Dell Computers for All of China (and Nobody Gets Canned)

Despite a hefty dose of skepticism, Dell today took the first step toward realizing the holy grail of PC revenue growth (and avoiding layoffs) -- it launched a new computer for the China market.  It's called the EC280, and it's 69 percent cheaper than anything else on the company's China product line. In a country where 90 percent of the population has yet to buy a computer and incomes are rising rapidly, the new product launch could give Dell a foothold in China. Dell's top competitor and the number one PC maker worldwide, Hewlett-Packard, is also looking to China for a top-line boost, but its year-on-year growth last quarter was less than half of Dell's.  Check out this Bloomberg article for more on the new PC and Dell's strategy for growth.

(Image of Dell's New EC280 PC for China by tech.tom.com)