Dell, Dell, Dell … O why would you leave us now?
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The Wall Street Journal has reported that Dell is planning to sell its computer factories around the world.
That being the case the Dell manufacturing plant in Limerick (employing 3,000 people) and the the Dell sales and marketing operation in Dublin (employing 1,350 people) would appear to be under threat.
My last few computer purchases have been Dell branded products. I have been 100% happy with the products (The accents of the sales and after sales people are another story!).
What I like about buying a Dell product is the fact that I can build my machine from the ground up …. I can specify what bells and whistles I want.
There is never smoke without fire and Dell is probably planning to leave Ireland, if not in the short-term most definitely in the long-term. Dell have built a carbon copy factory of its Limerick plant in Poland.
The idea that Dell will sell its plants and outsource its manufacturing is something that would disturb me a little. A Dell built machine built by a third party wouldn’t be a Dell machine in my book. If that happens I’d have to start reconsidering what brand of computer product I’d be purchasing in the future.
Don’t go Dell ….. you have a lot of loyal customers here in Ireland.
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Hi Padddy . .I buy from Dell for work for that very reason, you can customise them according to the user’s needs, they’re cheap, reliable and they ship fast but ours all come from Malaysia! Same ‘puter, same service, same price so apart from the sad loss of jobs, you’ll still be able to buy one!
My son’s massive Dell machine came from Limerick it seems….we had Dell gear at school and they took an age to get their service act together….it took a complete re fit of gear after several years before things really came together…mind you they could never managge to stop Windows slowing down to near geriatric speeds….and meantime the Acorn machines marched on…until our head decided to flog them off!