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Dell Posts a 52% Increase in Profit, but Still Awaits a Wave of Corporate PC Buying

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Dell is more dependent on corporate buying of PC's than HP and Acer. In todays world companies tend to hold onto their older PC's for longer and this affects Dell's PC sales. Dell was slow to adapt to the changes in the PC industry, where preconfigured laptops could be made at lower cost in China than at Dell's factories on customized basis. HP and Acer moved quickly into these Chinese factories, and Dell was a latecomer to contract manufacturing. Michael Dell returned to day to day responsibilities and he has made several changes. Dell is increasing its retail presence, and acquired Perot Systems for $3.9 billion in 2009 to expand in the services business. Company demand is improving gradually and Desktop PC sales went up 13% and laptop sales up 18% in the first quarter compared to 2009 same quarter.

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