Now have sun put opteron chips in there servers isn't nesserarily mean that there computers will be any cheaper. This just means that now they will be running AMD. Though the pro about this is that it will allow the people who shell out the cash for the servers to easily upgrade to the next fastest opteron when they are available.
I can see sun configuring there current memory to new speeds and working that with the opteron. So this will allow them to keep some propietary hold of their market instead of being just another server company.
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Now have sun put opteron chips in there servers isn't nesserarily mean that there computers will be any cheaper. This just means that now they will be running AMD. Though the pro about this is that it will allow the people who shell out the cash for the servers to easily upgrade to the next fastest opteron when they are available.
I can see sun configuring there current memory to new speeds and working that with the opteron. So this will allow them to keep some propietary hold of their market instead of being just another server company.