re;"There are tons of Hammer boards waiting for CPUS. These boards have the latest feature sets on them unlike the Intel MBS for the P4. Of course these boards are not available for purchase yet but they were due in Q4/02, Q1/03 last time I looked. So, the support is there for Hammer, it’s AMD that's holding everything up."
It easy to put out a flier on your new mother board, or even make couple... now they need to get all the pieces together (hardware, software, bios, etc) and start debugging. When does this part happen, before or after AMD claims to be shipping production? How long are the "supporter" going to put the needed resources into supporting this product?
If this product is going to be "released" in Q1, then you can assume that volume capability happens at the start of Q3 at the earliest. I can't imagine what will compel someone to buy a Hammer system with 32bit XP on it... and no, I don't believe much if any of the 64bit SW will be ready to ship as production, and if it does you will be hard pressed to see an advantage over the existing 32bit sw. Yes there will be the AMD diehards and general techie diehards who will plunk down the bucks to buy a system… this does not create the 20-30Mu businesses AMD needs to survive. I think most buyers safe and see what happens to hammer. Yes AMD is holding things up, but I've got to believe "supporters" who have other work to do are not investing anything more than paper to this effort right now.
BTW, there is a broad choice of features and function among P4 motherboards. Intel, the OEMs and motherboard suppliers are continuing to spin new one regularly.
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