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INQ: Dell buys Alienware!

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http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=30289

Dell buys Alienware, as predicted

We told you it made snese

By Charlie Demerjian: Tuesday 14 March 2006, 20:28
LOOKS LIKE DELL is actually buying Alienware, I would say it comes as a shock, but then again, I would not protest too loudly if I was accused of knowing when I wrote this story. This has a lot of implications, some minor, some major. Especially for me. I might have to wear a bunny suit with big ears, for crying out loud.

The minor ones are obvious, will Alienware pick up the legendary Dell industrial design and world-class support, or will they continue as a separate entity? Will Mikey Dell become the next Steve Jobs, or is he doomed to stay about as exciting as a rack full of Presslers? Will Alienware dump AMD, or will AMD take hold of Dell through the back door?

The last one is by far the overriding concern of the compute world, not for financial reasons, or anything else, it all has to do with the rabbits. What do you think dear readers? Should an Alienware box with an AMD CPU win the bet for Rahul? Should it be decided on the lines of a 'proper' Dell badge? Should it be the next line of products debuted from either side?

The consequences are mind-boggling. The fate of bunny-suit wearing IT people everywhere hang in the balance, so don't be shy with your opinions, they can and will be taken into account. Either way, don't believe the whispers, Dellienware is a done deal. µ

* INQ writers do not invest in companies what we write about, a bit, or a lot.
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Originally posted by: JLGatsby
Originally posted by: Geekish Thoughts
Hey, I'd take one over a Dell any day of the week.
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Alienware is so overpriced and overhyped it's not even funny.
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True, but given I was going to get one for free, the Alienware is the clear winner.

They're not crap. Just expensive.

 
Originally posted by: Geekish Thoughts
True, but given I was going to get one for free, the Alienware is the clear winner.

They're not crap. Just expensive.
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Oh no, I think they're crap. The parts are cheap. I think that price you should be getting top quality parts.
 
Originally posted by: Geekish Thoughts
Originally posted by: JLGatsby
Originally posted by: Geekish Thoughts
Hey, I'd take one over a Dell any day of the week.
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Alienware is so overpriced and overhyped it's not even funny.
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True, but given I was going to get one for free, the Alienware is the clear winner.

They're not crap. Just expensive.
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Let me know if you're ever placed in that situation, I'll take one for free too 😛
 
alienware is way overpriced and overhyped. Only thing they are good at is makeing a E-Penis bigger.
 
Originally posted by: JLGatsby
Originally posted by: Geekish Thoughts
True, but given I was going to get one for free, the Alienware is the clear winner.

They're not crap. Just expensive.
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Oh no, I think they're crap. The parts are cheap. I think that price you should be getting top quality parts.
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having never owned an alienware (and never will I own one due to price) I can't say for sure, but their desktop systems seem to have good hardware in them.

Have you ever had one? What seemed cheap about it? I'd like to know.
 
Alienware had annual sales of a $225 million...Dell's annual sales are roughly $50 billion.

Dell is doing this for Alienware's high-end reputation. As PCs get more integrated into the living room, people will spend more money on set-top PCs to mate with their high-end electronics. My guess is that Dell expects this "living room" market to boom and they want to grab a huge chunk of it.

Dell's buying power + Alienware's brand = bye bye Voodoo & Falcon.

Dell's XPS line is little more than a different badge on their existing consumer models, and people know it. Alienware's products have the flash that Dell doesn't have.

I ultimately think high-end PCs are a waste, considering how fast PCs evolve and parts depreciate.
 
Originally posted by: acemcmac
Originally posted by: JLGatsby
Originally posted by: Geekish Thoughts
Hey, I'd take one over a Dell any day of the week.
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Alienware is so overpriced and overhyped it's not even funny.
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Much like Apple products......
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Cept apple owns 70% of the mp3 player market and alienware owns like 0.00001% of the computer market
 
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