Ready for a good laugh? "AMD to 'gain four years' lead' over Intel" quoth The Inquirer

[Sunner]

Dullard, AFAIK noone sells 8-way P4 Xeon systems yet, hence if you want 8-way Intel, P3 Xeon is the way to go.

And besides, P3/Xeons stand for the vast majority of x86 servers shipped today, since they're tried and true.

As for comparing a dual capable P4 box to an 8way capable Sun box, yeah that makes alot of sense.
You pay a crapload for the 8-way capability, no matter if you use it or not.

As for the newer Xeon's being cheaper, looking at the place where we buy our stuff at work, a 1.6 GHz P4 XeonMP with 1 MB cache is a mere $6.000.
8 of those and you're up to $48.000 right there.

Im not trying to say Sun is cheaper, trust me, I know they're not, however, the difference is far from what it used to be just a year ago, thanks to the increased preasure Intel is putting on Sun/IBM.

 

[CrazySaint]

Originally posted by: ST4RCUTTER
You guys are all confused anyway.

The Inquirer didn't say that about AMD...Barron's did, so you're not quoting the Inquirer...you're quoting the Inquirer who is quoting Barron's. Keep it straight! 😉

Yes, hence the thread title says, "quoth The Inquirer" instead of "says The Inquirer".

However, this quote:

It's almost like Intel has lost the will to live. Aggression? They've heard of it.

does seem to be The Inquirer's words, which I literally laughed at.

 

[ST4RCUTTER]

Yes, hence the thread title says, "quoth The Inquirer" instead of "says The Inquirer".


Who said I was refering to the person who started the thread? Stay sharp...

😀

 

[CrazySaint]

Originally posted by: ST4RCUTTER
Yes, hence the thread title says, "quoth The Inquirer" instead of "says The Inquirer".


Who said I was refering to the person who started the thread? Stay sharp...

😀

lol Well, if you wanna get technical about it, you did say, and I quote "You guys are all confused anyway. " 😛