Replies to post #40994 on Advanced Micro Devices Inc (AMD)

[sgolds]

mmoy, I bet somewhere in the fine print with AMD, Microsoft has agreed to free upgrades to 64-bits if they are too late.

I think they are now too late.

However, Linux pressure is certainly a factor. Microsoft is acting a lot like a bloated beomoth. Perhaps I should dump their shares after the cash distribution in December.

[upc]

New Windows 64 beta on Monday.

Look down further in your article.

upc

[ChrisC_R]

mmoy, further down in your link MS says Opterons beat Xeons 10-30%:

"Microsoft has tied the release of both the desktop and server versions of 64-bit Windows to the release of Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1, which has itself been pushed back.

The software maker said the "technology exchange program" will allow customers to feel secure in buying x64 servers today, pointing out that such servers can offer a 10 percent to 30 percent performance enhancement running existing 32-bit software.

"We see (that) the x64 architecture is, over time, going to become the dominant platform for the server market," said Dennis Oldroyd, a director in Microsoft's Windows Server unit. Oldroyd said the technology-exchange program announced Friday was only for the server OS."