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There was also criticism that Dell used faulty components for its PCs, particularly the 11.8 million OptiPlex desktop computers sold to businesses and governments from May 2003 to July 2005 that suffered from [[Capacitor plague|faulty capacitors]].<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/29/technology/29dell.html | work=The New York Times | first=Ashlee | last=Vance | author-link=Ashlee Vance | title=In Suit Over Faulty Computers, Window to Dell's Fall | date=June 28, 2010}}</ref> A battery recall in August 2006, as a result of a Dell laptop catching fire, caused much negative attention for the company though later, [[Sony]] was found responsible for the manufacturing of the batteries, however a Sony spokesman said the problem concerned the combination of the battery with a charger, which was specific to Dell.<ref>{{Cite news|date=August 15, 2006|title=Dell to recall 4.1 million batteries made by Sony - Technology - International Herald Tribune|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/15/technology/15iht-dell.2487518.html|access-date=August 6, 2021|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> | There was also criticism that Dell used faulty components for its PCs, particularly the 11.8 million OptiPlex desktop computers sold to businesses and governments from May 2003 to July 2005 that suffered from [[Capacitor plague|faulty capacitors]].<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/29/technology/29dell.html | work=The New York Times | first=Ashlee | last=Vance | author-link=Ashlee Vance | title=In Suit Over Faulty Computers, Window to Dell's Fall | date=June 28, 2010}}</ref> A battery recall in August 2006, as a result of a Dell laptop catching fire, caused much negative attention for the company though later, [[Sony]] was found responsible for the manufacturing of the batteries, however a Sony spokesman said the problem concerned the combination of the battery with a charger, which was specific to Dell.<ref>{{Cite news|date=August 15, 2006|title=Dell to recall 4.1 million batteries made by Sony - Technology - International Herald Tribune|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/15/technology/15iht-dell.2487518.html|access-date=August 6, 2021|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> | ||
2006 marked the first year that Dell's growth was slower than the PC industry as a whole. By the fourth quarter of 2006, Dell lost its title of the largest PC manufacturer to Hewlett Packard whose Personal Systems Group was invigorated thanks to a restructuring initiated by their CEO [[Mark Hurd]].<ref name="BW0206"/><ref>CRN.COM: [http://www.crn.com/news/components-peripherals/197002312/rollins-dells-outstanding-executive-is-now-out-of-a-job.htm;jsessionid=DKITbSt2WFcQT1hL4UqHMg | 2006 marked the first year that Dell's growth was slower than the PC industry as a whole. By the fourth quarter of 2006, Dell lost its title of the largest PC manufacturer to Hewlett Packard whose Personal Systems Group was invigorated thanks to a restructuring initiated by their CEO [[Mark Hurd]].<ref name="BW0206"/><ref>CRN.COM: [http://www.crn.com/news/components-peripherals/197002312/rollins-dells-outstanding-executive-is-now-out-of-a-job.htm;jsessionid=DKITbSt2WFcQT1hL4UqHMg.ecappj02 Rollins now out of job] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200802201642/https://www.crn.com/news/components-peripherals/197002312/rollins-dells-outstanding-executive-is-now-out-of-a-job.htm;jsessionid=DKITbSt2WFcQT1hL4UqHMg.ecappj02 |date=August 2, 2020 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=https://money.cnn.com/2006/02/10/markets/spotlight/spotlight_dell/index.htm | publisher=CNN | first1=Amanda | last1=Cantrell | title=All's not well with Dell | date=February 10, 2006}}</ref> | ||
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