Dell confusingly "committed" to AMD

In a memo sent out today by Dell, the company has reassured us that even though AMD is disappearing rapidly from its online store, the company remains "committed" to AMD, and is just "in the process of redistributing its product mix" -- whatever that means. But despite those euphemisms, consumers can only buy most Dell AMD systems through a retail store or over the phone. Dell pointed out that it has kept its Energy Star 4.0 Inspiron 531 consumer desktop available online, but most other AMD machines are now just for business customers or those strange creatures that use "phones" and "buildings" to buy things.

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[Technex @ Feb 8th 2008 3:17PM]

"Or those strange creatures that use "phones" and "buildings" to buy things."

I lol'ed because it's true.

[Rob @ Feb 8th 2008 3:26PM]

Is Dell committed to AMD just like Warner Bros was to HD-DVD right before their CES "bomb-dropping" announcement?

[Rob @ Feb 8th 2008 3:30PM]

Is Dell committed to AMD just like Warner Bros was to HD-DVD right before their CES "bomb-dropping" announcement?

[Rob @ Feb 8th 2008 3:31PM]

Is Dell committed to AMD just like Warner Bros was to HD-DVD right before their CES "bomb-dropping" announcement?

[Rob @ Feb 8th 2008 3:31PM]

Is Dell committed to AMD just like Warner Bros was to HD-DVD right before their CES "bomb-dropping" announcement?

[Rob @ Feb 8th 2008 3:31PM]

Is Dell committed to AMD just like Warner Bros was to HD-DVD right before their CES "bomb-dropping" announcement?

[Rob @ Feb 8th 2008 3:31PM]

Engadget, fix your comments area please.

[Technex @ Feb 8th 2008 3:34PM]

The rare Hexapost....

[ethana2 @ Feb 8th 2008 4:06PM]

Or give us post edits so we can clean up after it.

...I would like to see the whole codebase ditched for Drupal myself.

[Neoleeyennek @ Feb 8th 2008 3:37PM]

Dell make your mind up

[Jay @ Feb 8th 2008 3:42PM]

Rob found a glitch in the Matrix

[BigDaddyM @ Feb 8th 2008 3:48PM]

I am sure if Dell could make money off a product, they would... (either from direct sells or deals...) They made the right business decision for their business. As a company, who cares about brand loyalty.
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[Anthony @ Feb 8th 2008 4:13PM]

Go Energy Star. It was my single goal in my latest computer. I'd even considered Transmeta.

[shanoboy @ Feb 8th 2008 4:31PM]

I personally like the option of buying computers with AMD chips, they always seem a bit cheaper than their comparable Intel counterpart.

Oh well, I hope AMD comes back soon. Intel needs some healthy competition so they don't keep holding out on us with their new technology.

Moore's law depends on it!

[Andir3.0 @ Feb 8th 2008 4:50PM]

My Intel ray tracing CPU depends on it! Damnit... hurry up with that shit.

[David @ Feb 11th 2008 3:25PM]

This will definitely lead them to lose even more market share.