Dell offering Amd processors, surely not!

[ayoub_ibrahim]

INTEL-ONLY COMPUTER SELLER Dell is offering AMD Opteron processors for sale.
The direct-seller isn't building PCs around these chips yet. But the pressure's mounting.


UPDATE
Spookily, the Opteron link has been downed. It was on a state government ordering page, where, maybe Dell thought Intel might not notice.

Anyhow, it's 7.30pm in the UK now and I should be settling down to watch Arsenal stuff Chelsea.

Shall we see how long it takes Dell to bork this link to an "ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES AthlonXP 3200 plus PIB Barton 400FSB", which they're offering for just $231.58?

http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=14931

[isochar]

Dell was quoted saying that AMD products were coming ... where's the shock?

[Chrono_Wanderer]

i posted a link ages ago... on AMD Opteron server, and its pretty well know... I don't think Intel can do anything about it.

[isochar]

I have a feeling that this came with Intel's permission.

[Kurt]

I have a feeling this might not happen after all...as Intel readies it's AMD64 chips...can you say Q2?

[DentyCracker]

Bloody Arsenal drew the fvcking match. Grrrr.

[DentyCracker]

As soon as it makes economic sense to sell AMD stuff, Dell will be doing it. As long as Dell feels it can sell the machines and not have to do a lot of tech support, it will. I predict they will use AMD or SiS chipsets in their initial AMD offerings

[DentyCracker]

Check this, a "misunderstanding" ?

http://news.com.com/2100-1006_3-5178...l?tag=nefd_top

[Wombat]

Originally posted by DentyCracker
As soon as it makes economic sense to sell AMD stuff, Dell will be doing it. As long as Dell feels it can sell the machines and not have to do a lot of tech support, it will. I predict they will use AMD or SiS chipsets in their initial AMD offerings

Except that Dell gets *HUGE* discounts from Intel for selling Intel exclusively.

[Kooldino]

Originally posted by DentyCracker
As soon as it makes economic sense to sell AMD stuff, Dell will be doing it. As long as Dell feels it can sell the machines and not have to do a lot of tech support, it will. I predict they will use AMD or SiS chipsets in their initial AMD offerings

It was economically sensible for Dell to offer AMD CPUs for the past 4 or 5 years now.

[Kooldino]

Originally posted by DentyCracker
Check this, a "misunderstanding" ?

http://news.com.com/2100-1006_3-5178...l?tag=nefd_top

ah-ha.

[Wombat]

Originally posted by Kooldino
It was economically sensible for Dell to offer AMD CPUs for the past 4 or 5 years now.

Not with the deals they were getting from Intel. I've seen those deals - I wouldn't have been selling AMD either.