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Dell Partners With MakerBot To Resell 3D Printers and Scanners

Posted by Unknown on from the rebranding-for-fun-and-profit dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Dell today announced a partnership with MakerBot to offer Replicator 3D printers and scanners to small and medium-sized businesses looking for faster and more affordable ways of prototyping. The products are slated to become available for purchase on February 20 in the U.S."

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  1. But ... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Interesting

    But ... do they come with the schematics to produce replacement parts for your now overpriced and under supported Dell 3D printer?

    1. Re:But ... by game+kid · · Score: 4, Interesting

      It's MakerBot, so they'll offer that as a bullet point and then send you an addendum that says "About that schematics thing...lolno" in hazy corporatespeak.

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    2. Re:But ... by mnt · · Score: 2

      This. MakerBot turned from an open source darling to the corporate evil we all hate today. And it's about time to leave Thingiverse (now called Makerbot Thingiverse, including Makerbot ads) and go to youmagine, cubehero or others because it's gotten just way too makerbot centric.

  2. Product Lineup by NFN_NLN · · Score: 5, Informative

    Here is the product lineup Dell plans to sell:

    MakerBot Replicator 2 Desktop 3D Printer – 100-micron layer resolution and a 410-cubic-inch build volume priced at $2,199.
    MakerBot Replicator 2X Experimental 3D Printer – features experimental dual extrusion optimized for printing with MakerBot ABS Filament, available for $2,799.
    MakerBot Replicator Mini Compact 3D Printer – fast and easy one-touch 3D printing will be available in the spring at an anticipated price of $1,375.
    MakerBot Replicator Desktop 3D Printer – provides a large build volume and fast print times to accelerate rapid prototyping and model making, available for pre-order at $2,899.
    MakerBot Replicator Z18 3D Printer – massive build volume and the best price to performance ratio in its category, available in the spring of 2014 for $6,499.
    MakerBot Digitizer Desktop 3D Scanner – optimized for use MakerBot Replicator Desktop 3D Printers and MakerBot Thingiverse, available at the price of $949.

    So it looks like $1,375 is the base price.

  3. Some value added features by MobyDisk · · Score: 5, Funny

    In true Dell tradition, it will come with some additional features not present in the regular Makerbot Replicators:

    * The custom Dell firmware will be the same as the regular Makerbot firmware, but will come with additional Dell branded support features that make your printer go 1/2 the speed. You can however, uninstall these tools.

    * It will come with free red filament, a 30-day free trial blue filament, a "light" green filament.
    The red filament will not be compatible with your new 3D printer. The blue filament will automatically bill your credit card after 30 days even if you have not used it. The "light" green filament is half the diameter of the "full" green filament and will cause your prints to break. You can optionally upgrade this to the "full" green filament for half price.

  4. They better do something by rmdingler · · Score: 3, Insightful
    When you're number three in the PC market, behind acquisition-minded HP and Lenovo, it's not as if you can rest on your laurels.

    As a plus for me and mine personally, I welcome the spread of 3D printers to bring the cost of my future purchase way, way down.

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  5. Great! by kamapuaa · · Score: 2

    This will really help companies that need to make plastic cups and little toys - and in a hurry!

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