Yahoo and eBay joined hands to fight Google. And, Dell boxes will ship with Google pack from now on.
Shares of Yahoo! went up, eBay went up, Google went up, and Dell went up. And Microsoft went up too!
I don't know if Google's move is counter to Yahoo's since only hours separated these news. But one thing for sure, Google definitely hit upon a great idea to realize the real estate offered by Dell. Eversince HP and Lenovo have been successful in cutting the fab and consumers starting to prefer window shopping PCs to ordering over Internet, Dell share has been declined. Their results were below expectations. This will increase profit margins for them.
As a consumer, I see it as going in positive direction. I see a future where minimal configuration PCs preloaded with search and other discount coupons for shopping be real cheap if they were subsidized by search engines and shopping portals? How about mail-in rebates for amazon.com when you buy a PC?
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But what about the defaults being irritating? Imagine a PC preloaded with default browser, search bar, desktop settings, wallpaper etc. all of which are *NOT* to your liking. It may take hours to make it as per your needs.
Agree. So there should be an option to get all that at reduced prices (or even free), or pay some bucks extra for a *clean* box.
I won't mind that extra stuff if that means making them more affordable to general public.
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