HP plans to buy gaming PC company Voodoo Computers in order to reach gamers and their wallets. Voodoo will continue to operate -- now under the HP umbrella -- with co-owners Rahul and Ravi Sood staying on with HP jobs. The acquisition should close by November, after the requisite approvals by shareholders and the SEC.Well look who's following Dell (which bought Alienware earlier this year). While this sort of buyout must take months or years of anticipation, we think the timing is a little more than coincidental; HP is currently being scrutinized by the press, Wall Street, and Congress for spying on media outlets and its board members. There's nothing like a good, old-fashioned buyout to push your scandal out of the headlines.
[Thanks, Derek]
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That just reminds me, computer manufacturers believe if they add a "gaming" title to their computer, they think they can sell it for a very premium price.
Not sure if this will be a help to the struggling HP. I don't think VoodooPC's cater to the gaming community, as much as the other gaming computer builders do.
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how much money did scrooge mcduck have? anyone remember? and what about that guy who always had slightly less?
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Scrooge is #4 at $8.2 billion.
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Sorry, used an older version.
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Scrooge is the richest duck in the world, rivaled by Flintheart Glomgold, John D. Rockerduck and, less prominent, the maharaja of the fictional country Howdoyoustan, having worked his way up the financial ladder from humble immigrant roots...
The sum of Scrooge's wealth is disputed.[1] According to Barks' The Second Richest Duck as noted by a TIME article, Scrooge is worth one multiplujillion, nine obsquatumatillion, six hundred twenty-three dollars and sixty-two cents.[2] Don Rosa's the Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck notes that Scrooge amounts to five multiplujillion, nine impossibidillion, seven fantasticatrillion dollars and sixteen cents.
The series DuckTales states that he is a quadzillionare.
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to back up my opinion
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in response to the buyout, i still dont see how this is going to work, HP is going to assimilate voodoo, reducing the brand to nothing, at least Dell had the dignity to leave Alienware alone (minus the assistance in the procurment realm...but that is what makes Dell the powerhouse it is)
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