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Dell Still Intel Only

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the dude-you-overpaid-for-your-dell dept.

wyckedone writes "Dell Computers has no plans to offer the new dual-core AMD Opteron even though it has been proven that "Opteron's integrated memory controller and multiple Hypertransport interconnects help it outperform Intel's Xeon processor on many benchmarks, especially those that measure the performance of memory-intensive applications.". HP, IBM and Sun Microsystems have all announced that they are going to release servers based on the new AMD chip. Why not offer customers an alternative that has better performance instead of risking the lose of those customers to another vendor that does? Intel has no plans to release a dual-core Xeon until 2006."

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  1. Dude! by TimeTrav · · Score: 5, Funny

    Dude! Youre not getting a dualcore!

    FP

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  2. In Other News by CleverNickedName · · Score: 5, Funny

    Dell Computers has no plans to offer the new dual-core AMD Opteron

    Also in the news:
    - Ford has no plans to offer the new Honda engine.
    - Suse has no plans to offer the new SP2 patch.
    - Cadbury's Roses has no plans to offer the new Quality Street fillings.

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  3. In other news... by stretch0611 · · Score: 4, Funny
    Just after the surprise announcement that Dell won't do intel, Microsoft came out and announced that it has no plans to offer MS Office for Linux.

    These announcements have shocked the geek community so bad that highly intelligent virgins all over the world are committing suicide.

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  4. Re:There are many other reasons to switch from del by hng_rval · · Score: 3, Funny

    I was agreeing with you until I saw I do like dell workstations and home PCs and laptops

    Dell laptops are the worst brand of laptops you can buy. They break constantly. I go to school with 200 people who own a Dell laptop. Without fail, everyone I know with a Dell laptop has had very big problems.

    If you're not buying a Mac, you're much better off with an IBM or Panasonic or a lesser-known brand

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