Comments on: The Aliens are Landing http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/the-aliens-are-landing/ Digital Trends is your home for technology news, CE product reviews, mobile app reviews and daily videos. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 16:28:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Geoff Duncan http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/the-aliens-are-landing/#comment-52241 Geoff Duncan Mon, 12 Dec 2005 11:44:22 +0000 http://www.digitaltrends.com#comment-52241 <p>Alienware inked a deal with Best Buy in 2002. I don't know if that deal is still in effect, although no Alienware products appear to be "findable" in Best Buy's online catalog.<br /> <br /> In any case, I doubt a single retail store would put the kibosh on a deal like that: after all, Best Buy, CompUSA, and other chains sell Macs, and Apple has a number of successful retail stores of its own in high-end locations worldwide. Of course, independent Apple dealers haven't necessarily been very happy about the Apple Stores....<br /></p> Alienware inked a deal with Best Buy in 2002. I don't know if that deal is still in effect, although no Alienware products appear to be “findable” in Best Buy's online catalog.

In any case, I doubt a single retail store would put the kibosh on a deal like that: after all, Best Buy, CompUSA, and other chains sell Macs, and Apple has a number of successful retail stores of its own in high-end locations worldwide. Of course, independent Apple dealers haven't necessarily been very happy about the Apple Stores….

]]> By: Ian Bell http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/the-aliens-are-landing/#comment-52240 Ian Bell Fri, 09 Dec 2005 13:10:34 +0000 http://www.digitaltrends.com#comment-52240 Aren't their systems already available at Best Buy? Did that deal go south? I wonder how their store might impact that relationship. Aren't their systems already available at Best Buy? Did that deal go south? I wonder how their store might impact that relationship.

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