Alienware Corporation
Type	Subsidiary of Dell
Founded	1996
Headquarters	Kendall, Florida
Key people	Nelson Gonzalez, Founder Alex Aguila, Founder Arthur Lewis, General Manager Frank Azor, EVP
Industry	Computer hardware
Products	Desktops Workstations Notebooks Peripherals
Employees	~700 worldwide
Parent	Dell, Inc.
Website	www.alienware.com

Alienware headquarters in Kendall

Alienware is an American computer hardware company and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Dell, Inc.^[1] It mainly produces desktops and laptops designed for high-performance gaming and graphically intense applications such as video editing, simulation, and audio editing. Alienware also offers for sale computer peripherals, such as headsets, computer mice, monitors and keyboards. In the 2008 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, a prototype was presented of what is being described as a "giant 'curved' widescreen", i.e. a display which would be equivalent in size to two, slightly bent 24-inch LCD screens glued together^[2] Alienware was founded in 1996 by Nelson Gonzalez and Alex Aguila. Alienware's corporate headquarters is located in Kendall, Florida, an unincorporated area of Miami-Dade County west of the city of Miami. Image File history File links Alienware_Logo. ... This article is about the corporation Dell, Inc. ... Year 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar). ... Kendall is a census-designated place and an unincorporated suburban community in Miami-Dade County, Florida, on the edge of the Florida Everglades. ... Computer hardware is the physical part of a computer, including its digital circuitry, as distinguished from the computer software that executes within the hardware. ... Bold text Desktop computer with several common peripherals (Monitor, keyboard, mouse, speakers, microphone and a printer) A desktop computer is a gay electronic machine computer which convert raw data into meaningful information, made for use on a desk in an office or home and is distinguished from portable computers such... Sun SPARCstation 1+, 25 MHz RISC processor from early 1990s A workstation, such as a Unix workstation, RISC workstation or engineering workstation, is a high-end desktop or deskside microcomputer designed for technical applications. ... An ultraportable IBM X31 with 12 screen on an IBM T43 Thin & Light laptop with a 14 screen A laptop computer, or simply laptop (also notebook computer, notebook and notepad) is a small mobile computer, typically weighing 3-12 pounds (around 1. ... For an account of the words periphery and peripheral as they are used in biology, sociology, politics, computer hardware, and other fields, see the periphery disambiguation page. ... This article is about work. ... For the band, see Big Brother and the Holding Company. ... This article is about the corporation Dell, Inc. ... A website (alternatively, web site or Web site) is a collection of Web pages, images, videos or other digital assets that is hosted on one or more web servers, usually accessible via the Internet. ... Computer hardware is the physical part of a computer, including its digital circuitry, as distinguished from the computer software that executes within the hardware. ... This article is about the corporation Dell, Inc. ... Bold text Desktop computer with several common peripherals (Monitor, keyboard, mouse, speakers, microphone and a printer) A desktop computer is a gay electronic machine computer which convert raw data into meaningful information, made for use on a desk in an office or home and is distinguished from portable computers such... An ultraportable IBM X31 with 12 screen on an IBM T43 Thin & Light laptop with a 14 screen A laptop computer, or simply laptop (also notebook computer, notebook and notepad) is a small mobile computer, typically weighing 3-12 pounds (around 1. ... A non-linear editing system (NLE) is a video editing (NLVE) or audio editing (NLAE) system which can perform random access on the source material. ... A digital audio editor is a computer application for audio editing, i. ... The International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) is a trade show held each January in Las Vegas, Nevada, and is sponsored by the Consumer Electronics Association. ... For further information, see Las Vegas metropolitan area and Las Vegas Strip. ... Year 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar). ... Kendall is a census-designated place and an unincorporated suburban community in Miami-Dade County, Florida, on the edge of the Florida Everglades. ... This article is about the U.S. State of Florida. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... County slogan: Delivering Excellence Every Day Location of county in the state of Florida County Seat Miami, Florida Area  - Total  - Water 6,297 km² (2,431 mi²) 1,257 km² (485 mi²) 19. ... Miami redirects here. ...

History

Established in 1996, Alienware assembles high performance desktops, notebooks and workstations. According to employees, the Alienware name was chosen because of the founders' fondness for the hit television series The X-Files, hence the theme to their products, with names such as Area-51, Hangar18, m15x and Aurora.^[3] This article is about the TV show. ... This article is about the U.S. Air Force installation in Nevada. ... Aurora (also credited as the SR-91 Aurora) is the popular name for a hypothesised American reconnaissance aircraft, believed by some to be capable of hypersonic flight at speeds of Mach 5+. According to the hypothesis, the Aurora was developed in the 1980s or 1990s as a replacement for the...

Alienware was originally established to tap a niche in the high performance game market, which back then was not on the radar of the major PC manufacturers such as Dell. Since high-end game hardware was not widely distributed, the company's founders formed an OEM which sold personal computers with the highest performing hardware and settings according to benchmarks. The company products are not only famous for their hardware configurations, but also for their unique, sci-fi-based designs. Computer and video games redirects here. ... Dell, Inc. ... Original equipment manufacturer, or OEM, is a term that refers to containment-based re-branding, namely where one company uses a component of another company within its product, or sells the product of another company under its own brand. ... In computing, a benchmark is the act of running a computer program, a set of programs, or other operations, in order to assess the relative performance of an object, normally by running a number of standard tests and trials against it. ...

Acquisition and current status

Dell had been considering buying Alienware since the year 2002, but did not take any action until March 22, 2006, when it agreed to purchase the company.^[4] The new subsidiary maintained its autonomy in terms of design and marketing. However Alienware's access to Dell's supply chain, purchasing power, and economies of scale would lower its operating costs.^[5] This article is about the corporation Dell, Inc. ... is the 81st day of the year (82nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Supply chain management (SCM) is the process of planning, implementing, and controlling the operations of the supply chain as efficiently as possible. ... The increase in output from Q to Q2 causes a decrease in the average cost of each unit from C to C1. ...

Initially Dell maintained its competing XPS line of gaming PCs often selling computers with the exact same specifications. In hindsight, the XPS line may have hurt Alienware's market share within its hi-end market segment. Due to corporate restructuring spring of 2008, the XPS brand has been scaled down. Many of the founders of Alienware have been moved from executive roles to product-development roles. Product development of gaming PC's have been consolidated with Dell's gaming division Alienware becoming Dell's premier gaming brand. It remains to be seen if this move will dilute the Alienware's brand's reputation of irreverence.^[6] The Dell XPS is a high-end line of gaming computers sold by Dell. ... // The terms Gaming PC and Gaming Computer specifically refer to computers built to have the capacity to play personal computer games. ...

Operations

Alienware established its EMEA (Europe, the Middle East, and Africa) headquarters in Athlone, Ireland in October 2002. As of FY 2005, Alienware brought in upwards of $170 million USD in annual sales^[7], while undertaking an international expansion initiative launched in 2003 to maintain a presence in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, United Kingdom, and Costa Rica. Alienware has a self-owned and operated call center in Costa Rica to handle all sales and support calls for a number of years.^[8] The Alienware call center in Costa Rica has won numerous awards and has been the subject of study by industry insiders. Additionally, Alienware allows customers to send in old computer hardware in exchange for credit toward new hardware as part of their AlienExchange program.^[9] Europe, the Middle East and Africa, usually abbreviated to EMEA, is a regional designation used for government, marketing and business purposes. ... WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: , Irish grid reference N033420 Statistics Province: Leinster & Connacht County: Dáil Éireann: Westmeath European Parliament: East Dialling code: 090, +353 90 Elevation: 56 m Population (2006) 17,544 [2]  Website: www. ... Also see: 2002 (number). ... A fiscal year (or financial year or accounting reference date) is a 12-month period used for calculating annual (yearly) financial statements in businesses and other organizations. ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... USD redirects here. ... A call centre (Commonwealth English) or call center (AmE) is a centralized office of a company that answers incoming telephone calls from customers(often for the purposes of product support) , or that makes outgoing telephone calls to customers (telemarketing). ...

Competitors

Alienware has traditionally competed with companies such as Falcon Northwest, Velocity Micro, and VoodooPC (which is now part of Dell's largest competitor, Hewlett-Packard). Before being acquired by Dell, Alienware also competed against Dell XPS gaming systems. Falcon Northwest is a personal computer manufacturing company located in Medford, Oregon, USA which was founded in 1992 by its current President Kelt Reeves. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... This article is about the system hardware manufacturer. ... This article is about the corporation Dell, Inc. ... The Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE: HPQ), commonly known as HP, is a very large, global company headquartered in Palo Alto, California, United States. ... The Dell XPS is a high-end line of gaming computers sold by Dell. ...

Overall

Alienware is one of the best computer companies on the market. Their customer support is amazing with their 24 hour support. If u are even considering getting an alienware you should purchase one because of their overall reliability.

References

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See also

• List of Computer System Manufacturers
• Dell

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External links

• Official Alienware Website
• Alienware Europe
• Reseller Ratings Store Ratings
• Alien Technology at HowStuffWorks
• Aleinware Media Centers