http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/22/dell-buying-alienware-for-undisclosed-price/ Engadget Comments for Dell buying Alienware for undisclosed price http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/22/dell-buying-alienware-for-undisclosed-price/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/22/dell-buying-alienware-for-undisclosed-price/Mar 22nd 2006 5:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/22/dell-buying-alienware-for-undisclosed-price/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/22/dell-buying-alienware-for-undisclosed-price/Mar 22nd 2006 5:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/22/dell-buying-alienware-for-undisclosed-price/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/22/dell-buying-alienware-for-undisclosed-price/Mar 22nd 2006 6:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/22/dell-buying-alienware-for-undisclosed-price/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/22/dell-buying-alienware-for-undisclosed-price/
How do gamers benefit?]]>Mar 22nd 2006 6:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/22/dell-buying-alienware-for-undisclosed-price/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/22/dell-buying-alienware-for-undisclosed-price/
I bet they'll distance the Dell line away from specialty video editing/ XPS gaming and rigs, and channel all of that through Alienware. Dell will focus on it's core of home users, business, enterprise users.

Alienware will be their Ferrari, while Dell will stay the GM. ]]>Mar 22nd 2006 6:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/22/dell-buying-alienware-for-undisclosed-price/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/22/dell-buying-alienware-for-undisclosed-price/
Intel's recourse? 1 of 3 paths.

1: Raise chip prices (except now Dell will have "in house" AMD, so this could be bad for Intel).
2: Lower chip prices, or add incentives (probably not signifigant enough to convince Dell to change)
3: Do nothing

I could be wrong.. but thats IMHO]]>Mar 22nd 2006 6:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/22/dell-buying-alienware-for-undisclosed-price/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/22/dell-buying-alienware-for-undisclosed-price/Mar 22nd 2006 6:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/22/dell-buying-alienware-for-undisclosed-price/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/22/dell-buying-alienware-for-undisclosed-price/
Give me a break... by your logic, ALL corporations have no credibility, ESPECIALLY THE HOLIEST OF HOLY AROUND HERE, APPLE.]]>Mar 22nd 2006 6:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/22/dell-buying-alienware-for-undisclosed-price/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/22/dell-buying-alienware-for-undisclosed-price/
I agree with wulff - this was actually an extremely shrewd move by Dell. They corner the market with high end/high margin systems AND they get their foot in the door with AMD, without destroying the Intel relationship that they leverage.]]>Mar 22nd 2006 6:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/22/dell-buying-alienware-for-undisclosed-price/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/22/dell-buying-alienware-for-undisclosed-price/Mar 22nd 2006 6:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/22/dell-buying-alienware-for-undisclosed-price/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/22/dell-buying-alienware-for-undisclosed-price/
I think the deal either means the XPS line hasn't been the success they make it out to be(Still partially incapacitated due to "rofl" at a Pentium-only gaming platform), so they want to eliminate the competition, or the more likely conclusion being to snubb Intel and get in on that sexy AMD action by living vicariously through Alienware.]]>Mar 22nd 2006 6:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/22/dell-buying-alienware-for-undisclosed-price/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/22/dell-buying-alienware-for-undisclosed-price/
http://alienware.com/Intro_Pages/aw_announcement.aspx

Doesn't sound like anything is gonna change really...]]>Mar 22nd 2006 7:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/22/dell-buying-alienware-for-undisclosed-price/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/22/dell-buying-alienware-for-undisclosed-price/Mar 22nd 2006 7:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/22/dell-buying-alienware-for-undisclosed-price/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/22/dell-buying-alienware-for-undisclosed-price/Mar 22nd 2006 8:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/22/dell-buying-alienware-for-undisclosed-price/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/22/dell-buying-alienware-for-undisclosed-price/Mar 22nd 2006 8:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/22/dell-buying-alienware-for-undisclosed-price/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/22/dell-buying-alienware-for-undisclosed-price/Mar 22nd 2006 10:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/22/dell-buying-alienware-for-undisclosed-price/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/22/dell-buying-alienware-for-undisclosed-price/Mar 22nd 2006 10:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/22/dell-buying-alienware-for-undisclosed-price/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/22/dell-buying-alienware-for-undisclosed-price/
#11 Alienware uses Clevo Laptops - the OEM manufacterer for Alienware, Sager, Boxx, and some of the Voo Doo laptops.

Look for Sager, they're the most reasonably priced of all of them, same damned thing too.]]>Mar 22nd 2006 10:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/22/dell-buying-alienware-for-undisclosed-price/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/22/dell-buying-alienware-for-undisclosed-price/Mar 23rd 2006 12:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/22/dell-buying-alienware-for-undisclosed-price/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/22/dell-buying-alienware-for-undisclosed-price/
Nicely done Richard (or do you go by...oh, never mind). You managed to inject a little Apple hatred into a non-Apple-related thread. Funny how that happens. And funny how such a niche company with insignificant market share manages to get under the skin of so many blathering dolts on this site.]]>Mar 23rd 2006 1:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/22/dell-buying-alienware-for-undisclosed-price/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/22/dell-buying-alienware-for-undisclosed-price/Mar 23rd 2006 4:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/22/dell-buying-alienware-for-undisclosed-price/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/22/dell-buying-alienware-for-undisclosed-price/Mar 23rd 2006 6:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/22/dell-buying-alienware-for-undisclosed-price/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/22/dell-buying-alienware-for-undisclosed-price/
And to all of you who think Alienware has recently changed their site to look like Dell, your retarded. The site hasn't has looked simliar for the last 3-4 months, long before the acquisition rumors started. I know for a fact (as being a former web employee), that Alienware has always looked to Dell for inspiration on the web. After all, Dell is the market leader. It only makes sense to look at the leader and try to follow them in some way. Alienware just does so with style...

I'm happy for the guys at Alienware, they've worked hard and deserve this. ]]>Mar 23rd 2006 10:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/22/dell-buying-alienware-for-undisclosed-price/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/22/dell-buying-alienware-for-undisclosed-price/Mar 23rd 2006 11:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/22/dell-buying-alienware-for-undisclosed-price/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/22/dell-buying-alienware-for-undisclosed-price/Mar 23rd 2006 12:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/22/dell-buying-alienware-for-undisclosed-price/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/22/dell-buying-alienware-for-undisclosed-price/
Sadly this is almost a guarantee that Alienware's US-based manufacturing will be a thing of the past. As a former employee, I greatly respected their commitment to keeping their systems truly Made in the USA. Personally, I don't see how a premium BTO brand like Alien can mesh with Dell without significant changes to both management and brand equity, but I certainly wish them luck.

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