Author: Eugene Nalimov
Date: 21:20:57 02/15/00
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Yes, but now you can buy computer with Atlon inside from IBM/COMAQ/HP/... (9 of 10 top companies), so that factor is less important now. Eugene On February 15, 2000 at 23:22:38, Robert Hyatt wrote: >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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