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Happy 2010 everyone! I know I'm a little late with the holiday greetings, but there is a lot to share on...
You might offer a PC/Laptop for the RED initiative (AIDS help for South Africa), similar to RED-Apple-nano.
As addition you can use crowdsourcing mechanism to let the community design the RED PC/Laptop (see http://www.mydreamapp.com).
Homepage of Product RED: http://www.joinred.com/
Why not just donate directly removing the middle man?
Dell should provide what other companies are doing, (PRODUCT) RedG��. (PRODUCT) RedG�� works by a firms best selling product, is offered as (PRODUCT) RedG�� Special Edition. The firm then donated a selected percentage of their revenue from the product as a contribution to the global fund to fight HIV/AIDS in Africa. How (PRODUCT) RedG�� Works:
Dell Should Promote this idea as if for instance -�100 was donated on every purchase over -�1000, which would mean for every 10 purchases over -�1000, -�1000 is donated to the Global Fund. And also it would be nice to have a (PRODUCT) RedG�� Dell to accompany my (PRODUCT) RedG�� Nano =] Thank You In Advanced -Tolkan-
I really like this idea a lot! There are already a bunch of red models available, and they could be made into special editions for the aids support in africa. greta idea!
That is a nice idea, but it would be good only for Apple, not Dell. The reason? Dell will make profit only by manufacturing its own products. Dell will go down selling Apple's iPod nanos, with which you cannot listen to classical music.
If you want to donate $10 to a particular charity, good for you, go ahead. But why is some convoluted scheme needed? Why not just donate directly? Either this increases the price of the special items by the donated amount so there is no difference. Or, if the price of the special items is the same as the regular price then this is effectively a levy on all items of that type; your donation is being subsidised by other customers who might wish to donate elsewhere, or not at all. That's not right. Computer purchases and charitable donations are unrelated and there is no need to entangle them.
Right you are. Besides, iPods are already unrelated to Dells.
it doesnt have to only be ipods. the image is only an example of how the process works
Yeah i meant the iPod was the image I used to show how the system works!! I was referring to A RED DELL LAPTOP/DESKTOP! That would sell as product red! Sorry for any confusion!
tolkan: So you want red to be a mandatory color? No, better to keep the default black or silver.
it would not be a mandatory color. theway the red program works is that the products are red symbolically. there are always the neutral colors available, as well as the new colors or the inspirons and 1330s (which already includes red)
http://ideastorm.com/article/show/76256/RED_Goes_Gaming_with_the_Dell_XPS_M1730 I am pretty much feeling overexposed (ie: sick of) with all of this nonsense about Red, and its dumb parentheses. Personally, I could care no less about this cause. It would in NO way influence my purchase decision of a computer product if there are benefits to some random or trendy cause. Dell can't possibly cover all of the causes. If Michael Dell wants to donate to a cause, let him do so. Make it public or keep it private - whatever. If customers that happen to like Dell products want to donate to some charity, let them. Let's not confuse the issue here: Dell is in business to give us great products and take in a profit. It isn't their job to prop up AIDS awareness. This just has nothing to do with what I want in a gaming laptop. If I am spending nearly (or better than) $5,000 on a gaming laptop, I probably have other things on my mind. And, if I donate to Red, then it may be I choose to give them $1,000 outright. The pittance ($0.25?) Red ever actually gets from these things just isn't going to matter very much! P.S. Sure, this is overall a great cause. No one wants so many people dying. I personally do budget money to donate to charities from every paycheck.