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Dell Finally Goes for AMD

Posted by Hemos on from the had-to-happen-eventually dept.

this great guy writes "You read it correctly. It had to happen one day. According to Forbes 'Dell Inc has informed its Taiwan contract makers of plans to develop devices based on Advanced Micro Devices Inc's microprocessors, and these suppliers are awaiting orders for global shipment, the Economic Daily News reported, citing industry sources.'"

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  1. Loyalty by adam.skinner · · Score: 1, Troll

    Dell has been in bed with Intel for a long time. Their offering standalone AMD CPUs was simply to stave off legal action.

    What matters is the price point here. We don't buy AMD because they're "better" than Intel - a clock is a clock. They're no more or less stable, no better supported. We buy them because they're cheaper.

    Dell is in the position to take that benefit away from AMD. If they're still loyal to Intel, they'll be pricing their AMD machines on par, or even higher, than their Intel counter parts, and pocketing the change.