| cl | | | | compatible and were produced or entirely stock |
| Michael Dell, in 1984 founded Dell in order to | | | | parts. |
| directly serve their customers with computers | | | | What set the company apart was not just its |
| that meet their needs. The company was called | | | | consumer-oriented focus but also its allowance for |
| PCâs Limited and he was still a student at | | | | people to customize their computers during the |
| University of Texas at the time. The following | | | | ordering process. Because each computer was |
| year, Dell came out with their very first computer | | | | individually assembled, this was possible. |
| called the Turbo, which had an eight-megahertz | | | | The company grossed 73 million dollars in the first |
| processor. The major goal was to produce | | | | year. The company went public in 1988 offering |
| personal computer systems that were IBM | | | | shares for $8.50 a piece. |