Replies to post #4975 on AMD strictly moderated (AMD)

[Tiger64]

I don't know if those are flies in AMD investor's ointment...more like perfuum...;>)

[CombJelly]

"Intel still has somewhat of a lock on business PCs,"

For the moment. HP has introduced the first business SKUs, and apparently are going to release even more in the next few weeks.

[rlweitz]

Having Dell buy Alienware (which now sells AMD machines) and selling Conroe to these influential customers can get a chunk of that high end consumer market back from AMD.

Dell already sells (or at least attempts to) into the high end workstation\gamer market. IMO, the Alienware acquisition was a backup plan allowing them to fill customer demand for Athlon 64 rigs in the event Conroe failed to deliver in a timely manner. Outside of this I don't see the Dell\Alienware acquisition providing that much value.