hehe, here comes the Intel troll again (fkloster) Would you like to try to convince the BBS once again the RDRAM is a good solution? 
"it is easy to forget how dominate Intel is in business computing isn't it?"
Well as you can see by the posts here - No not really. It isn't surprising at all that Intel holds a large marketshare in the business world. It doesn't really have as much to do with performance as with perception. A good percentage of us that visit anandtech and other such sites are gamers and enthusiasts.
When was the last time you saw the IT manager or purchaser of a large corporation post here? Do you think they know about Intel's or AMD's latest problems or success?
I believe it is just a case of human nature. They use something, it works fine, so when it comes time to buy new stuff they buy what they are familiar with. They aren't willing to take a "risk" on a new company. I don't blame them since I have felt the same way sometimes. It is the same as someone buying a Ford and liking it and then buying another Ford when they want a new car. They probably don't care that car company X may have better performance or a lower price.
Many large companies have bought and used Dell's. Dell is Intel's bedfellow since they only sell Intel systems (pretty much for the same reason as the reason these companies buy dell, vicious little circle isn't it?). The people that work for these companies are thinking "Hey these Dell's are alright, Intel processors are great."
I personally don't care what a business decides to buy, but I just hate the idea of an uniformed consumer, or in this case business, buying simply because "Intel good, AMD bad!"
"it is easy to forget how dominate Intel is in business computing isn't it?"
Well as you can see by the posts here - No not really. It isn't surprising at all that Intel holds a large marketshare in the business world. It doesn't really have as much to do with performance as with perception. A good percentage of us that visit anandtech and other such sites are gamers and enthusiasts.
When was the last time you saw the IT manager or purchaser of a large corporation post here? Do you think they know about Intel's or AMD's latest problems or success?
I believe it is just a case of human nature. They use something, it works fine, so when it comes time to buy new stuff they buy what they are familiar with. They aren't willing to take a "risk" on a new company. I don't blame them since I have felt the same way sometimes. It is the same as someone buying a Ford and liking it and then buying another Ford when they want a new car. They probably don't care that car company X may have better performance or a lower price.
Many large companies have bought and used Dell's. Dell is Intel's bedfellow since they only sell Intel systems (pretty much for the same reason as the reason these companies buy dell, vicious little circle isn't it?
). The people that work for these companies are thinking "Hey these Dell's are alright, Intel processors are great." I personally don't care what a business decides to buy, but I just hate the idea of an uniformed consumer, or in this case business, buying simply because "Intel good, AMD bad!"
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