223 Quotes by Michael Dell

Last year we dramatically extended the capabilities of the Dell direct business model through opportunities with the Internet, ... Our online customer mix moved from a predominantly consumer-oriented base to a far broader base including business and government customers.

I was surprised to see IBM's level of competition, ... That's something we haven't seen from them in a long time.

If we get half the performance in the next couple of years, I'll be happy,

I don't expect that the economy is going to come roaring back in one quarter. I think it's going to be a very gradual and gentle recovery. And the fact is, we don't have a way of predicting this with any certainty.

Based on what customers are telling us, we expect sequential industry growth to follow historical trends, Y2K notwithstanding,

We're number-one in the U.S. in the server market and now we're going after the world,

What we are trying to do is appeal to customers with technological experience.

What would I do? I'd shut it down and give the money back to the shareholders.

There are still opportunities to grow in desktop and mobile computing, ... To say we are going straight into the television market is a bit of an exaggeration. Computing is the core of our business.