Dell to Buy Alienware?

An anonymous reader writes "Well, looks like rumors are flying, and Dell may have bought Alienware according to an article on cnet. It really would fit Dell well. They are the last big manufacturer not to use AMD, and this would fill that void. Acquiring this company would also help them grow their business to where they want it to be ($80 billion anually). One can only hope that Alienware support and hardware won't be ill effected by this acquisition."

New Ads

[Anonymous Coward]

Dude.... you're getting an Alien!

Introducing!....

[kclittle]

Dellianware! (ba-dum-crash)

Thank you, thank you, I'll not be here all week.

Re:WOO HOO!

[Alien54]

One can only hope that Alienware support and hardware won't be ill effected by this acquisition."

Please insert ten pages of laughter, Rofl, until the medics arrive to handle the heart attack this creates.

Re:Hardware and Support

[RubberDogBone]

They DO have a couple of notebooks with Intel Extreme graphics.

Ooooh. Must order one of those!

I had to check twice to make sure I wasn't seeing things. Sad to see them going lowend.

Re:New Ads

[maxwell demon]

I think that could alienate the customers ;-)

AlienatedWare

[digitaldc]

One can only hope that Alienware support and hardware won't be ill effected by this acquisition.

Sadly it has been affected, now they are calling this new merger 'AlienatedWare', and furthermore, all tech support is done by 'aliens.'

Re:Introducing!....

[Anonymous Coward]

"I'll not be here all week."
Then Thank YOU! ;)

Alienware should buy Gateway.

[Rob T Firefly]

It'd fit with the whole aliens-abducting-cows thing.

...sorry.

Re:Obligatory grammar pedant

[Anonymous Coward]

"have actioned"

Do you call yourself a grammar nazi? Go outside and think about what you've done.

And, just like everything else Alienware sells,

[Celestial Avenger]

they sold their company at a ridiculously overpriced rate!

Re:New Ads

[Rocketship Underpant]

Even better, if your pal's getting a suped-up gaming rig from Alienware, you can annoy him by telling him he's getting a Dell!

Re:WOO HOO!

[TheScottishGuy]

i actually had one tell me his name was mike mackenzie, which made me laugh, since he couldn't pronounce mackenzie properly

It's not true

[Fozzyuw]

Dell has already released a press statement saying it's not true. This all aparently started from a VoodooPC blog, whom is a competitor with Alienware.

Re:WOO HOO!

[Experiment 626]

Most of the time call center employees are told not to give out their exact location because some of the customers can get more than a little upset.

I wouldn't really think India, the answer the GP poster was speaking of, really qualifies as an "exact location"... So you've narrowed the call center down to a region of 3.3 million square kilomters. What's the upset customer going to do, go there and beat up a billion people?

Re:Introducing!....

[Jim Haskell]

Two drums and a cymbal fall off a cliff.

*ba-dum tish*

Re:WOO HOO!

[Anonymous Coward]

Why do you think it's called New Delli, anyway?

Re:huh, how is this a good fit

[ZX-3]

Alienware is more like Lamborghini. They are fast, expensive, exotic, and the people who buy them don't care that they are unreliable and uncomfortable.

Re:WOO HOO!

[uiucmatse]

What's the upset customer going to do, go there and beat up a billion people?

If the customer is Chuck Norris, then, yes.