Dell sees strong growth in Asia Pacific

SINGAPORE: Dell Computer Corp said on Monday that its revenues for the first

quarter, from February 5 to May 4, rose 42 per cent year-on-year and unit

shipments grew 65 per cent year-on-year for the Asia Pacific region.

Dell's Asia Pacific president Chip Saunders told Reuters in an interview that

the company's rate of growth in this first quarter was four times as fast as the

Personal Computer (PC) market for the Asia Pacific region as a whole.

"Our business model is an advantage," he said referring to Dell

Corp's direct sales model, which allows the computer maker to pass on lower

component prices to customers. Dell Corp is the world's number one PC maker.

Looking ahead Saunders said Dell was expected to show a strong performance

for the rest of this year. "In Asia we continue to see demand in the high

teens for the balance of the year (for the whole market). We expect Dell to

perform at a strong multiple of this," Saunders said.

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