Dell

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Dell Inc.
Website www.dell.com
Ownership type Public, NasdaqGS - DELL
Founded 1984, by Micheal Dell
Headquarters Austin , Texas
United States
Industry Computers
Product/Service Computer and Consumer Products

Dell Inc. (formerly known as Dell Computer Corporation) is an American electronic hardware manufacturing company primarily dealing with the manufacture of personal computers, peripherals, servers, printers and related devices in addition to consumer electronics such as smartphones, tablets, HDTVs etc.

Company history

The company was founded by Micheal Dell in 1984 in Austin, Texas[1] registered as Dell Computer Corporation. It was started with the intention of selling personal computers directly to customers and this was done under the name PC's Limited which was then the first in the industry to sell custom built computers. [2]

In 1985, Dell designed and built the first computer system of its own design. It was called the Turbo PC and featured the Intel 8088 processor running at 8 MHz.

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