Replies to post #4132 on AMD strictly moderated (AMD)

[wbmw]

Re: Makes it easy to do a side by side comparison. HP recently introduced an AMD-based desktop and a notebook for their business line. In another couple of quarters it might look like their consumer offerings. Given the price differential, that would make HP de facto exclusively AMD.

I wouldn't go that far. At some point, no matter how much further you discount the CPU, the impact to the TCO for the systems, software, and services won't be materially affected.

[smooth2o]

Maybe that is why AMD is putting in all that capacity.

Nah. That doesn't make any sense. HP splits their systems between the two and they don't have that much of the market when you discount their share by 50%. There's an advantage to offering both. They don't want to be caught like Dell...

Smooth