imho, yes you will find boosters who have unrealistic expectations. This launch met the realistic rumored expectations with no deviation at all. No one rational expected anything from Dell, Gateway (a lame outfit exiting the PC biz, anyhow) or Apple (I must have missed that one). The Sun rumor isn't even about the A64 - it is a rumor about Opteron, and the rumor has that for early next year.
With expectations of 400,000 A64s in the months of Sep - Dec, how many major OEMs do you think AMD can support? Answer: One, HPQ.
AMD has come a long way since the K7 release. They are getting respect in the way of product commitments that would have been a pipe dream when Athlon was released. No white boxes, either!
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