Ruckas, thats never going to happen. Dell isn't going to switch from the tried and true Intel chip/chipsets to AMD. The license they have with Intel (deal) wouldn't allow that and they would only hurt themselves. Dell has already moved the first line of tech support over to India and Dell definately doesn't want to start a whole new testing process for an unproven chip/chipset.
The AMD 64bit chip isn't really going to go anywhere in the current future. No home user has any need for 64bit computing and right now it's a complete waste. Also you have to look at the fact there is NO OS that supports AMD's version of the 64bit chip. Microsoft is supposed to have a version of Windows 2003 Server by the end of the year, but with it's price point being $999, what home user is going to purchase this? Also there will be no software readily available anytime soon because there is no home version. Microsoft's only home version with support of 64bit computing will be Longhorn, which doesnt have a release date of late 2004 or early 2005. You are still look at over a year and half before a consumer version of Windows is widely available, then you have to wait for the software to kick in. Software will take time and you won't see an immediate effect.
At that point, Intel (yamhill) would be ready to go toe to toe and I doubt AMD would gain anything in the market. Intel wont sit back and take it. I really don't see high expectations for AMD Athlon64. While in theory it's a neat idea, it's really useless because of the lack of use.
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