[TChris]

Yep, not to mention they just spent the bulk of their warchest. This might be a mistake, just as Intel releases Conroe, which honestly kicks AMDs x2 in the butt

Yeah, I hadn't even taken that info into account. I think they must be counting their Dell chickens before they hatch or something.

I hope this won't be AMD's doom. I've been a fan for a LONG time. (Used to build Novell Netware 3.x servers with AMD 486/DX2-66 CPU, 64MB RAM, 1GB HDD.)

[aft_lizard]

The Dell chickens are a for sure thing for awhile, the problem with Intel's server chips is they lack scalability into the 4p, 8p segement were Opteron still dominates. Not to mention socket f is coming out for opteron and will be very interesting to see if moving from registered to non-registered ram makes a difference seeing as Woodcrest isnt that much more powerful.

ALso lets not forget that as Super a Chip as Conroe is they dont have that many produced and wont for awhile and Intel is still bogged down with billions of dollars worth of pentium 4's and D's, thats why its a good move now for AMD to make such a move among many.