Dell Buyout of Alienware Official
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Topic: Dell Buyout of Alienware Official
Posted By: Jack Carver
Subject: Dell Buyout of Alienware Official
Date Posted: 22 March 2006 at 7:19pm
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http://www.tgdaily.com/2006/03/22/dell_buyout_of_alienware_official/ - http://www.tgdaily.com/2006/03/22/dell_buyout_of_alienware_o fficial/ So it's official now, Dell owns Alienware. Thoughts/opinions? I personally think they should split up Dell's PC market and put all the gaming stuff(XPS series) under the Alienware name, then put all the business/casual user stuff as Dell.  Oh, and P.S -- Microsoft just delayed Vista till 2007. |
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Posted By: Sammy
Date Posted: 22 March 2006 at 7:20pm
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I never expected that. I think Dell should just eliminate the XPS line now and keep Alienware as a separate gaming subsection of Dell.
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Posted By: Cedric
Date Posted: 22 March 2006 at 7:21pm
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Alienware is retarded. ------------- 
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Posted By: Gabster08
Date Posted: 22 March 2006 at 7:21pm
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isnt alien ware like the BEST software u can buy for computer gaming stuff? ------------- Setup: Super Blue Nexus Ego Ul barrel 45/45 pmi vlocity |
Posted By: Hairball!!!
Date Posted: 22 March 2006 at 7:23pm
Software? I wasn't aware Alienware sold software. A gaming rig made of the same components built by Alienware is the same as one made of the same components built by any individual. |
Gabster08 wrote:Posted By: stratoaxe
Date Posted: 22 March 2006 at 7:25pm
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One overpriced computer retailer buying out another.
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Posted By: procarbinefreak
Date Posted: 22 March 2006 at 7:32pm
i personally don't think dell is overpriced... i got my new pc... which is pretty good for $700 w/ a monitor and printer |
Posted By: Tae Kwon Do
Date Posted: 22 March 2006 at 7:36pm
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Sammy? ------------- 
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Posted By: Hitman
Date Posted: 22 March 2006 at 7:42pm
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The racing stripes make my computer faster.
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Posted By: the flanker
Date Posted: 22 March 2006 at 7:45pm
alianware is extremly stupid! ------------- 
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Posted By: Gabster08
Date Posted: 22 March 2006 at 7:46pm
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i thought alien ware was like a game card. AHAHAHAHA. man am i dumb. ------------- Setup: Super Blue Nexus Ego Ul barrel 45/45 pmi vlocity |
Posted By: choopie911
Date Posted: 22 March 2006 at 8:10pm
| Alienware is stupid, Vista sucks, and dell is for soccer moms...gg |
Posted By: pntbl freak
Date Posted: 22 March 2006 at 8:15pm
| Where did you read or hear about Vista? |
Posted By: Jack Carver
Date Posted: 22 March 2006 at 8:18pm
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Same site, http://www.tgdaily.com/2006/03/22/microsoft_postpones_an_industry_vista/ - this page . As long as it's good, I don't care if I have to wait till 2008. XP is fine for now. |
Posted By: youm0nt
Date Posted: 22 March 2006 at 8:32pm
| who would have ever thought |
Posted By: choopie911
Date Posted: 22 March 2006 at 8:39pm
Its not good, thats the thing. It will do what OS X does now (they even re-structured their file system to match) It burns something like 800 MB or ram, and fills 7 gigs of HD space. All that for an OS that does what already can be done? |
Posted By: Da Hui
Date Posted: 22 March 2006 at 8:40pm
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Posted By: Benjichang
Date Posted: 22 March 2006 at 8:41pm
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Meh. I hate Dell. Personally, I do not believe they are worth the money, due to stupid manufacturing, and limitations to upgradability. edit- Da Hui, why don't you contribute to a thread for once instead of clicking the quote button? -------------  irc.esper.net #paintball |
Posted By: choopie911
Date Posted: 22 March 2006 at 8:42pm
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Watch videos here:
http://live.watchmactv.com/?p=154 - Part 1 http://live.watchmactv.com/?p=155 - Part 2 http://live.watchmactv.com/?p=157 - Part 3 The audio from a Vista presentation, to the video of a mac, easily doing everything that vista introduces as new. |
Posted By: Da Hui
Date Posted: 22 March 2006 at 8:47pm
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When I see fit a make a comment, if somewons already said what I want to say or something that made me "lol" I qoute it. I post more than I qoute by the way. -------------
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Posted By: Enos Shenk
Date Posted: 22 March 2006 at 8:52pm
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So a crappy computer company buys a crappy computer company? Yawn. ------------- 
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Posted By: Jack Carver
Date Posted: 22 March 2006 at 8:57pm
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Just watched those first two vids, didn't want to bother downloading the third. Most of that stuff can also be done with Windows XP with a few tweaks, powertoys, or free programs. I don't think those "features" highlight Vista though, they're just some neat things that the masses will understand and like. It goes a bit deeper than that. |
Posted By: choopie911
Date Posted: 22 March 2006 at 9:01pm
Not really. Another vista official "feature" was "photorealistic wallpaper".... who cares? What was stopping them before? I'm pretty sure they can do that already... And my point is, with OS X, that stuff is built in, you dont tweak things, its just the basics/ intuitive things that people know exist. Now its like "omg vista, look what you can do, its all new!" cause it will be built in too. |
Posted By: brihard
Date Posted: 22 March 2006 at 11:06pm
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Me: "Dude, you're gettin' a Dell!" Gamer: "Piss off." *grumble* ------------- "Abortion is not "choice" in America. It is forced and the democrats are behind it, with the goal of eugenics at its foundation." -FreeEnterprise, 21 April 2011. Yup, he actually said that. |
Posted By: whack-a-mole
Date Posted: 22 March 2006 at 11:17pm
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Personally, I don't care much for Dell. I haven't seen anything spectacular about them. In fact, all I've seen is crappy performance. I just hope they don't ruin Alienware. ------------- NASA and the Americans spent millions of dollars and hundreds of hours to develop a pen that would write in space.....The Russians used a pencil. |
Posted By: High Voltage
Date Posted: 22 March 2006 at 11:21pm
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choop has such a hardon for macs it's unbelievable. and all that for a pretty gui'd unix based OS... god forbid another major software company use the same idea. everyone uses the successive menu system that Creative holds the patent to... btw it's nice to have it available in a windows environment. i trust it a lot more than apple. not to mention apple is really missing a market by not producing the x86 versions open to all PC chipsets. ------------- 
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Posted By: hybrid-sniper
Date Posted: 22 March 2006 at 11:37pm
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I agree. |
Posted By: choopie911
Date Posted: 23 March 2006 at 2:45am
| Oh, I'm not opposed to them using it, its a good thing, why not use it?. I just find it stupid when PC users think vista is this crazy new thing, when its not. |
Posted By: WGP guy2
Date Posted: 23 March 2006 at 6:48am
Can we honesly expect any good operating system from Microsoft? Sure, if you take care of it then there is a chance you aren't paying for a $250 virus. For the average person, they are spending money on old technology (new to windows) and jepordizing the safety of their computers because they are ignorant to malicious software usually because they are too lazy to hit the "update" button on the scanners. |
Posted By: brihard
Date Posted: 23 March 2006 at 12:45pm
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But for those of us who AREN'T ignorant users, XP is a very capable operating system. I've had no problems or complaints with it. I just wish I had Pro so I could milk my 64bit processor a bit harder.
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Posted By: blackdog144
Date Posted: 23 March 2006 at 12:49pm
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thats cool i guess...i love dell...ive had my xp for 5 years now and its still running really good...
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Posted By: brihard
Date Posted: 23 March 2006 at 12:51pm
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Did you read the manual?
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Posted By: Snake6
Date Posted: 23 March 2006 at 12:52pm
Torrent? I didn't see this coming. I was actually considering an Alienware Laptop as one of my choices for my next computer. I wish you could build your own laptop without alot of hassle. ------------- 
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Posted By: Project Irene
Date Posted: 23 March 2006 at 12:52pm
100% |
Posted By: brihard
Date Posted: 23 March 2006 at 12:54pm
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Nah, I only use legit copies of my OS so I dont' get screwed on updates and patches.
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Posted By: Snake6
Date Posted: 23 March 2006 at 12:56pm
I have a Pirated Copy of XP Pro on my laptop now, and it looks completely legit to MS. I get autoupdates and all. Its just a matter of finding a good torrent. -------------
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Posted By: brihard
Date Posted: 23 March 2006 at 1:05pm
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Hm, OK. I've had issues with the authorization before.
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Posted By: merc
Date Posted: 23 March 2006 at 3:50pm
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my dells a piece. i kick it every now and then but it doesnt work any better. ------------- saving the world, one warship at a time. |
Posted By: Benjichang
Date Posted: 23 March 2006 at 4:18pm
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I don't understand why everyone hates Windows so much. Once you get past the fact that it's made by a huge corporation that basically has a monopoly on the OS industry, it's not a bad operating system. I've never gotten the blue screen of death using 98, 2000, and XP Home and Pro. Maybe I had problems with 3.1, but I can't really remember. If you're not an idiot, and you stay away from shady sites and pr0ns, you won't have any problems with windows.
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Posted By: High Voltage
Date Posted: 23 March 2006 at 4:49pm
i think it's just a popular thing to do... -------------
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Posted By: Skillet42565
Date Posted: 23 March 2006 at 4:51pm
Exactly. Its like "I am so cool, I hate Windows, Mac rules." No one likes a douche. ------------- 
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Posted By: choopie911
Date Posted: 23 March 2006 at 5:02pm
Yeah, thats deffinitly true. I know lots of people that have no problem with windows...but the average idiot borks so much stuff/ gets so many virus's. And avoid pron? Are you crazy? |
Posted By: High Voltage
Date Posted: 23 March 2006 at 5:06pm
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no need to avoid pr0n. just use a reliable source :P
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Posted By: blackdog144
Date Posted: 23 March 2006 at 5:15pm
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ahhh ive had a couple of problems with my computer, had to reinstall xp
about 3 years ago...ever since that its worked like a charm...
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Posted By: daniero
Date Posted: 23 March 2006 at 6:27pm
You know, I once found a cool website that looked a lot like it was part of newegg, or a clone, but I haven't been able to find it again. The point is... you could buy a barebone laptop, that is, a laptop without CPU, harddrive, empty CD/DVD bay and no memory, and even some of them could be added a video card. Man if I could find that web site again  .
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Posted By: Oedipus
Date Posted: 23 March 2006 at 8:20pm
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Sounds like it's the fault of the user. OS's can't be useful AND coddle you. And pron works just fine on windows. Never gotten any malicious programs. |
Posted By: choopie911
Date Posted: 23 March 2006 at 8:40pm
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Posted By: Benjichang
Date Posted: 23 March 2006 at 8:40pm
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Posted By: Oedipus
Date Posted: 23 March 2006 at 8:41pm
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Posted By: Da Hui
Date Posted: 23 March 2006 at 8:46pm
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Pornography is on television late at night. Y'all can wait. -------------
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Posted By: Brian Fellows
Date Posted: 23 March 2006 at 9:18pm
| Alienware is so gimmicky. You can build a gaming PC that is just as good or better and spend half as much. |
Posted By: Jack Carver
Date Posted: 23 March 2006 at 9:30pm
Show me. I dare you. I want numbers, links, solid proof that you can build a gaming rig that is just as good as a high end Alienware for 1/2 the price. I built my own computer just last year, and I know there are certain advantages/disadvantages, you can save some cash here and there, but claims like this are ridiculous. |
Posted By: Hitman
Date Posted: 23 March 2006 at 9:42pm
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I run windows xp with zero problems. I am not an idiot. I don't download shady files.
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Posted By: Da Hui
Date Posted: 23 March 2006 at 9:45pm
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Same here. It you don't go to nothing but poRn then your fine. -------------
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Posted By: High Voltage
Date Posted: 23 March 2006 at 9:51pm
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Posted By: Sammy
Date Posted: 23 March 2006 at 10:01pm
But that ain't real. I think Enos described it perfectly on his radio thing. -------------
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Posted By: hybrid-sniper
Date Posted: 23 March 2006 at 10:19pm
That was the funniest segment I've ever heard on any radio show. |
Posted By: PlentifulBalls
Date Posted: 23 March 2006 at 11:32pm
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Quit being a punch of sissies and build your own. It isn't hard at all. It's like legos..... .......for your penis. ------------- 
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Posted By: High Voltage
Date Posted: 23 March 2006 at 11:54pm
fixed. -------------
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Posted By: PlentifulBalls
Date Posted: 23 March 2006 at 11:55pm
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sporx wrote: well...ya i prolly will be a virgin till i'm at least 30. |
Posted By: DBibeau855
Date Posted: 23 March 2006 at 11:57pm
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I love that. So good. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/DBibeau855/?chartstyle=myspacecolors"> 
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Posted By: Snake6
Date Posted: 24 March 2006 at 7:56am
I was looking into Barebook Laptops, but the problem is the selection is rather limited. I couldn't find what I wanted accessory wise in a barebook. The main thing I was looking for was a built-in webcam like on the Powerbooks and Alienware laptops. No barebook that I can find has them. -------------
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