Talk:Alienware

message: Although Alienware is often praised for building some of the fastest systems on the market, they have been criticized recently for various quality control issues and for their poor technical support department. There currently exists a very vocal community of angry Alienware customers who claim to have been victimized by Alienware's allegedly shady business practices. Some such customers have developed web pages so that others may avoid sharing similar experiences. Such web pages include: http://www.nethervault.com and http://www.badsoftware.com/alienwaresucks.
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Might wanna also mention how alienware is notorious in the tech community for their outrageous prices.  Im surprised the page doesn't even touch on this, im not saying we should slander the company, but when i think "alienware" I think markup.
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I think "Markup, Pointless LEDs, and terrible Air Flow" Smortypi (talk) 23:40, 21 December 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Criticism 

message: Nelson Gonzalez redirects here. For me that's the same as Bill Gates redirecting to the Microsoft article. If someone knows how to do it - please fix it (or at least let me know. i'll do it :-)))
:It is not too difficult, just "edit" it. Use this link: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nelson%20Gonzalez&action=edit and then you can edit the Nelson Gonzalez page. You will see that it says "#redirect Alienware" which makes it redirect to Alienware, so if you delete that rule, than it will stop doing that.
:I would do it myself, but I have no particular knowledge about 'Nelson', so if you can type us an article: be my guest :-) Kind greetings from Brussels, --Vvim 10:22, 23 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Nelson Gonzalez 

message: This article should be somehow changed or merged due to the aquisition by Dell Inc. I'm not sure how this takes place so I have just suggested it instead of doing something wrong. Gsingh 03:17, 25 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: You are correct, Sir. And on a related note, you mention "Dell, Inc." which was once known as "Dell Computer Corporation".  At the time I wrote the paragraph you (and anybody else are reading now, this article referenced "Dell Computers".  If all goes well, that will read "Dell, Inc." by the time you (or anyone else) reads this....  --angrykeyboarder 10:21, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Well its obvious when Dell means cheaper and put out faster it means outsource all of Alienwares jobs and technology to China, because majority of Dell PCs are made in Communist China, and it will take all credibilty from the name Alienware. Gwag 1:31, 26 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Sounds like your Point Of View to me... If you have any evidence, from verifiable sources, then feel free to add it into the article. If not then that kind of comment is unnecessary, the talk page is to discuss the article, it is not a message board for general chat related to the company. On a side note I know that Alienwares ordered in Europe are assembled in Ireland which is also where their European tech support is.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by GBobly (talk • contribs) 16:40, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  BUYOUT BY DELL 

message: Taken from the "Acquisition" section of the article:
"This has caused a lot of controversy with gamers. Alienware was a favorite among them while Dell supposedly caters to consumers and inexperienced computer users."
This is false and misleading.  The acquisition has caused almost no controversey at all, and furthermore Alienware is NOT a favorite among gamers.  Quite the contrary - any gamer you question will laugh at the THOUGHT of purchasing an Alienware machine in contrast to just builindg their own or possibly upgrading a lower end system.  Actually, you could say Alienware was a perfect buy for Dell because they, too, cater to inexperienced users.  They simply cater to the rich, inexperienced users. -EndTasked 11:50, 29 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Acquisition 

message: Sin Systems Inc.: how is a company that is only 8 months old considered enough of a competitor to be listed with companies that do millions of dollars worth of business a year? I think that this link is innacurate and, possibly, erroneously agrandizing a wanna-be startup without due cause.
:*Agreed. I also propose that this section is entirely removed.  Just like the Acer page, a list of competitors or more accurately; a List of Computer System Manufacturers should be created and then this company listed among them -- Bboyskidz 21:48, 1 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Competitors 

message: The paragraph concerning AMD CPUs could use some work.  It really doesn't make much grammatical sense at the moment.  I would myself, but I don't have time at the moment, and I'm liable to forget about it. - Im.a.lumberjack 21:56, 17 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  AMD 

message: Who is botting the Alienware article and preventing us from modifying it?  Who is this guy Mike Payne, is this the Alienware advertisment bot? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 75.109.36.46 (talk • contribs).
*First of all, I am unaware of any botting of the article and not allowing people to modify it. I used to be an employee of Alienware for 3.5 years, and I do know a great deal about the company. I've deleted vandalism, jibberish, and a bunch of other crap. One of the other things I have been deleting is people spamming the article by saying Alienware used to compete with them when I have never heard of them and was unaware of their existence, this isn't the place for 1 person computer company spammers. Anyway, I'm not a bot(viewing my other contributions should prove that much), and I have only been making legitimate changes to the article. I no longer work for Alienware, I haven't for several years, and I have no official personal affiliation with them. -Mike Payne 15:27, 21 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Alienware Bot 

message: *The below was unorganized at the beginning of the talk page: -Mike Payne 15:40, 21 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Objection supported. Their new laptops, the m15x, contains the fastest processor and graphics card available in laptops... How exactly is that out-dated? Not only that but they also offer SSD hard drives and smart-bay swapping technology. I'm afraid I fail to see where they are out-dated. I'll admit they're not cheap, but their prices are comparable.GBobly (talk) 16:43, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Misc 

message: Unsuprisingly, given its tone, the first part of the History section appears to have been lifted from  alienware.com Zoganes 21:35, 24 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Copyvio in History

message: The start of the article reads "Alienware has also released an approximately 4 terabyte hard drive, the largest offered on a PC" This is obviously crap as there are no 4tb desktop HDD's available on the planet. Possibly there's a 4tb array available, if that's the case it should be stated as such. There are also no references so if no one objects I'd like to remove this information. Danno81 09:32, 25 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  4TB HDD??!! 

message: It looks like we have a dispute as to the company's location. The company is clearly based in Kendall, Florida, not Miami.  
I located, through the InfoTrac OneFile database, a source for this: Gary Shepherd, "Beauty, brawn, brains and bucks: with its vigorous economy and international charm, Southeast Florida is an ever-stronger locale for business," Florida Trend 15 October 2003, 120-125.
The relevant passage is as follows: 
"Miami-Dade economic developers said in mid-2003 that the next 12 months would see 129 expansion or relocation projects, nearly 10,000 new jobs and more than $1 billion in capital investments.  One such expansion is Alienware Corp., a Hispanic-owned manufacturer of highend computer game systems, which is investing $6 million and creating 155 jobs and 90,000 new square feet at its headquarters in Kendall. The 7-year-old firm now has 300 employees and expects fiscal 2003 revenues of $90 million."
It makes no sense to represent the company as based in Miami when it sits over 10 miles outside of the boundaries of the city of Miami.  For the official boundary map, see: http://www.ci.miami.fl.us/Planning/Maps/MiamiRegion8x11.pdf.  Alienware's headquarters next to the Kendall-Tamiami Executive Airport isn't even in the region covered on the official boundary map!  
This is nearly as bizarre as claiming that Apple is in San Jose just because Cupertino is in the San Jose metro area, or claiming that IBM is in New York City just because Armonk is in the NYC metro area.  Kendall isn't in Miami, so Alienware it doesn't pay taxes to the city of Miami (except for the in-city kiosk at Dadeland Mall), and it certainly doesn't expect services from the City of Miami!  Yes, boundaries do matter.--Coolcaesar (talk) 23:18, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Okay, no one has responded.  I am going to change the article to indicate that Alienware is in Kendall in a couple of days. --Coolcaesar (talk) 02:50, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Location issue 

message: Should we put a list of Alienware products in the article (just like the various Dell Product Line pages)? "It's over 9000!" 03:41, 24 June 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I believe this would improve the article. •ǁ››»»|~FishSaidNo~|««‹‹ǁ• 11:47, 11 September 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Product List 

message: The source was Alienware's website and it lacked facts, but rather listed opinions such as "We are the best and most innovative."--173.20.69.144 (talk) 00:58, 12 March 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Innovations Section Removed 

message: USER "Gesalbte" made changes to the article with a list of specification. Wiki is not a place to advertise your product. Its not a catalog. I vote we delete any edit made by that user. --216.237.22.181 (talk) 21:40, 11 June 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Wikipedia is edited by consensus, not voting.  --Alan the Roving Ambassador (talk) 21:49, 11 June 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: That doesn't address the user's question. --George100 (talk) 01:30, 21 June 2010 (UTC)

text: Just deleting some parts of the article is very easy. Gesalbte (talk) 06:14, 12 July 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Request to rollback 

message: This POV and Advertisement template has been while since the models and prices have been cleaned up. Is it okay to go head to take this template off now? --JJ98 (talk) 18:24, 4 August 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Other articles has lists of products. For example the Dell XPS series, processors from Intel and AMD, graphics cards from nVidia and ATI. I use such articles a lot and I am very happy they exist. A way to cleanup this article could be to move the lists of products to a "List of Alienware Laptops" article, and "List of Alienware Desktops"? As long as the information is neutral and is made with technical facts (as opposed to hot marketing air) I really don't see the problem? SplatMan DK (talk) 13:14, 27 June 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  POV and Advertisement template 

message: What?? it's lineup section only lists laptops.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 63.3.9.1 (talk) 03:21, 4 July 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Perhaps a separate article with the list of Laptops would be in order? And a separate article with the list of Desktops? Surely this can be done without constructing it as "advertisement". I use such pages on Wikipedia several times a month, for example with lists of products from nVidia, ATI, Intel and AMD. And other Dell machines are already listed (for example the XPS series). SplatMan DK (talk) 13:11, 27 June 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  No mention of its desktops 

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thread_title: File:Alienware logo.jpg Nominated for speedy Deletion

message: I have corrected the latest model names of the M14x, M17x, and M18x. Dell has continued is existing naming convention for these models except on their website. All references to these new models, such as support documents, shipping documents and order forms, use the existing naming convention. I hope this will clear up confusion for people googling these models now and in the future. SplatMan DK (talk) 19:42, 19 June 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Ok, someone deleted this for some reason. Since it was an anonymous user, and since the use of these model numbers can be documented with URLs to Dells website as well as screenshots of Dell shopping carts (I am working on making such a screenshot and uploading it to Commons as documentation) I have reinserted the information. SplatMan DK (talk) 20:09, 26 June 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Corrected model numbers for 2013 releases 

message: I added an advert tag to the section "Computer systems models (after acquisition by Dell)"
The primary issue is that Wikipedia is not a sales catalog - descriptions of product lines is appropriate, but not full listings of individual models (both current and discontinued). The section is entirely unsourced and simply acts as a marketing tool for the manufacturer. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 18:34, 10 July 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Advert tag 

message: Corrected the space between "Florida" and the period. Made some adjustment on the last sentence of the second paragraph under "Acquisition and current status". These were minor edits, but I hope they helped.  Farzan Ikhlas (talk) 23:01, 20 October 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Copy editing 

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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: I first heard about Alienware before the Dell buyout.  What I heard about them was that they were a company that made specifically Linux compatible computers.  As in all hardware actively supported by Linux.  Then Dell bought them and changed them to gaming machines.   --David Garfield (talk) 23:08, 11 February 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Linux?