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Postby Locke » Tue Mar 14, 2006 5:00 pm

There are a few things that tick me off, Nazi Man Faye is one of them.
But this...this is just sick, twisted and every bit evil.

http://www.gizmodo.com/gadgets/pcs/dell-buys-alienware-160417.php
http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/laptops/dell-and-alienware-another-plot-twist-160499.php
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Postby glitch1501 » Tue Mar 14, 2006 6:50 pm

i heard about this...i dont really think i like it, not that i would buy an alienware anyways

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Postby Mr. SmartyPants » Tue Mar 14, 2006 8:13 pm

......... EEEWWWWW!

Well... we still got ibuypower.com!
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Postby Mithrandir » Tue Mar 14, 2006 8:45 pm

This may be how Dell is attempting to break into the highend market.


(Yes, I know what they sell. It was a joke).
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Postby shooraijin » Wed Mar 15, 2006 6:32 am

All the players are denying it so far.

The Gizmodo site makes a good point that this is an easier way to get a high-performance unit in their coffers without modifying their current assembly line, but CNET also points out that Dell has historically been unwilling to expand through acquisitions.
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Postby glitch1501 » Wed Mar 15, 2006 8:52 am

cnet has an article up somewhere were dell denies it

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Postby Locke » Wed Mar 15, 2006 3:13 pm

The first thing that came to mind was that DELL was trying to buy street cred with gamers (c'mon which one of us hasn't laughed at a DELL user trying to game?)
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Postby Mr. SmartyPants » Wed Mar 15, 2006 3:16 pm

Locke wrote:(c'mon which one of us hasn't laughed at a DELL user trying to game?)

T__T

Well... mine is sorta dellish. I replaced the processor and powersupply. Plus im running an ATI 9800 pro. the only things I didnt change were the monitors, mobo, heatsink, fan, optical drives, and harddrive (I added a second btw) and of course, the case.

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Postby shooraijin » Wed Mar 22, 2006 8:44 pm

CNET is now reporting that ... it's true!

http://news.com.com/Dell+to+acquire+Alienware/2100-1003_3-6052842.html?tag=st_lh

I don't think this bodes well though.
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Postby Locke » Wed Mar 22, 2006 9:51 pm

Oh well. Can you say $700 gaming machine?
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Postby Mr. SmartyPants » Thu Mar 23, 2006 4:08 am

Apparently they are still being sold under different firms. So alienware in essence, is still alienware. Nonetheless, I'm never buying an alienware in my life. I feel confident enough to contruct my own system. Or I can just use ibuypower.com

But Dell selling AMD products, that's quite interesting there.
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Postby Mithrandir » Thu Mar 23, 2006 6:11 pm

I've never seen a Big Corp buy out a little one and NOT have any effect on the small one....
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Postby Bobtheduck » Thu Mar 23, 2006 9:02 pm

I say... 600 dollar gaming machine / linux machine! (aka a modified PS3!) Hahaha! That's more like it... 'Tis why I stick to my consoles... Economy and the trouble involved...

Seriously, I never understood paying 4000 freaking dollars for a gaming machine!!! Honestly... It's purely absurd... So, this doesn't bother me one bit.
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Postby Arnobius » Thu Mar 23, 2006 9:15 pm

Bobtheduck wrote:I say... 600 dollar gaming machine / linux machine! (aka a modified PS3!) Hahaha! That's more like it... 'Tis why I stick to my consoles... Economy and the trouble involved...

Seriously, I never understood paying 4000 freaking dollars for a gaming machine!!! Honestly... It's purely absurd... So, this doesn't bother me one bit.

People with more money than brains I guess. My system is nowhere that good, and it is still more than enough for the games out there so far
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Postby Mithrandir » Thu Mar 23, 2006 9:25 pm

Well, you can use the machine for more than just games. It might make a fast development machine for a coder, too.
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Postby shooraijin » Fri Mar 24, 2006 6:33 am

Mithrandir wrote:I've never seen a Big Corp buy out a little one and NOT have any effect on the small one....


Well put. Michael Dell is the CEO because he likes lots of money. High end systems with a small sales base don't make lots of money, even with big margins. (Lots is a relative term; don't read this as 'unprofitable' -- just not huge volumes of cash.) In Mike Dell's world, you make lots of commodity PCs with small margins, but you sell a buttload of them and get your returns on volume. That's not how Alienware does business.
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Postby Kaligraphic » Fri Mar 24, 2006 2:23 pm

But Dell already has an AMD selection. :)
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Postby Arnobius » Fri Mar 24, 2006 3:56 pm

Mithrandir wrote:Well, you can use the machine for more than just games. It might make a fast development machine for a coder, too.

Which is a good reason... but I've never seen an Alienware ad, not aimed at gamers.
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