Dell to buy Alienware
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Dell to buy Alienware
Dell, the world's biggest personal computer maker, on Wednesday announced the first aqcuisition of a PC rival in its 22-year history, with a deal to buy Alienware, a maker of souped-up computer systems for gaming enthusiasts and other power users.
Alienware, known as a provider of high-performance, "bleeding-edge" computer systems, will operate as an independent unit within Dell, retaining separate development, marketing and customer service operations.
Van Baker, an analyst at Gartner, said the move was uncharacteristic of Dell, which has built its business by selling mass-market PCs directly to customers over the telephone and internet.
"This is a bit of a different spin from them," said Mr Baker. "They are not buyuing volume, but what it does give them is a very profitable PC line. We're talking $3,500 to $4,000 PCs in a segment of the market that is always willing to pay top dollar for the best possible performance."
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11965865/from/RS.4/ (full article)
Alienware, known as a provider of high-performance, "bleeding-edge" computer systems, will operate as an independent unit within Dell, retaining separate development, marketing and customer service operations.
Van Baker, an analyst at Gartner, said the move was uncharacteristic of Dell, which has built its business by selling mass-market PCs directly to customers over the telephone and internet.
"This is a bit of a different spin from them," said Mr Baker. "They are not buyuing volume, but what it does give them is a very profitable PC line. We're talking $3,500 to $4,000 PCs in a segment of the market that is always willing to pay top dollar for the best possible performance."
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11965865/from/RS.4/ (full article)
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The sizzle in the Steak
The Aliens will not stand for this!!!!!
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Originally Posted by Moog-Type-S
The Aliens will not stand for this!!!!!
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Drifting
Originally Posted by nokio
the dell xps pc's can be made the same if not crazier than alienware computers wonder why not just absorb them instead of keeping the identity
speaking of which
http://www.tgdaily.com/2006/03/22/dell_xps600_renegade/
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Originally Posted by hornyleprechaun
kinda figured this was coming... a month ago or so someone mentioned how alienwares site looked just like dells site.. maybe that explains why
apparently nobody really took Dell too seriously when they tried getting into the "Extreme Gamer" segment... I wonder how much they bought em for.
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Originally Posted by Ashburner
I think anyone who is that dedicated into gaming should just build their own and save 25%
I've seen so called extreme systems for 50% more than what I can build it for (including legal OS and software)
So much markup for "gaming computers"
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Originally Posted by Whiskers
Too late, the Aliens have already been abducted by Indians and Michael Dell.....
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