Dell May Try AMD Chips For Some Servers

Posted by timothy on Friday November 12, 2004 @05:52PM from the weeeeeellll-let-me-think-it-over dept.

LarsWestergren writes "According to InfoWorld, Dell may be close to adopting AMD processors. Don't get your hopes up too early though. It is mainly for servers (and possibly "gaming"?) since AMD doesn't have the manufacturing capacity to supply Dell with enough processors for the desktop. Furthermore, Dell have said similar things before, possibly to put pressure on Intel and get better deals from them. Still, this is definitely a PR win for AMD." Intel, though, has a lot more ad dollars to contribute.

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uhh by nomadic · 2004-11-12 18:26 · Score: 1, Offtopic

Don't get your hopes up too early though.

Ok, I won't.

Uhhh, why on earth would I care one way or the either? Why would my hopes be raised?
Re:For Real This Time? by Ianoo · 2004-11-12 22:22 · Score: 0, Offtopic

I have had some very positive experiences with Ubuntu Linux recently. It seems powerful, configurable, yet easy to install for newer users. They also have a billionaire backing them, so their future seems fairly assured.