Replies to post #18068 on Advanced Micro Devices Inc (AMD)

[Elmer Phud]

wbmw -

Ok, then what do you have to offer when Intel transitions to 802.11g in a few months? Same thing? So you want us to switch over to a new laptop that has no perceived performance advantage, has less battery life, and is thicker and heavier than our current Centrinos, and the story you're selling is 5x faster wireless, which is only going to be a temporary advantage? Sorry, we're not interested."

I paid $45 for my 802.11b/g card for my Dell laptop. Would it have been cheaper to junk my Dell and just buy an AMD laptop?

[sgolds]

wbmw, not a very good analysis -

Is the 5x faster wireless connection the only advantage over our current systems?

Mobile A64s have much higher performance overall.

Are these Athlons thinner or lighter than our current Centrino laptops? Do they have longer battery life?

AMD competes in the desktop replacement market, not the thin & light currently. 90nm A64 and AXP will be better for the thin & light.

Is there a noticeable performance improvement?

Yes. Refer to the mobile A64s.

Ok, then what do you have to offer when Intel transitions to 802.11g in a few months?

AMD is introducing two new generations of mobile A64s in 2004, one on 130nm and one on 90nm. Additionally, there will be a size reduction to 90nm on 32-bit mobile Athlons. The A64 desktop replacements are the leading edge of an onslaught of mobile products!

:)


P.S.:

I think AMD is suggesting that you chuck your Dell laptop, buy an AMD laptop, and then spend $45 for an add-in card.

NOT!

All the AMD laptops I see at the local stores come with 802.11g built in.

[Petz]

Ok, then what do you have to offer when Intel transitions to 802.11g in a few months?

A few months? Not likely.

Apparently you didn't read this story http://www.digitimes.com/NewsShow/Article2.asp?datePublish=2003/11/18&pages=A6&seq=29 which says that Intel just ordered Taiwanese 802.11g chips to use in Centrino laptops. D-Link and Gem-Tek said "volume shipments [are] slated for the first quarter of next year."

I wouldn't hold my breath. Apparently D-Link doesn't have any chip production anymore and has to outsource the chips.

So, let's see. Global Sun builds the chips for D-Link. D-Link sells the chips to Intel. Intel packages the chips with its own chipset and tells DELL to disable the wireless function they paid for in the chipset. DELL buys it anyway and does as they say. That sounds efficient.

Intel's own 802.11a/g solution won't be ready until H2 2004, it says.

Petz

[Windsock]

Another question that Centrino laptop owners ask is if I only have a 1.5 Mbs internet connection why do I need more than my current 11 Mbs wireless connection?