Dell Buys Alienware?

Hamma · 2006-03-14, 02:13 PM

http://news.designtechnica.com/article9772.html

Interesting if true.

BigBuster · 2006-03-14, 02:23 PM

Dude that would be cool but prices might go up. I am in thte future prolly going to buy a Alienware or a XPS dell but mabe soon one and the same. Desktop only.

321 · 2006-03-14, 02:24 PM

Originally Posted by BigBuster

Dude that would be cool but prices might go up. I am in thte future prolly going to buy a Alienware or a XPS dell but mabe soon one and the same. Desktop only.

Overpriced computers for the win.

Giovanni · 2006-03-14, 02:24 PM

Well... it will either do two things...

1. Improve the quality of DELL PC's...

2. Send alienware into a downward spiral of shittyness.

I just hope that alienware PC's will still be able to be upgraded without buying overpriced parts from DELL like they do with their PC's.

Setari · 2006-03-14, 02:27 PM

Originally Posted by Giovanni

2. Send alienware into a downward spiral of shittyness.

You mean it hasn't been sent yet?

Rbstr · 2006-03-14, 04:39 PM

Originally Posted by Giovanni

Well... it will either do two things...

1. Improve the quality of DELL PC's...

2. Send alienware into a downward spiral of shittyness.

I just hope that alienware PC's will still be able to be upgraded without buying overpriced parts from DELL like they do with their PC's.

IMO Alienware has always been for shittier than even Dell.

OneManArmy · 2006-03-14, 03:28 PM

Dell recently put a bid on my penis, but I rejected the offer. But I havent accepted yet. Holding out for a better offer.

Ivan · 2006-03-14, 05:11 PM

Originally Posted by OneManArmy

Dell recently put a bid on my penis, but I rejected the offer. But I havent accepted yet. Holding out for a better offer.

I'll offer to rock your world. And that's a promise.

Hamma · 2006-03-14, 07:03 PM

Have all dells where I work - can't complain.

Only build my own stuff at home though.

Mag-Mower · 2006-03-14, 04:05 PM

I got a new dell this past christams, and Im pretty happy with it for the price I paid, I havent had a single problem yet, and it seems to be quite reliable, only froze once or twice...

Electrofreak · 2006-03-14, 04:53 PM

Alienware really isn't anything special. They just take the very best on the market, put it into a flashy case, and charge you double what you would spend if you'd actually bought the components and built it yourself.

If you don't know how to screw a motherboard into a case and drop some parts into it, you're welcome to rape your wallet buying Alienware. There's lots of companies out there that can build a similar system minus several hundred bucks and an alien logo.

As for Dell, they don't overcharge so much as they force you into upgrading through them at their prices (examples, RD RAM installed into your computer, CPUs soldered into circuit board with custom sockets) And while they don't particularly overprice, they do have a habit of lagging behind the rest of the industry in bringing release prices down, thus when you want to upgrade to that new CPU (and you're forced to buy Dell's modified chip) you'll be paying prices that have long since dropped on newegg.com.

Hamma · 2006-03-15, 10:36 AM

Dell has denied it:
http://www.cnet.com.au/desktops/pcs/...0061082,00.htm

Ivan · 2006-03-15, 10:42 AM

Well it was PR for both companies.

Hamma · 2006-03-15, 11:15 AM

Aye - their Websites look very similar:

http://www.alienware.com/
http://www.dell.com/

Peacemaker · 2006-03-15, 03:00 PM

I love how Dell thinks they are in with the cool crowd. THey are like the laughing stock of the computer world. Yea they are big. But its almost like buying a mac.