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AMD Tops Intel in U.S. Retail Sales

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the not-the-underdog dept.

jimmydins writes "According to digitimes.com, AMD Surpassed Intel in US Retail Sales for the month of September." From the article: "After facing what seemed an insurmountable decline in desktop PC sales during the first six months of 2005, Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) captured a 52% share of the US retail desktop PC market in September, according to Current Analysis. AMD's performance during the back-to-school shopping season topped chip giant Intel's 46% share by six points, said the market research firm. Despite its past successes in surpassing Intel desktop sales in select retail sales weeks, September 2005 marked the first time AMD was able to outperform Intel for an entire month, the research firm stated." In order to keep this in perspective, C|Net points out that this doesn't include direct PC sales, so no Dell sales are included in these numbers. Good showing for AMD just the same, though.

4 of 257 comments (clear)

  1. I Don't Want AMN by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    When I buy a computer I don't want an AMD processor. Only Intel Pentium

  2. Complaining about lack of Dell figures by Conspiracy_Of_Doves · · Score: 0, Troll

    I don't see how Dell can possibly count for anything since they refuse to (or are contractually forbidden to) sell AMD processors.

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    Technoli
  3. How much does AMD pay Intel in royalties by blair1q · · Score: -1, Troll

    Every time Intel spends several billion dollars devising a new instruction set, AMD knocks off a copy.

    How much does AMD have to pay Intel for that?

    How much should they?

    If not, why should AMD get away with stealing Intel's hard work?

  4. Re:hmmm by Beefslaya · · Score: -1, Troll
    AMEN!!

    Repent, the age of the disposable PC is here!!

    I have built more Intel PC's in the last 5 years, simply because when Cousin Joe, or a referral comes along and asks me about buying a PC, I say that I build PC's Intel because when it leaves my doorstep, I don't want to talk to them until they want to upgrade or replace it in 3-5 years.

    Then I proceed to tell them if they want a $299 peice of crap, go to Walmart and deal with their tech support in 3 months when the system fails.

    Results? Repeat customers for years because they know if they pay a little extra, they get to have dependable systems with quality parts.

    I don't want AMD troubles.

    I may be a troll for being an Intel whore. But I make more money on repeat busines then cracker box AMD systems (plus my tech dignity is intact, and I can sleep at night)