Wednesday, March 22 2006 @ 04:57 PM CST - Contributed by: Gino (http://www.whodigs.com/users.php?mode=profile&uid=2)

http://www.whodigs.com/images/articles/20060322165719532_1.jpgDell announced today it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Alienware to further satisfy the growing number of consumers and businesses seeking the highest-performance PC products, including those used for gaming and multimedia digital content management. Terms of the planned purchase will not be disclosed.

Dell said Alienware will operate as a wholly owned subsidiary following completion of the transaction and will maintain its own product development, product marketing, sales, technical support and other operations as well as brand. The management and founders of Alienware will continue to operate the company as a standalone unit of Dell.

"Alienware's products are an excellent complement to Dell's own line of high-performance computers designed for gaming, enthusiast and media content customers. In addition to offering high-quality, high-performance products, Alienware has tremendous brand appeal with consumers and creative business professionals," said Michael Dell, chairman.

"Alienware has a legacy of success designing the highest-performance PCs using bleeding-edge technologies and innovative industrial design," said Nelson Gonzalez, CEO of Alienware. "We believe that Alienware will realize significant advantages from Dell's world-class supply chain and operational efficiencies. They will allow us to continue to satisfy our core customers with the most innovative and highest-performing PCs, and ultimately extend the reach and appeal of the Alienware brand.




The website I pulled this from had extremely annoying flashey click mes, I will not subject anyone else to a seizure today by posting the link.


Anyway.... seems like an interesting move. Not that I could drop the amount of money for a system from either company to begin with.

NNNOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!
Now Alienware Computers will be teh Suck.

Alienware Computers always were the suck. They cost twice as much as what it'd cost to put the exact same thing together at home from parts from newegg. The only thing that is unique and novel is the cases, but there are some very interesting cases out there you can buy.

I paid $1650 for my Alienware with a 3 year warranty.
I would have paid $1750 buying the parts on Newegg (exact same hardware) not to mention having to deal with defective parts, each individual part warranty, etc.
I would have paid $2000 getting a very similar system with Dell.

To me it was an easy choice.

Yea thats what I was thinking Krakah...Alien Ware wasn't all that expensive (if you didnt get all the bells and whistles) and can one really get the parts to make a laptop from scratch?