Re: why should you expect Itanium to be on Pricewatch at all?
Because it was there for many months prior to the bug being found. We do know that IBM halted shipment of its Itanium systems because of the bug. http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0512itaniumbug.html The bottom line is that 64-bit AMD systems are available just about everywhere, while 64-bit systems from Intel, aren't.