Recentl HP has dropped Intel Xeon'sa For AMD' Opertrons ( 280, 285, 290
Chipsets) in the Mid and high level server market. Also Oracle Data servers
come with AMD only.



"badgolferman" wrote in message
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Talal Itani, 7/3/2006, 10:45:00 AM, M3aqg.1208$543.1165@trnddc04
wrote:

Hello,

I am in the market for a good computer, with a dual-core CPU. I keep
reading that Athlon is better than Pentium, Athlon is faster than
Pentium, and Athlon is lower priced than Pentium. But if that is the
case, why do most businesses have Pentium based PCs and not Athlon
based PCs? Surely most businesses research the pros and cons of a
product before they make their purchases. Thank you for clarifying
this for me.

T.I.

I believe most businesses purchase computers in lots. They buy the
exact same computer and configure it the same way. In order to buy
these kind of quantities they purchase their computers from computer
companies such as Dell or HP. Until these manufacturers drop the Intel
chips and move over to AMD-based computers you will continue to see
most large companies staying with Intel. It is really more of an
economic consideration than technical one for the buyer.

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