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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. DONGS, LOL. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    LOL, DONGS.

  2. Wolf by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    how melodramatic

  3. OT Flashback... by cuzality · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Dude, you're getting arrested!
    NEW YORK (CNN) -- Benjamin Curtis, better known as the "Dell Dude" from the computer company's television commercials, was released from jail Monday after being arrested on Manhattan's Lower East Side on suspicion of trying to buy marijuana....
    1. Re:OT Flashback... by iggymanz · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      the funnier headline at the time was "Dude, you're getting a cell!

  4. In other news... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Generalísimo Franco is still dead.

  5. Hmmm... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Maybe AMD should buy Intel for $3.4B.

  6. Re:what by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Brilliant moderation there!

    Mod this one 'insightful'.

  7. Re:Makes perfect business sense by Edie+O'Teditor · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    Most end user's don't care
    Most end user's pet halibuts don't care?
    Most end user's trousers don't care?
    Most end user's toenails don't care?
    --
    If X is the new Y, and Y is "X is the new Y", solve for X.