On the consumer side, laptop shipments were flat and revenue declined by 17 percent to $4.01 billion. Desktop shipments declined 21 percent, while revenue declined 27 percent to $3.5 billion. The company doesn't disclose the numbers of laptops or desktops shipped, a company spokesman said. The company is now selling its consumer products in 24,000 stores worldwide.

Netbooks aren't a large part of the company's laptop shipments, Dell said. Consumers are demanding the larger screens offered in traditional laptops, but Dell said it will continue to offer netbooks, with a variety of screen sizes, as part of its product mix.