Dell to adopt Opteron!

[Eug]

I don't trust the Inq, but given that HP has already jumped on the Opteron bandwagon (along with IBM and Sun), I'm wouldn't be surprised at all if Dell went that direction too.

 

[mechBgon]

Originally posted by: Acanthus
Dell will lose their special Intel 1000 unit pricing if they go opteron. It would cause price increases across the board on every intel PC they sell. And probably not a small one.

With a P4 2.4C selling for $166 retail, I think it's safe to say that Dell's special pricing already does cause price increases across the board... for you and me, the subsidizers of those sweetheart deals that Dell (allegedly) gets. AthlonXP 2500+ sells for less than half that ($80 retail-boxed). Still, if Dell cranks out an Opteron server, I will be scoping it out. My employer is considering a new server purchase.

 

[daballard]

Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire
Dell + AMD = Apocalypse

- M4H

 

[AFB]

Originally posted by: Ilmater
Linkage

As an admitted AMD fanboy, I feel like a black man after the OJ trial.

"We made it! We made it! We won! We won!"

I hope it turns out to be true.

Hey, I'm the amdfanboy around here.

 

[AFB]

Originally posted by: Ilmater
Linkage

As an admitted AMD fanboy, I feel like a black man after the OJ trial.

"We made it! We made it! We won! We won!"

I hope it turns out to be true.

Hey, I'm the amdfanboy around here. The day dell uses AMD is the day I think of Dell as something more than an Intel fanboy.

 

[Eug]

According to Dell, it was a misquote.

 

[AFB]

------------------No!!!!!!!----------------------

 

[InlineFive]

Originally posted by: Eug
According to Dell, it was a misquote.

"Yet..."

 

[sandorski]

If I had a dime for every "Dell to go AMD" rumour ever reported, I'd be able to buyout Dell and make sure it goes AMD.

 

[dexvx]

Originally posted by: sandorski
If I had a dime for every "Dell to go AMD" rumour ever reported, I'd be able to buyout Dell and make sure it goes AMD.

And you can say good bye to profit.

 

[ElFenix]

Originally posted by: Ilmater

Originally posted by: Evan Lieb
You make baby Jesus cry when you don't put a "***CONFIRMED***" in your title.

ROFLMAO! I can't put a ***CONFIRMED*** tag in the title because it's still an Inquirer story.

you obviously have no clue about the origins and usage of the ***CONFIRMED***

 

[sandorski]

Originally posted by: dexvx

Originally posted by: sandorski
If I had a dime for every "Dell to go AMD" rumour ever reported, I'd be able to buyout Dell and make sure it goes AMD.

And you can say good bye to profit.

Doubt it, but I'd be collecting more dimes on the side concerning Bitboys. So I wouldn't care!

 

[Peter D]

Originally posted by: labrat25
WooHoo!!! They finally saw the light

maybe some day they just might put athlons in their desktop systems... i won't hold my breath just yet though

 

[mechBgon]

Originally posted by: Wingznut
But the fact of the matter is that Dell will use AMD the very day that Dell figures they can make money by selling AMD.

I've seen you pushing this theory two or three times now, Wingznut. I was thinking about it on the way home, and I had to ponder...

~ so... are IBM, Sun and HP simply making Opteron-based systems for fun, instead of for profit? If it *is* profitable for them to sell Opteron-based servers, why can't it be profitable for Dell? And if AMD can't make enough Opterons to keep up with the demand by Dell's customers, what does that tell you about the demand for Opterons? :evil:

Anyone else pondering this too?

 

[Budman]

Originally posted by: ElFenix

Originally posted by: Ilmater

Originally posted by: Evan Lieb
You make baby Jesus cry when you don't put a "***CONFIRMED***" in your title.

ROFLMAO! I can't put a ***CONFIRMED*** tag in the title because it's still an Inquirer story.

you obviously have no clue about the origins and usage of the ***CONFIRMED***

speaking of ****CONFIRMED**** whateven happened to ***Hardware*** I dont see him post anymore.

 

[sharkeeper]

Bah, who cares? Dell is junk.

Cheers!

 

[MDE]

Originally posted by: shuttleteam
Bah, who cares? Dell is junk.

Cheers!

Best response yet. :beer:

 

[Budman]

Originally posted by: shuttleteam
Bah, who cares? Dell is junk.

Cheers!

Would be even junkier with an AMD cpu using a Via chitset !!!

 

[n7]

While HP is going to offer both AMD64 and IA32e machines to practically the same markets, it looks like it does not make mush sense for Dell for some reasons.

I always knew getting a Dell didn't make mush sense

 

[stncttr908]

Now all they have to do is incorporate AMD into their consumer products...

 

[AIWGuru]

Originally posted by: mechBgon

Originally posted by: Wingznut
But the fact of the matter is that Dell will use AMD the very day that Dell figures they can make money by selling AMD.

I've seen you pushing this theory two or three times now, Wingznut. I was thinking about it on the way home, and I had to ponder...

~ so... are IBM, Sun and HP simply making Opteron-based systems for fun, instead of for profit? If it *is* profitable for them to sell Opteron-based servers, why can't it be profitable for Dell? And if AMD can't make enough Opterons to keep up with the demand by Dell's customers, what does that tell you about the demand for Opterons? :evil:

Anyone else pondering this too?

The half dozen posts I've seen from this Wingznut have all been pertaining to Intel and all very biased or misleading. The reason is obvious regardless of what he professes.

Obviously, Dell's Intel Prices hinge on selling Intel exclusively. It's an "arrangement" that they have. Selling Opteron would not be AS profitable as such low priced Intel chips, true.

I also think that Dell doesn't really want to deal with chipset providers like VIA and Nvidia with good cause. For them, Intel chipsets are the best solution.

 

[MadRat]

Originally posted by: shuttleteam
Bah, who cares? Dell is junk.

Cheers!

 

[dexvx]

Originally posted by: mechBgon

Originally posted by: Wingznut
But the fact of the matter is that Dell will use AMD the very day that Dell figures they can make money by selling AMD.

I've seen you pushing this theory two or three times now, Wingznut. I was thinking about it on the way home, and I had to ponder...

~ so... are IBM, Sun and HP simply making Opteron-based systems for fun, instead of for profit? If it *is* profitable for them to sell Opteron-based servers, why can't it be profitable for Dell? And if AMD can't make enough Opterons to keep up with the demand by Dell's customers, what does that tell you about the demand for Opterons? :evil:

Anyone else pondering this too?

Look at the profit margins for the main OEM's. Dell is by far in the lead.

 

[mechBgon]

Originally posted by: dexvx

Originally posted by: mechBgon

Originally posted by: Wingznut
But the fact of the matter is that Dell will use AMD the very day that Dell figures they can make money by selling AMD.

I've seen you pushing this theory two or three times now, Wingznut. I was thinking about it on the way home, and I had to ponder...

~ so... are IBM, Sun and HP simply making Opteron-based systems for fun, instead of for profit? If it *is* profitable for them to sell Opteron-based servers, why can't it be profitable for Dell? And if AMD can't make enough Opterons to keep up with the demand by Dell's customers, what does that tell you about the demand for Opterons? :evil:

Anyone else pondering this too?

Look at the profit margins for the main OEM's. Dell is by far in the lead.

So are you saying that HP, Sun and IBM are actively pursuing ways to make less money? That would be about as useful as an electric spoon.

 

[MDE]

Originally posted by: mechBgon

Originally posted by: dexvx

Originally posted by: mechBgon

Originally posted by: Wingznut
But the fact of the matter is that Dell will use AMD the very day that Dell figures they can make money by selling AMD.

I've seen you pushing this theory two or three times now, Wingznut. I was thinking about it on the way home, and I had to ponder...

~ so... are IBM, Sun and HP simply making Opteron-based systems for fun, instead of for profit? If it *is* profitable for them to sell Opteron-based servers, why can't it be profitable for Dell? And if AMD can't make enough Opterons to keep up with the demand by Dell's customers, what does that tell you about the demand for Opterons? :evil:

Anyone else pondering this too?

Look at the profit margins for the main OEM's. Dell is by far in the lead.

So are you saying that HP, Sun and IBM are actively pursuing ways to make less money? That would be about as useful as an electric spoon.

The reason Dell won't use AMD chips is because Intel shovels so much marketing money and discounted chips, motherboards, etc. at them.