Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 3rd Jan 2006 14:19 UTC
It wasn't too long ago that having technology from AMD was a key differentiator for a systems maker. Now, staying only with Intel chips is setting Dell apart from its competitors. As vendors such as Hewlett-Packard and Sun Microsystems grow their Opteron-based portfolios, and as AMD continues to gain market share, Dell executives say there are no plans to introduce servers or PCs running on AMD processors.
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RE[2]: I would fly buying DELL AMD laptop
by Lumbergh on Wed 4th Jan 2006 07:33
in reply to "RE: I would fly buying DELL AMD laptop"
Member since:2005-06-29
I just bought an Inspiron 9300 notebook. With all the coupons you get, it's about the best deal I could find price/performance wise. They're even upgradeable to the Nvidia 7800Go if you want to mod it yourself. The 17" 1920x1200 panel is sweet, and if you don't buy the 2 gig from Dell you're talking about $1400 (EPP coupons are incredible) for a powerful, somewhat light, and battery-friendly (9 volt is about 3.5 hrs for light use) desktop replacement.
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2006-01-03
Hi,
you may be right about uber geeks assembling by themselves the AMD base machines.
But for notebooks (the hottest market, by the way) what i always look for in italy is three yrs NBD assistance, and, right now, only DELL is offering that.
As a professional, i need availabiltiy of my notebook (which use for job), and no one (else than Dell), offers that kind of assistance in italy.
Another thing is that AMD needs something like the Centrino brand, based around some well known parts (chipset, wireless, processor) whcih can be supported effortlessly. The 2200g part perhaps is not the best wireless chip around, but it is supported in linux.