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Dell / Intel / Microsoft face off

Posted at 8:49am on Tuesday, August 30th, 2005

With PC assembly time down to less than four minutes, the 30 seconds it can take to apply the ubiquitous security holograms and logos for Microsoft and Intel have become a significant manufacturing bottleneck. Talks are under way to eliminate what Dell production managers grudgingly describe as “other people�s advertising”.

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