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    Availability of SB on OEMs (eg Dell, HP, etc)

    Anyone willing to venture a guess on the time-frame for first arrival of Sandy Bridge Xeons? Anyone familiar with how long after the general release it typically takes Dell et al to start having the new architectures available in their machines?
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    Availability of SB on OEMs (eg Dell, HP, etc)

    I have just taken a new position at a new engineering company at which I will be doing extensive CAD work. My last work computer was a Dell 2.66 Xeon Nehalem. I would benefit from a substantially faster computer in single-threaded applications -- that computer was too slow for me (it was the...