Author: Slater Wold
Date: 01:01:51 09/30/02
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On September 30, 2002 at 01:43:52, Aaron Gordon wrote: >On September 30, 2002 at 00:21:12, Jeremiah Penery wrote: > >>On September 30, 2002 at 00:05:40, Slater Wold wrote: >> >>>I got the annoucement in August that the 2600s would be coming out soon. It is >>>now September and they are barely rolling out. (As in, several vendors who are >>>selling them don't actually have them yet.) AMD is horrible about this. >>>Announce a chip, and 3 months later it hits the streets. >> >>Well, it's a paper launch, and most every company does it at some point or >>another. Does AMD do it more than most? I can't answer, because I don't keep >>track of those things. > >Intel does most of the paper launches. I the 2600+ is the only time I've seen >AMD try that. If I recall correctly, the 1.53's (aka the new and improved XP CPUs) had the same happenings. AMD "annouced" them, said they were shipping, and almost 3 months later they started showing up at vendors. I have no idea if Intel is worse or better than AMD, I have 0 interest in Intel's chips. ;) All I know is it is very, very, annoying. They announced the 2800+ today. Let's see when they start hitting the streets. My guess; not before this day next month.
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