http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/09/dell-prepping-amd-based-laptops-for-q4-06/ Engadget Comments for Dell prepping AMD-based laptops for Q4 '06? http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/09/dell-prepping-amd-based-laptops-for-q4-06/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/09/dell-prepping-amd-based-laptops-for-q4-06/...And of course competion is good in everyones eyes (NVIDIA? Where are those chips we heard about?)]]>Aug 9th 2006 9:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/09/dell-prepping-amd-based-laptops-for-q4-06/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/09/dell-prepping-amd-based-laptops-for-q4-06/http://xtreview.com/review81.htm). Coming from a lifer AMD fanboy (me), that's pretty disappointing.

Probably what's going to happen is that when Dell will start selling these AMD laptops, customers won't end up buying them because the performance is too low, then Dell will say, "See... that's why we never sold AMD before. We said they suck, and our customers say the same too". Granted, if Dell bought AMD BEFORE the whole Core Duo stuff, it would be a different story.

For the first time in years, AMD needs to get back on the ball seeing that Dell could make or break what little reputation they have left, or they could lose lots of business and end up finding themselves back in the pre-K8, NexGen processor days.]]>Aug 9th 2006 11:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/09/dell-prepping-amd-based-laptops-for-q4-06/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/09/dell-prepping-amd-based-laptops-for-q4-06/Aug 9th 2006 2:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/09/dell-prepping-amd-based-laptops-for-q4-06/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/09/dell-prepping-amd-based-laptops-for-q4-06/
Well first they have to actualy make machines thar use AMD processors. So far Intel has paid enough in marketing and research dollars to offset any savings from AMD.

I always look at the CPU ratings and have concluded the don't matter in the real world. Most consumers won't be able to tell a difference unless the new machine sudenly ran slower than the old. The biggest bottle necks are the HDD and Network.

Besides most people don't know or would care what kind of CPU was in thier machines. The big one is price.

Now that AMD has ATI, they have a shot at providing Dell the same level of integration Intel provides. One of the secrets to Dell's ultra slim margins is they won't spend any money on engineering if they don't have to. Intel is more than happy to provide fully inegrated designs.

Besides, we go over this every couple of months on new rumors.
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However, I do believe that if it does happen, it'll be confined to the lower-end machines.

When a Core Duo laptop out-performs a laptop with a faster X2 and better video card... it starts to make you wonder what happened to AMD...]]>Aug 9th 2006 5:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/09/dell-prepping-amd-based-laptops-for-q4-06/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/09/dell-prepping-amd-based-laptops-for-q4-06/Aug 9th 2006 6:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/09/dell-prepping-amd-based-laptops-for-q4-06/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/09/dell-prepping-amd-based-laptops-for-q4-06/Aug 9th 2006 8:04PM