by Dan Choi Mar 14th 2006 11:04PM
Filed under: PC, Business
CNET has heard from "a reliable
source" that Dell has indeed bought Alienware, the high-end PC vendor.
It's obvious that Dell wants a
bigger piece of the PC gaming pie, considering their XPS line of systems and the fact that hardcore gamers are willing
to pay a pretty price to eke out higher framerates and screen resolutions.
The question is whether Dell was
actually willing to buy its way into gaming credibility and if it would move the company into the realm of AMD-powered
game/workstations or not. More word when we have it.
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That's what most people thought until Microsoft bought Bungie for $20-40 million and Halo became the driving force behind the Xbox.
http://pc.ign.com/articles/081/081079p1.html
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Yeah aint that what most companies do..
Look at the Telco market.. As far as software EA is another, they bought Sierra, Papyrus (think i got that right) And now EA has the ONLY real nascar game on the market..
Cisco bought Linksys to dominate, and now Scientific Atlanta to spread..
Big buy lil guys to own more, And some Buy unrelated market just to Expand to a bigger market.
Corp. America is all about gaining atleast $1 from every household.
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So they still suck.
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Anyways, the memory was crappy (Samsung) and Dell replaced it after I started having problems. Everything else about it is really nice. I love it...
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http://www.cnet.com.au/desktops/pcs/0,39029439,40061082,00.htm
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I like mine nice and snug yet with equal (or more) of the power:
http://static.flickr.com/6/68464482_82992d9b7a_o.jpg
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They also had a reliable source on the Mac virus. *ahem..
It's CNET.. come on.. what a bunch of shills
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The question is: is that even possible?
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I think Dell will really F-up Alienware with their big business mentality but who knows. One thing is for sure, the two founders of Alienware (which is a privately owned company) will be rich for the rest of their lives if this deal is true.
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Check this out...when I bought my ODM laptop early last year I spend ~$1900 (P-M 1.8ghz, 2GB ram, Radeon 9700, DVD/CDRW, 15.4" screen, 1.25" thick, ~6lbs...oh and it plays HL2 silky smooth.) Falcon Northwest had the EXACT same laptop (and by "EXACT" I mean the EXACT manufacturer, same color, EXACT same specs) and it would have cost me $3,500 for the EXACT same specs.
Case in point...n00bs buy from Alienware and similar companies.
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