[BREAKING NEWS] DELL is now accepting Bitcoin !!!

[Swordsoffreedom]

This is where the accelerations of total businesses that accept bitcoin is only going to get faster each day.

Resistance is futile. 

Ah now I feel like the Bitcoin Borg 

Anyway to mass acceleration may bitcoins growth get faster each day and good job to the people promoting it to snatch a few big players already

[BitCoinDream]

This is where the accelerations of total businesses that accept bitcoin is only going to get faster each day.

Resistance is futile. 

Ah now I feel like the Bitcoin Borg 

Anyway to mass acceleration may bitcoins growth get faster each day and good job to the people promoting it to snatch a few big players already

I dont know if the community will agree with me. I feel, rather than snatching big players, adding new players who buy & sell in Bitcoin is more important to the Bitcoin economy. Dish Network to DELL Computers, none will hold Bitcoin. They'll get paid in Bitcoin and dump it in the market to convert it in FIAT. Bitcoin startups wont most likely be doing this...

[haploid23]

Yes this is exciting now, but when more and more merchants accept btc, the effect of Breaking News headlines will wear off, and eventually it'll just be a normal thing.

[bryant.coleman]

Why they are limiting Bitcoins only for Alienware purchases? I would have considered them if they accepted the same for XPS / Inspiron. Alienware is far too expensive for me. (Anyway I can't use Bitcoin on their site, as they are currently accepting BTC only from users within the United States).

[Swordsoffreedom]

This is where the accelerations of total businesses that accept bitcoin is only going to get faster each day.

Resistance is futile. 

Ah now I feel like the Bitcoin Borg 

Anyway to mass acceleration may bitcoins growth get faster each day and good job to the people promoting it to snatch a few big players already

I dont know if the community will agree with me. I feel, rather than snatching big players, adding new players who buy & sell in Bitcoin is more important to the Bitcoin economy. Dish Network to DELL Computers, none will hold Bitcoin. They'll get paid in Bitcoin and dump it in the market to convert it in FIAT. Bitcoin startups wont most likely be doing this...

Well actually that is a good point as well the big ones will likely just keep dumping in the sense that they will convert directly to fiat the positive spinoff though is that if some new merchants need to be convinced someone can throw a few big names now that accept Bitcoin as examples that its a far more interesting system.

The shadow of Mtgox collapsing is still a specter and needs to be removed one way or another so that positive spin is helpful in the end.

[Catmoonglow]

Wow they did this in 14 days!!! Good job!

[FUR11]

That's great! They used to be known as an overpriced business/AOL-consumer hardware provider, but they actually build some decent products. I've heard a lot of people rave about their monitors. They're really supposed to be a valid alternative to Apple Cinema Displays, for example!

[williamj2543]

Their monitors are the best. They have very cheap very good quality consumer monitors (I am currently on a s2340l as I am typing this), and they also have the best professional photo/video editing monitors.

[beetcoin]

Their monitors are the best. They have very cheap very good quality consumer monitors (I am currently on a s2340l as I am typing this), and they also have the best professional photo/video editing monitors.

yeah i was going to buy one of their refurbished IPS monitors, but mine started working again magically. i always hear these great things about those dell monitors, but i guess i don't need it now.

[Ron~Popeil]

Their monitors are the best. They have very cheap very good quality consumer monitors (I am currently on a s2340l as I am typing this), and they also have the best professional photo/video editing monitors.

yeah i was going to buy one of their refurbished IPS monitors, but mine started working again magically. i always hear these great things about those dell monitors, but i guess i don't need it now.

I have two monitors from Dell that I bought refurbished in 2008 and they still work quite well as additional displays for my iMac. My old Dell laser printer is still chuffing along quite capably as well. When I do eventually replace them I will probably go Dell again just because they beat Apple into the bit coin universe.   

[haploid23]

Their monitors are the best. They have very cheap very good quality consumer monitors (I am currently on a s2340l as I am typing this), and they also have the best professional photo/video editing monitors.

yeah i was going to buy one of their refurbished IPS monitors, but mine started working again magically. i always hear these great things about those dell monitors, but i guess i don't need it now.

Been on two Dell IPS monitors since 2010 and they still work great. They do make some great monitors, although I think the OEM panels are from LG. I don't think Dell actually makes any of their parts inhouse. The only gripe I have with these monitors is that in this day and age, there were no HDMI 

I can't vouch for any of their mainstream consumer PCs though. Those are generally crap parts inside.

[williamj2543]

Their monitors are the best. They have very cheap very good quality consumer monitors (I am currently on a s2340l as I am typing this), and they also have the best professional photo/video editing monitors.

yeah i was going to buy one of their refurbished IPS monitors, but mine started working again magically. i always hear these great things about those dell monitors, but i guess i don't need it now.

Been on two Dell IPS monitors since 2010 and they still work great. They do make some great monitors, although I think the OEM panels are from LG. I don't think Dell actually makes any of their parts inhouse. The only gripe I have with these monitors is that in this day and age, there were no HDMI 

I can't vouch for any of their mainstream consumer PCs though. Those are generally crap parts inside.

Yea mine is 1080p IPS 23 inch glossy. Its a beauty. Sad thing is it came with a VGA cable.

[ipnone5only]

Wow they did this in 14 days!!! Good job!

I don't think this can be overstated. A company with nearly $60 billion in revenue implemented an entirely new payment system and has it up and running in 14 days. Mostly everyone has heard that Bitcoin can save on credit card processing fees but not everyone knows just how easy it is to implement and use.

[hibr3d]

Were there alienware discount or i missed it?

[EnterReturn]

I hope that either Tigerdirect or Newegg starts paying Dell in Bitcoin for some of their B2B purchases. That would be huge.

[Summer,69]

Actual serious question here: how is this helpful to anybody except those who already own Bitcoin? Unless you presume that the price of Bitcoin will constantly rise, that is. Otherwise, how is this functionally better from using a credit card?

And before someone mentions identify theft: buying from Dell's website means you'll be making an account with them anyway, regardless of how you pay.

[Summer,69]

Sure, you're safe from CC theft... because the burden of securing your financial information has been shifted from a credit card company or bank to yourself, which most people do not want and can not competently do. And that's basically the only possible "benefit" I can see.

[2good2betrue]

This is actually surprising. shrug. Lets see how it goes.

[jc01480]

Sure, you're safe from CC theft... because the burden of securing your financial information has been shifted from a credit card company or bank to yourself, which most people do not want and can not competently do. And that's basically the only possible "benefit" I can see.

I agree.  If you knew what big companies pay to secure their credit card-holder data, and all the PCI obligations that come with it, you see that this in and of itself is huge!

[DooMAD]

Actual serious question here: how is this helpful to anybody except those who already own Bitcoin? Unless you presume that the price of Bitcoin will constantly rise, that is. Otherwise, how is this functionally better from using a credit card?

And before someone mentions identify theft: buying from Dell's website means you'll be making an account with them anyway, regardless of how you pay.

I think you've got the question back to front.  How is a currency that no one accepts useful to anyone?  These are all small steps to something much bigger, but people generally won't see the benefit for a while yet.  It's going to be helpful to people who may need an alternative to cash and cards at some point (and the likelihood of that is increasing by the day in most places).  The more vendors that accept Bitcoin, the more useful it becomes.  It also helps create positive awareness, because anyone who bought the poorly researched stories about Bitcoin being some sort of elaborate scam now have evidence to the contrary.