Dell Nixes AMD, Again

[matt9669]

http://www.xtremesystems.org/modules...rder=0&thold=0

Quite frankly I was just waiting to hear this response. Dell is IMHO just a mass-production house, they get fantastic deals from Intel on everything. I wouldn't be surprised if Dell's hints were for the sole purpose of getting a better price on Intel chips, and made Intel realize they needed 64-bit x86 extensions to remain competitive.

Thoughts?

[Jamo]

is anyone at XS really bothered by this? hands up whos got a dell? probably got something to do with a big woj of cash intel probably sends there way

[c42]

I'm borrowing a friend's dell while I get the stuff together for my new desktop, and he has another dell. I've got this one working, but the new one is a piece(Happens with mass production I guess).

You have to remember though, Dell is in the business to make a profit first, satisfy customers' requests second. If customers want AMD based products(which most Dell users don't know the difference, for desktops anyways, servers are different), but what does Dell care if they can get an Intel chip that is "as fast"(cough) as an AMD chip for 2/3rds of the cost. You figure if they save 20 dollars a processor on 100,000 orders that is 2 million dollars saved.

[matt9669]

The only reason I'm bothered is that Dell's adoption of AMD would make them more competitive, which would be good for the market in general (competition drives prices down and promotes innovation).

[Aphex_Tom_9]

The only reason I'm bothered is that Dell's adoption of AMD would make them more competitive, which would be good for the market in general (competition drives prices down and promotes innovation).

agreed

[jinu117]

Bit irked as Dell is trend setter and it could have been good chance for AMD to really grow up and remain in CPU market. Back to same old hole where we never know where AMD is really going. Remember Cyrix, etc? Market acceptance is the key to survival and Dell do have big chunk.

[matt9669]

http://www.overclockers.com/tips00730/

Illustrates the point well . . .

[=[PULSAR]=]

Hey I wouldnt mind a Dell AMD64 laptop.

[Kanavit]

hmm, some things just don't change! it's very unlikely that i will ever own a dell anyway.

[Disposibleteen]

Dell and Intel seem to go together like peas and carrots, or lamb and tuna fish, or spaghetti and meat ball. I dont think dell will ever consider AMD in a serious way because they have been using Intel forever and it seems to be working nicely for them, their popularity is through the roof, everyone and their mom has a dell

[OldOne]

Bit irked as Dell is trend setter and it could have been good chance for AMD to really grow up and remain in CPU market. Back to same old hole where we never know where AMD is really going. Remember Cyrix, etc? Market acceptance is the key to survival and Dell do have big chunk.

Could you imagine an AMD 64 Dell. That would be a nightmare for Intel.

[Disposibleteen]

is anyone at XS really bothered by this? hands up whos got a dell? probably got something to do with a big woj of cash intel probably sends there way

i dont think the point is who here has a dell, the point is that ALOT of people do. Maybe not many around here but i personally know a ton of people with them and every PC at my school is a dell

[Jamo]

well no perhaps thats not the point, but i'm sure in the world of big business if dell could buy amd's cheaper than intels then they would cos all there bothered about is big profit, but its a dog eat dog world and intel must be offering something more than amd, now i'm not accusing dell of taking bribes or anything but somethings going on as everyone knows amd's are cheaper than intel on the retail market

[Disposibleteen]

good point, intel is also a bigger company so they have the potential to ba able to offer up more, incentive, if ya know what i mean

[aj2003]

i know 2 people with dells and i know the hopsital where i live is switching back to them, ive used both of them and they are terrible (both 2.6 with 512mb ram and onboard gfx) my old 2600 ran rings around them. (also 512mb ram but with gf3ti200) why do dell not see that amd are producing cpus that are generally better than the intel equvielent, are cheaper and have more people wanting them?

[Disposibleteen]

what dell really needs to do is stop using integrated graphics, it kills part of your memory and hogs your cpu cycles too

[Kazoo]

Dell and Intel seem to go together like peas and carrots, or lamb and tuna fish, or spaghetti and meat ball.

Lamb and tuna fish?

[Disposibleteen]

yea, ever seen big daddy? love that movie

[matt9669]

You can always count on Kazoo to send things waaay

[Kazoo]

I'm not the one wearing the silly hat tho, am I?

[perkam]

hands up whos got a dell?

Its not bad though, excepth the DELL cases have as much cool air ventilation as a space shuttle entering the earth's atmosphere at 20,000 C

Perkam

[Disposibleteen]

I'm not the one wearing the silly hat tho, am I?

ouch, matt want some ice for that burn?

[jjcom]

Hey, Matt if it makes you feel better I can change my avatar so it has my old "rank" lol

jjcom