Alienware closing manufacturing facility in Ireland

This is some news that might be of interest for Alienware customers: Alienware is closing their Irish manufacturing facilities and moving everything to Dell's facilities. I wonder what this will mean (if anything) for build time, etc.

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If your in USA this should have no effect on your build time. If you live outside the US it may considering now the computer will have to be built in america and then shipped overseas, unless Dell has a manufacturing plant overseas somewhere.

 

Actually Dell Does have a few facilities overseas and I believe one in either Ireland or the UK.

 

it says in the post there going to be made in poland ....

 

i'm quite sorry 'bout that. i have dealt with the irish service and it was great, i also recieved my m17 two weeks before the estimated shipping date

 

Dell are closing their main facility in Ireland as well.

 

dam. I bought a dell xps 210 from dell and got it in 2 days. If i buy from dell again after these factories close how long would it take

btw i live in the UK

 

Hmm seems like this will have a negative affect on our friends in the UK. Sorry to hear this guys!

 

anger much ? in-fart-ion

coming your way lol

 

its all about bottom line.
while it sucks, and the fact now the dell will mix with AW (which a lot of us where hoping against), this may be a good step towards a more affordable AW unit (desktop or book) for more people.
it was always said that AW units were outpriced and too expensive. well, now there is a chance the prices may be more competative for the masses.

 

You know that Dell have owned AW for 3 years, or so right? The original post even says so. Dell know that people are still buying AWs with their premium pricing, so why would they lower the currently AW price?

 

yes i am aware of that. (anyone owning an AW should at least) but previously they had not integrated the facilities and AW was acting as an extension of dell. (i.e. while dell owned them, they still operated as an independant company).
the fact of doing this may signal what i posted prior.

 

Ah, I see. That would be horrid then.

Also, on the note of shipping time. I've been constantly checking the AW site for price changes, newer GPUs and any other updates since I will be ordering an m17 soon and noticed that they must have got some more 3870s in stock since they are no longer listed as delaying the order. Also, they estimate shipping at 10 days (28th April), provided you don't get the TV tuner. I'm considering ordering now, rather than waiting a month when they may have closed the Ireland facility and delivery may take several weeks.

 

they may already be sending new orders to other facilities to be filled.
as a biz, you dont continue to build to the last minute, you slowly transfer jobs, stock, people, and the like over time.

 

depends on what you make/produce.

 

i agree, but with a company the size of dell, you dont wait.
if it was a candle making comany with a small employee base, and limited equipment, i can see staying longer or until near last minute.
but with dell, i dont see the need to staff or fully operate till the last minute.

 

That's surprising! I need to return my M15x to the depot in ireland coz of unstable system & major errors.

 

Year, I am realy sorry to hear that! I exprereneced the same and what is now about my support?

Greetings
Julian