Dell Doesn't Want To Be Tarred With The 'PC' Brush
by Matt Rosoff on Feb 27, 2012, 6:07 PM
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 Less than six months ago, Michael Dell posted an impassioned defense of the PC business to his Google+ account, and explained that "Dell remains very committed to PC solutions and beyond." He was responding to reports that HP was considering selling its PC business. What a difference a couple of mediocre quarters makes. Today, Dell manager Brad Anderson told a crowd in London "We're no longer a PC company, we're an IT company." He continued "We are dramatically changing the make-up of our business." PC sales have been the weakest part of Dell's business -- the company's consumer unit (which is mostly PC sales) saw revenue drop 2% (year over year) last quarter, and drop 6% in the quarter before that. All the action was in selling to enterprises. HP, meanwhile, decided to keep its PC business, but it's not having such great luck either: consumer PC revenue suffered a 25% year-to-year decline last quarter. First HP, then Dell. It seems like the only company willing to defend the PC these days is Microsoft -- and Microsoft doesn't actually make or sell PCs. Please follow SAI: Enterprise on Twitter and Facebook.
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