Has Dell “Officially” Purchased Alienware?
A few weeks ago the always-opinionated founder of boutique gaming manufacturer Voodoo PC, Rahul Sood, wrote a blog posting where he speculated that a Dell/Alienware marriage was in the cards. Well, he may have known more about the so-called “deal” than he let on, as the Internet is rife today with news, rumors and speculation that Dell has in fact acquired the Florida-based company. Hell, even my thrice former employer CNET has jumped aboard.
What this means to PC gamers and the boutique gaming PC market remains to be seen. That said, it says good things about the future of PC gaming. When Dell first got into the gaming PC market with their XPS line of gaming machines, it sent a message that PC gaming was legitimate. Of course, there’s bound to be more to this story than us “regular folks” will ever be privy to. Stay tuned as this will no doubt get interesting.
posted by William O'Neal @ 11:46 AM
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3 Comments:
Dear Wil O'Neal:
You are great.
Love, Nick
Dell is evil.
We need to destroy them while we still can.
I don't mind Dell. In fact, the very first computer that I ever bought was a Dell ($2500 Pentium 90 w/ 4MB of RAM and a 540MB hard drive). I bought it cause you needed a Pentium-class processor to play Quake 1! The thing also ran Linux like a dream. While I've consistently criticized Dell for their use of proprietary shit (like motherboards, cases and power supplies) as technology got more powerful their machines performed good enough for my needs.
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