Dell Buys Alienware

Mathew Everett 14 Mar, 2006 at 4:02pm ET Article published in Tech

While no word has been officially released from either Dell or Alienware, we heard from a reliable source this morning that the purchase has indeed gone down.

An Alienware PR representative did not deny the claim but instead forwarded us a prewritten statement from the company that said: “At this time, Alienware will not comment on any speculative stories or rumors concerning Dell and Alienware’s association. While we do believe that news stories like this are ultimately a strong positive reinforcement of the Alienware brand and the company’s success, we will not comment on speculation or potential future events. As always, Alienware is committed to offering consumers and businesses with the best high-performance, innovative PC products on the market and we remain manically focused on that goal.”

So this is how Dell is going to get AMD onboard…

Source: C|net

Comments

14 Mar 2006 ~ 4:53pm profdlp Overpriced meets undervalued.
14 Mar 2006 ~ 5:01pm Well it's a good idea for dell to still get those intel discounts and makes some of that amd Mula
14 Mar 2006 ~ 6:25pm Camman an impotant note, the headline of the actual article:

Unconfirmed: Dell buys Alienware
14 Mar 2006 ~ 7:22pm Sledgehammer70 From what I have heard it is a Dun Deal
15 Mar 2006 ~ 12:45am GrayFox Dell denies Alienware acquisition
http://www.cnet.com.au/desktops/pcs/0,39029439,40061082,00.htm
15 Mar 2006 ~ 3:16am Leonardo According to The Inquirer:

Dell buys Alienware, as predicted

Although The Inquirer speculates on a daily basis, their speculation is usually fairly accurate. I'd believe The Inq any day before Dell. Dell's hype machine is second only to Intel's.
18 Mar 2006 ~ 1:16am Winga It seems the latest word doing the rounds, is that the acquisition is just a rumour. http://www.techspot.com/news/20855-dell-alienware-rumors-debunked.html
23 Mar 2006 ~ 9:11am primesuspect Looks like short-media, thanks to sledgehammer, was one of the first to break this story

http://www1.us.dell.com/content/topics/global.aspx/corp/pressoffice/en/2006/2006_03_22_rr_001?c=us&l=en&s=corp

Nice sleuthing, Sledge!
23 Mar 2006 ~ 10:16am Sledgehammer70 I do it for the team! GO SM
23 Mar 2006 ~ 11:06am Camman not to bust any balls or anything but it was on digg several days before I saw it on Short Media
23 Mar 2006 ~ 11:08am primesuspect Awesome!
23 Mar 2006 ~ 11:09am Camman sarcasm!
23 Mar 2006 ~ 11:11am jradmin The worlds most expensive computers just got crappier.
23 Mar 2006 ~ 11:16am SecretShopper It all makes sense. Dell is like a Toyota, which could never get away selling $60k car, but they can sell it thru Lexus. Thats why Dell wants to buy Alienware... it makes perfect sense. Dell=Toyota, Alienware=Lexus
23 Mar 2006 ~ 11:21am Sledgehammer70 Alienware = BMW
23 Mar 2006 ~ 11:22am Sledgehammer70

Camman wrote:

sarcasm!

Wern't you the one that was posted "Unconfirmed" ???
23 Mar 2006 ~ 11:24am Unknown Well, I have some inside information. We can't say much about it, but it is a done deal. Yes, Toyota and Lexus are the same company, so it's a good comparison... Even though Alienware is more like a BMW or a Lamborghini
23 Mar 2006 ~ 11:28am Camman

Sledgehammer70 wrote:

Wern't you the one that was posted "Unconfirmed" ???

Yeah I was... because at the time it was unconfirmed, hence why it's just come out the last day or so that it actually went through.
23 Mar 2006 ~ 11:30am Sledgehammer70 The actual Buy out happened before the rumor was actually on the net,. I think it was the 12th according to a few of my sources. Hence why I had no problem posting that Dell bought Alienware… It was members of the staff that thought is was a rumor.
23 Mar 2006 ~ 11:33am primesuspect Sledge, no worries, Cam's just here to keep us all in our place
23 Mar 2006 ~ 11:35am Sledgehammer70 just wanted to stake my claim ohhhh happy days.....
23 Mar 2006 ~ 11:38am Camman

Sledgehammer70 wrote:

The actual Buy out happened before the rumor was actually on the net,. I think it was the 12th according to a few of my sources. Hence why I had no problem posting that Dell bought Alienware… It was members of the staff that thought is was a rumor.

umm, congrats?
23 Mar 2006 ~ 11:39am Camman

primesuspect wrote:

Sledge, no worries, Cam's just here to keep us all in our place

prime knows his role, and yes I'm just being a douchebag for the sake of being a douchebag, as if I'm the only one around here that does such a thing.

Fine, you guys are correct I hath been :Pwned:

good news storyage, sledge