Alienware‘s new leader is Austin’s favorite college dropout, Michael Dell. According to a press release on the Dell site yesterday, Dell has confirmed their intent to acquire Alienware, the computer gaming system company which brought us all the nifty Star Wars pimped out boxes. The plan is for Alienware to continue to operate as a somewhat independent entity, while enjoying the advantages of Dell’s economies of scale. Dell claims to sell more computer systems than any other company in the world and is number twenty-eight on the Fortune 500. Those cyberpunk day traders among you will find that the NASDAQ symbol for Alienware’s new daddy is pleasingly predictably DELL.
