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Dell Vice Chairman Rollins Says PC Market 'Healthy'(Update1) Dell Vice Chairman Rollins Says PC Market 'Healthy' (Update1) San Diego, March 23 (Bloomberg) -- Dell Computer Corp. Vice Chairman Kevin Rollins said the personal computer market is ''healthy'' and there's nothing ''abnormal'' in the quarter to alarm investors about business at the No. 1 PC direct seller. ''We don't see anything right now to suggest that we are off the trajectory,'' Rollins said in an interview. ''Our business is very healthy.'' he said competitors aren't cutting prices aggressively to gain sales at corporations and Dell is winning many of those sales. At the same time, he reiterated that Dell isn't interested in selling bargain-priced machines that cost well below $1,000. ''We're still not trying to attract first-time users,'' Rollins said. Rollins said there is nothing about the computer market that will keep Dell from growing as fast as it has historically, though there may be physical limitations for such an enormous company. Being able to hire enough people and build enough buildings are two potential restrictions. ''Sometimes, physics takes over,'' Rollins said. ''At some point, it will.''
