Thoughts on P4's increasing popularity?

[paralazarguer]

Because it is. here's a link for heat output of the chips. My 1.6a at default votage running at 2.13 Ghz is constantly a good 10 degrees cooler than my athlon XP 1700+. Forget about those thoroughbreds! They're horrible for heat!

 

[mechBgon]

So far I haven't heard much commentary about marketing of the two brands. I rarely bother watching television, so I may be missing campaigns by either/both companies there, but I do see a lot more Intel being pushed in the newspaper fliers from CompUSA, CircuitCity, OfficeDepot, Staples, etc. Does Intel have a strategy that gets them more ad press? Maybe some kind of incentive program for these companies where average buyers will be looking first for a PC?

Then there's Dell. I heard recently that Dell has 25% of the US market, even counting white-box outfits. Dell only sells Intel-based desktops. Dude... you're getting an Intel! 😀

 

[mechBgon]

Originally posted by: 7757524
Because it is. here's a link for heat output of the chips. My 1.6a at default votage running at 2.13 Ghz is constantly a good 10 degrees cooler than my athlon XP 1700+. Forget about those thoroughbreds! They're horrible for heat!

Low core temperature doesn't equate to low total heat output, my friend. 🙂 All you have to do is look at the typical power column in your site's Intel Pentium 4 (Willamette/Northwood) table, and multiply it by 4/3 to confirm what I posted... the max wattage dissipated, which is 4/3 of the typical, is as I stated. More detail on where the 4/3 number comes from can be found in Intel's documentation here (refer to page 25).

 

[Rainsford]

Originally posted by: mechBgon
So far I haven't heard much commentary about marketing of the two brands. I rarely bother watching television, so I may be missing campaigns by either/both companies there, but I do see a lot more Intel being pushed in the newspaper fliers from CompUSA, CircuitCity, OfficeDepot, Staples, etc. Does Intel have a strategy that gets them more ad press? Maybe some kind of incentive program for these companies where average buyers will be looking first for a PC?

Then there's Dell. I heard recently that Dell has 25% of the US market, even counting white-box outfits. Dell only sells Intel-based desktops. Dude... you're getting an Intel! 😀

My guess (and this is only a guess) is that Intel gives companies that push Intel mostly (or exclusivly, like Dell) a discount on CPUs. I bet Dell has one sweet deal with Intel because they just make Intel computers. There's an advantage to being the market leader.