Unconfirmed: Dell Buys Alienware

Sledgehammer70Sledgehammer70 California Icrontian
edited March 2006 in Science & 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

  • profdlpprofdlp The Holy City Of Westlake, Ohio
    edited March 2006
    Overpriced meets undervalued. :range:
  • Unknown
    edited March 2006
    Well it's a good idea for dell to still get those intel discounts and makes some of that amd Mula
  • CammanCamman NEW! England Icrontian
    edited March 2006
    an impotant note, the headline of the actual article:
    Unconfirmed: Dell buys Alienware
  • Sledgehammer70Sledgehammer70 California Icrontian
    edited March 2006
    From what I have heard it is a Dun Deal
  • GrayFoxGrayFox /dev/urandom Member
    edited March 2006
    Dell denies Alienware acquisition
    http://www.cnet.com.au/desktops/pcs/0,39029439,40061082,00.htm
  • LeonardoLeonardo Wake up and smell the glaciers Eagle River, Alaska Icrontian
    edited March 2006
    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.
  • WingaWinga Mr South Africa Icrontian
    edited March 2006
    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
  • primesuspectprimesuspect Beepin n' Boopin Detroit, MI Icrontian
    edited March 2006
    Looks like short-media, thanks to sledgehammer, was one of the first to break this story :eek2:

    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! :thumbsup:
  • Sledgehammer70Sledgehammer70 California Icrontian
    edited March 2006
    I do it for the team! GO SM
  • CammanCamman NEW! England Icrontian
    edited March 2006
    not to bust any balls or anything but it was on digg several days before I saw it on Short Media
  • primesuspectprimesuspect Beepin n' Boopin Detroit, MI Icrontian
    edited March 2006
    Awesome!
  • CammanCamman NEW! England Icrontian
    edited March 2006
    sarcasm!
  • jradminjradmin North Kackalaki
    edited March 2006
    The worlds most expensive computers just got crappier.
  • SecretShopper
    edited March 2006
    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
  • Sledgehammer70Sledgehammer70 California Icrontian
    edited March 2006
    Alienware = BMW
  • Sledgehammer70Sledgehammer70 California Icrontian
    edited March 2006
    Camman wrote:
    sarcasm!

    Wern't you the one that was posted "Unconfirmed" ???
  • Unknown
    edited March 2006
    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 ;)
  • CammanCamman NEW! England Icrontian
    edited March 2006
    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.
  • Sledgehammer70Sledgehammer70 California Icrontian
    edited March 2006
    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.
  • primesuspectprimesuspect Beepin n' Boopin Detroit, MI Icrontian
    edited March 2006
    Sledge, no worries, Cam's just here to keep us all in our place ;):D
  • Sledgehammer70Sledgehammer70 California Icrontian
    edited March 2006
    :) just wanted to stake my claim :) ohhhh happy days.....
  • CammanCamman NEW! England Icrontian
    edited March 2006
    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?
  • CammanCamman NEW! England Icrontian
    edited March 2006
    primesuspect wrote:
    Sledge, no worries, Cam's just here to keep us all in our place ;):D

    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
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