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http://en.community.dell.com/dell-blogs/direct2dell/b/direct2dell/archive/2014/07/18/we-re-now-accepting-bitcoin-on-dell-com.aspx

Excellent news! What this enables now are startups that need some basic IT infrastructure that are in the Bitcoin Space to directly use their crowdfunded or VC (BTC) funded bitcoins for direct purchase of Dell hardware.

This is awesome!!

And it comes with a discount.

Pretty good news considering Dell are known for good quality (ish) computers and I will always accept a discount when paying for Bitcoin! Great stuff. I know where the majority of Bitcoiners will be getting their new computers this year.

It definitely is, others should catch on and follow their example.

Wow. First NewEgg and now Dell. That is pretty amazing. It's catching on now. Coinbase must have a good sales team.

Wow, that is good news. Seems to be more and more merchnats getting on board every day.

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Amazon... are you listening?

I wonder if it's coinbase that is actively pursuing this sort of companies? If so, well done.

http://www.dell.com/learn/us/en/uscorp1/campaigns/bitcoin-marketing

press release on dells website

its legit guys, not a hacked dell twitter feed, if anyone was wondering :D

You can buy PC components ad stuff from Overclockers here in the UK too I believe.

I wonder when we're really gonna get the big news from Amazon or eBay. Surely it's only a matter of time.

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Are they gonna keep a part of bitcoins they receive or are they going to dump them all for $$?

I assume the latter... just a retoric question.

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Well they'll probably just get the fiat value from coinbase, though it's not impossible to keep some btc as that's what Overstock do. Regardless it's still great news for bitcoin whether they do or don't.

Overstock , newegg, Expedia, and now Dell.... its just matter of time before Ebay , and amazon joins the race and than we can get to a point where whales will not be able to influence  market. :)

Wow, that's good news, that is very surprising. Dell now, Microsoft tomorrow?  ;D

man, all this good news and the price still remains unchanged.. not complaining too much though, it will probably just make the next bull-run more explosive.

To be completely honest, Bitcoin getting accepted by more and more companies would not increase the price, if anything the price would decrease more since those companies immediately sell any bitcoins they acquire from users buying their products...The only way the price would increase is if a large amount of people decide to buy Bitcoin at relatively the same time. Other than that, it's all speculation and doesn't warrant a price increase.

Oh! Haha, I guess I must have misremembered.

Good to see both companies doing well anyway. Better than just having one dominate the large corporate scene for sure.

Some big news right there  :)... so amazon where are you?

That's awesome.

Dell's accepting? MAJOR victory for cryptos right here!

It actually makes me very happy to see Dell accepting Bitcoin, and it shows how easy it is for big companies to start accepting it. Now if only more and more companies could start following in it's wake...

BTC up 1% on the dell news!

This is unreal! Dell is the world's 5th largest computer manufacturer and they are now taking bitcoin! This is totally unexpected. eBay/PayPal should learn from them, don't talk about it, just do it!  ;)

This is great news and it will mean we will see a lot more companies large and small now start to accept bitcoin.... we should see the price go up in the coming months...

Share this news on twitter and Fb if you can....

Mikey Dell haha

They would be able to sell bitcoins because those bitcoins would have been previously bought by Dell's customers. So no downwards pressure.

Not if those Dell's customers were bagholders...Which I suspect, many many people are after the November Bull Run.

I dont get it. Why is btc price dropping again? . I thought this would be great news + they were offering a 10% discount if you pay with bitcoin which would in theory get people who were in the process of buying from Dell anyway buy BTC first and pay that way ??
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If they didn't sell the bag on the markets, why would they use it to buy hardware?

True, but these type of news actually tend to decrease the price.

But then again, why would someone buy BTC just to buy products online that they could of bought more easily with Fiat?

Well, they wouldn't buy it unless they had a reason, which might just very well be that they want an "anonymous" transaction. (Yes I know BTC is pseudoanonymous)

There also is the 10% discount, so the discount probably outweighs the fees require to buy BTC. You can save up to $150, and I doubt BTC buying fees would be that high, so it does have it's advantages.

I'm On the same page I was expecting it to go around 650 tonight  , But I'll wait for few more hours before making any opinion about it, because its weekend and we might see a price rise on Monday morning or maybe earlier. In recent times adoptions from big companies hasn't made any huge Impact on price , whether we talk about Expedia , newegg or others, but they can't ignore it for longer. Can they its all building up?  

They simply have technology that sells itsef  ;D

Apple is going to be forced to accept it or they will lose market share to dell and other tech businesses. Hurry up apple! Lol

Apple might be really slow getting to it, if they are they'll blame it on anything they can.

Although, if Apple starts accepting it, chances are Sony/Samsung/Google will have to start accepting it to compete with Apple, or lose a part of their market, and then other places will have to start accepting Bitcoin to compete, etc.

So we are seeing the slow rise of Bitcoin being accepted in LOTS of places. Makes me quite happy :)

apple likes playing and negotiating on their own terms.. which is why i think they might not accept bitcoin until or unless it's absolutely necessary - it's because they can't control it.

Somebody correct me if I'm wrong, but this is the first Fortune 100 company to accept transactions in bitcoin isn't it? Next stop, top 50! Anyone thinks this has any impact on possible retail acceptance?

By the way, can someone clarify if we're able to buy stuff from Dell's subsidiaries in BTC?

another one bytes the dust, and another one and another one, and anotherone bytes the dust!

How many of you still use Dell Computers?   I have them for my company, but I stopped using Dell computers a long time ago.  They were always pretty reliable, but never to aesthetically pleasing (I know that shouldn't matter all that much in a laptop selection).  

In terms of Ultra Books at least, I feel like Acer and Asus (for PC) have far surpassed them, but Dell still has the big-time name recognition that will help with bringing BTC to the mainstream.


Maybe Apple will follow suit?   haha jk

I think that apple will try to get bitpay or coinbase to lower their price for processing bitcon payments for them before they will start accepting bitcoin

yes this, it makes BTC more transactional than store of value, so possibly early adopters with a stash can cash out their BTC, but the price is pushed down.

What is the benefit to acquire BTC then buy something with it straight away...not much at the moment as it cost a % cost to acquire from fiat. There is a sfatey aspect of not Credit card...and avoiding those fees.

Store of value and large transactions are important. That said, these large players may actually choose to keep a % of BTC...I know I would!

To date though I am not sure and retail adoption has seen the price increase....

This is great news, it wont be long and everyone will take bitcoin. I can see it just around the corner.
If a few more larger places jump on it could set a trend for the future to come.

I am not a dell fan but this is good news for bitcoin. The more retailers that accept it, the higher the price will go. If we can get ebay to start taking it (I doubt it) we will be well on our way to long term success.

You're actually right that Dell is no longer as prevalent in the home computing scene; that's the primary detractor of this story (if there really is one). I wonder if they would transfer the usage of bitcoins over to their commercial sector (where most of their portfolio is currently located). That'd actually be quite an interesting development.

This is outstanding news. I don't use dell products but this is a great thing for bitcoin. Now we need IBM. 

Dell stated that Coinbase called them a while back but that Dell returned the call 14 days ago.

dell isn't what it used to be.. i think they recently went private right? but still, their ultrabooks are pretty nice, namely the xps 13.. i like them more than the asus/acer variety. it's slimmer than your average 13.3" laptop and has a lot of nice features, and ultimately feels nicer in my hands.

have you seen any retail acceptance ever make the price go up?

I don't know how people can not see that retail is a small low value part of the economy

i wasn't paying a whole lot of attention at the time, but when overstock accepted bitcoin didn't it provide a minor jolt.. until the whole mt. gox debacle? other than that, i can't really think of any example. right now, it seems that acceptance isn't a big boon for bitcoin.. i still think an ETF will send it through the roof though.

Awesome news, but I still hate Dell!

I guess this includes Alienware? can anyone confirm that?

have you read any of these articles? dell is currently offering 10% off on all alienware purchases.

No I just woke up and my eyes are not working 100% yet..

But thanks I guess.

Good news. But there is no rally.

good news.
i never use dell product.
but i want to buy alienware :o
whether it applies to other countries?

Never really liked Dell computers but it's definately awesome news ;D

If anything all these increasingly bigger companies accepting BTC show the legitimacy of it.

What will it look like in 1 year from now? I've got the feeling that we better all strap on our seatbelts 8)

Very nice  ;D

this is awesome  :o :o

I use cheapo Dell PowerEdge R210 servers to manage and control my mining farm - one R210 per cabinet. Time to buy more...

Why the hell do you need it to be aesthetically pleasing? Do you sit and stare at the case all day? If it really bothers you that much, then swap out the case. I would have expected an answer along the lines of: "mainstream dell computers use bare minimum, cheap ass parts that they slap a warranty on"

Although some of their servers and rebranded PSU's are some of the most power efficient ones.

Can anyone confirm for me whether alienware.com is also accepting bitcoin? Or, can the alienware computers be purchased from dell.com with bitcoin?

 I was thinking of getting a new laptop and one of those gaming laptops looks pretty sweet.
 

I heard alienware also accept bitcoin and %10 discount for bitcoin.

dell accepts bitcoins aaaannnd. gues what? no impact. market dosent cares. :P and why?? cuz fundamentals aaaarrree TERRIBLE.

As far as I know, Alienware was bought out by dell a long time ago. They are a part of dell, but if they operate on separate websites, then you probably can't purchase with btc, unless the Alienware computers were on the actual Dell website.

I remember being able to order Alienware from the Dell site. Might not have been the overpriced premium line tho.

Wow.. they said "digital currency" and not "virtual currency". Dell gets it! :)

The market will likely not react to it right away, but over time it will be a net positive for the market.

In the over time we will see rising in Bitcoin. This is the most fascinating news about bitcoin in last days.
Good days are coming guys! BTCBTCBTCBTCBTCBTC  ;D

corse.
but that just IF fundamentals will be fixed.
please someone tell me how it possible right now to be sure that >50% attack will not be done by someone? any second bitcoin system could be hacked and all btcs stolen.

This type of news always makes me wonder what other companies are considering accepting it as it's not a descision you would make over night.

Every company on the internet basically.  Perhaps some anti bitcoin peeps like apple will show resilience.

huge news amazon next???

Great news, the mainstream acceptance train continues. Soon enough we will have all the big technology retailers using Bitcoin. After that it's time for the other industries to jump on the bandwagon.

They decided against it a few months back. Basically stating that it wasn't "what they were hearing from their customers".

I'm sure by the end of 2014, they'll be accepting.

Overstock.com have proved that it can be a success.

Them or ebay I hope.


LOL. All your btcs are belong to us.

This is awesome.  The list just keeps on growing.

It's been a great year so far in regards to larger sized companies accepting bitcoin. Doesn't seem like the trend is showing any signs of slowing down either.

I think merchnats will keep on being added almost daily with a big one every two or three months, I just wish the price would rise to reflect this.

Price probably rises as new money enters the into the btc market as a result of more merchants accepting btc. However, price is only important if you use btc as an investment/speculation. In this case for merchant and the mass public using btc as a currency, the price is irrelevant. Stability is more important.

It seems to me like everyday more and more cash is going into bitcoin. Hopefully soon demand will outsource supply and cause a spike.

Well it's nice that bussnies like this one wich is really big is promoting bitcoin with discount, but it sucks that they dump them for fiat :/

10% bitcoin discount when purchasing alienware laptops too. Awesome.
(Yes I know alienware is overpriced, let's not get derailed please.)

They don't have much other options, Bitcoin haven't evolved to that level yet where people won't dump it for fiat. But maybe in future they might like it acquire more and more btc and all the people will be dumping their fiat for btc.

maybe stability is more important, but most people here are only concerned about price.. and that's just the way it works. but i do agree that the price does not necessarily reflect its position.

Anyone know if Dell will ship the pc abroad?

DELL is first PC company to accept Bit coin， Lenovo no， HP no， Asus of course no

The fact that dell accepts bitcoin will likely cause others to want to invest in bitcoin and bitcoin related businesses

Dell would have been the last company I thought would accept bitcoin. That's unexpected.

Dell? Whoa, they ARE bigger than Overstock and DISH combined. Is it really just the media hype? Maybe many companies just don't exactly know what do make of bitcoin and decide to better embrace it to avoid missing the train choo choo!

Merchants do not need to worry about price stability as coinbase and bitpay allow merchants to instantly cash out when they receive a bitcoin payment.

Not at the moment.

A quote from Dell's CIO:

source:
http://www.coindesk.com/dell-bitcoin-aligns-brand-innovation/ (http://www.coindesk.com/dell-bitcoin-aligns-brand-innovation/)

is it? you think the "mass public" is buying BTC to use it as a currency, as opposed to investment/speculation? i find that pretty unlikely. anyway, stability is no matter to merchants because by and large, they process through Bitpay/Coinbase.

That's great news!
I like Dell computers and I like Bitcoin! ;D

This is not happening yet, but I would argue that it will likely happen in the future when a lot more large merchants start to accept bitcoin and more merchants start to offer discounts for buying with bitcoin

thats good ..

Dell? Wow yeah, almost forgot about them. Are they still a big thing? I always figured they're something for those business people in a suit! Man this really could get bitcoin up to all those CEOs in their fancy skyscrapers! I really should safe some BTC, this rocket might take off any minute!

I also got the feeling the rocket is standing at the launch pad and about to take off.

When the ETF will be launched together with all the great news lately there is no doubt we will see a big rally.

I hope it will still take a little while tho so I can buy some more coins while still in the 3 digit zone ::)

that's what people have been saying for about 2 months now, and nothing has happened. i'm still holding out on hopes, but maybe it will make a run. all i know is that big merchants accepting bitcoin has not resulted in a lot of people buying bitcoin, which explains why it hasn't skyrocketed yet.

Yeah the ETF will be really interesting! Man, some investment vehicle for the people who like to throw money at things! That's exactly what bictoin needs. What is your expectations on when it is ready to hit Wall Street?

Dell is a big player, now let's wait for a bigger one.  8)

This is a good news, one day cryptocurrency will become the same as Visa, Master Card as a major payment approach

It will take some time, all this good news results in Bitcoin's image turning from "silk road drug currency" to something more legitimate. This doesn't mean that people new to Bitcoin hear that Dell is accepting bitcoins immediately start buying them.

They might read a little about it, they find out that it's a lot more complicated than you would think at the first glance, then they might buy some to test it out like everyone does, then they get hooked, tell their friends etc. etc.


I think price-wise we will see a top around 4k-5k, maybe higher maybe lower.

However I do think the chance of going higher than 5k will be higher than going lower than 3k if you look at previous rallies. Ofcourse historical data isn't everything but we have seen in the past that when the price is rising fast people will panic buy to not miss out, even if the price is already unsustainably high.

This is really interesting. Apple, your next move? :D

It appears that the acceptance of BTC by Dell is going to be a more gradual benefit to the market. Prices were not immediately affected, but will probably affect prices long term since other major corporations will most likely follow their lead.

If I am not wrong, I believe this is only for dell usa right? I don't think they're accepting btc worldwide and did anybody tried to purchase any laptops using btc with dell yet? how did it go?

Yes as stated before it hasn't had any impact on bitcoin value but it's a great news, now maybe other hardware companies are wondering to adopt btc, I'm thinking about HP, ASUS, ACER and others.

I'm surprised it hasn't had more of an impact on the price but definitely good news.

Not sure Amazon is too fond of bitcoin :(

Amazon Says It Won’t Accept Bitcoin - http://time.com/63376/amazon-bitcoin/

That was April... long ago ;)

I'd bet they will change their tune after eBay starts accepting it.   8)