainly occurs in the consumer field". “If the manufacturer is consumer-oriented, it will recover faster. Dell has only 20% of its business in this area, so the recovery will bring limited benefits to Dell,” said Phyllis.

Philippines Liss stressed that Dell hopes to promote a balanced, profitable shipment growth. "You need to know which block needs to grow, and that one doesn't need it, Dell wants to be in the high-end market."

For the practice of having manufacturers promote netbooks as a comprehensive replacement for notebooks, Steven? Felice accused: "This positioning is irresponsible, netbooks are still not a replacement for full-featured notebooks."

Dell's third quarter sales in China, India, Belarus and Russia Compared with the previous season, it increased by 18% and increased by 5% compared with the same period of last year. In China, which ranks second in Dell's revenue, sales increased by 20% compared with the previous quarter, and increased compared with the same period last year. 8%.

Fillis said: "In the Chinese market, Dell hopes to expand the coverage of the 4th, 5th and 6th grade markets, but still have to do it in a correct way. If the profit and other in the Chinese market We are very satisfied with the competitors."