Dell Puts The WoW Into Notebook Computing

I have to admit, Dell may be onto something here. By taking the Netflix approach and appealing to a smaller, yet fiercely dedicated crew of 9 million plus users all ready to take their game to the next level, I see a new micro-market developing. My own brother would happily cut off and sell his own arm for one of these notebooks, I am sure. But in all seriousness, I think Dell might be entering something more than the micro-market that are WoW users. Possibly bigger than gaming users even.

Dell needs to enter the idiot proof PC market where Zonbu, gOS and the ASUS Eee have already made a name for themselves and two out of three of these have already seen the headlines “sold out” at least once. My advice - work out a deal with Zonbu. Dell would do quite well to see the words “sold out” next to their company logo. So again Dell, you have the right idea, but you are going to need to loosen the dependency on Microsoft and get serious if you intend to become a long tail company. Think about it - Dell’s marketing reach, Zonbu’s idiot proof platform - it could make a nice complement for their existing business.

And being as I still have to use a magnifying glass to locate the small text ‘Open-Source PCs” from the Dell Home/Home Office front page, it seems fairly apparent to me that the Ubuntu deal is ready for a little something extra - marketing perhaps.? Make it idiot proof. I am telling you, after using both Zonbu products myself, Dell is very foolish to not examine this micro-market as well.

[tags]Dell, PCs, notebooks, desktop PCs[/tags]