Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 20:22:38 02/15/00
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On February 15, 2000 at 20:13:13, Tom Kerrigan wrote: >On February 15, 2000 at 17:50:06, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>However, Intel chips do work. AMD chips sometimes work. They make their share >>of mistakes (PII-compatible when they are most definitely not, for example). > >I don't know about "sometimes working." For every Athlon bug, I'm sure I can >point to an equivalently serious PIII bug. How about those CuMines that Intel >shipped that had to be turned on multiple times before they started working? >That sounds like the epitome of "sometimes working" to me. Heh. > >>The profit comes from businesses and repeat customers. I notice that hardly >>any major corporations use AMD processors in their office machines. Which makes > >I think this tune might change. Imagine being an IT person responsible for >purchasing several hundred computers. You can either buy PIII/800s that will be >shipped an undetermined number of months from now, or Athlon/850s, that are >cheaper and can be shipped immediately... I'm not sure I follow that. I _have_ an 800mhz PIII from gateway. We just picked up the phone last week, said we want a PIII/800, 512M ram, two Intel server (express pro 100) cards, etc. It arrived 3 days later. These things are shipping. It is a gateway something-or-other model 4200, and we bought it for about 2200 bucks counting the dual ethernets, etc (we are going to make a linux firewall out of it). I can tell you what happens on this campus if you suggest buying 'oddball' hardware... you don't work here much longer. There is _great_ resistance to tried-and-unproven hardware in the UAB hospital. If you order off-brand hardware, then there is specific paperwork that has to be done, certifying that you know that support will be minimal, that it can't be used in a uab- critical application, etc... Most businesses have _always_ bought IBM equipment, even though you could get 2x the hardware for 1/2 the cost from DEC, Univac, Burrougs, Honeywell, Xerox, etc. It is the reputation that counts... the name... not what is inside... > >AMD's sales in January were as high as they were in December. Things are >_definitely_ picking up for them. > >Next year, consumers will have a choice between the Itanium and the >Sledgehammer. I sure know which one I'd choose. > >>>BTW, Bob, I don't appreciate the snide little phrases that preface your posts. >>>Like "Tom, please." and "Tom, read my lips carefully." Do you really need to >>>make condescension part of your debate strategy? Hmmmm.... >>Wasn't intending it to be condescending... only a way of emphasizing a point >>that is easy to miss. Sorry... > >Well, please don't do it any more. I can read perfectly fine. > >-Tom
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