Dell hooks up with AMD

Iron Clad Ben · Post by **Iron Clad Ben** » 18 May 2006 14:24

Go ahead and flame me for posting news about my own company, but this is big news. Dell is the largest computer manufacturer in the world and they have always been Intel-only. They are announcing today that they will use AMD Opteron for servers by the end of the year.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/05/18/dell_picks_amd/

YaY

Opteron ROX

KronoKicker · Post by **KronoKicker** » 19 May 2006 13:13

Yah, well through Alienware, Dell will be selling all types of AMD and Intel processors. Dell bought Alienware this month... the bastards.

Skippy! · Post by **Skippy!** » 22 May 2006 13:10

I love my dell!! Although basically the only thing I haven't changed out is the motherboard and the processor.

Wheee

seanwithoutYou · Post by **seanwithoutYou** » 22 May 2006 13:17

I've never been a big Dell fan, since they only can use Dell parts(or older ones at least)but thats cool for them, it'll deffinetly cause a nice increase in sales

Hakker · Post by **Hakker** » 22 May 2006 14:02

Eh, I was never a PC guy. Macs are better machines in my opinion, but this must be great for you, since its your company!

Also, could this have anything to do with intel siding with mac?

Skippy! · Post by **Skippy!** » 22 May 2006 14:04

Also, could this have anything to do with intel siding with mac?

Doesn't Microsoft own Apple anyway? I mean, ultimately it's all the same shit.

EDIT: I don't think it has anything to do with competing, but more that it has to do with everything eventually being amalgamated into one thing. I dunno, call me a conspiracy theorist or something, but everybody knows that Microsoft is gonna rule the universe eventually.

Iron Clad Ben · Post by **Iron Clad Ben** » 22 May 2006 14:44

Dell is much much bigger than Apple at this point as far as market share. AMD put its efforts where the most growth was and that is definitely Dell. I agree that Macs are good computers and I would pick one over a Dell any day, but they're expensive and until Apple can find a way to lower their prices they're going to stay on the edge of extinction.

Hakker · Post by **Hakker** » 22 May 2006 15:25

trust me.Theyre not "on the verge of extinction". ipod is one of the best selling electronics in the country.

And have you seen the new macbook? Its about 3 times better than a 500$ dell laptop, and only 1000 bucks or something like that.

I know they charge alot for there systems though, I own 2