Inquirer: Dell drops AMD from its website offerings

Dell to Stop Selling AMD Based Computers Online

For years, users wanted Dell to include AMD processors in Dell builds. In May 2006, Dell was happy to announce that they were bringing AMD on board. Everything seemed to be working out, until now. Dell recently announced that they're discontinuing almost all AMD-based Dell computers. The few ones that are left cannot be purchased online, and are only found in stores like Best Buy and Circuit City. This is likely to be a huge blow for AMD, and could not have come at a worse time. AMD recently posted abysmal revenue/loss figures for Q4 2007, and is running a company (ATI) that is worth 30% less than it was at the time of initial purchase. Hopefully, AMD will find more people to sell their processors

Was that a quote??
The end bit isn't quite true "AMD recently posted abysmal revenue/loss figures for Q4 2007", the figures for Q4 weren't really that bad for AMD, certainly nothing like the beginning of the year (as far as I recall...). Interesting if it's true though. Although as Gateway have just picked AMD, perhaps not a mega blow?

Too bad for AMD, I hope they can recover from the abysmal year they had in 2007.

My sentiments exactly..

If this article is true I bet in the near future we will see a headline ‘AMD suing INTEL cause they need to blame someone’

http://www.techpowerup.com/52003/D [...] nline.html

So even if Mr Dell himself stated it was his decision AMD will try to blame Intel. They will state Intel forced it when it was their CPUS not performing.

http://www.amdzone.com/index.php/n [...] nes-online


looks like more inquirer BS, folks.

Right, so they will sell AMD in the commodity machines, like HP and emachines. You just can't get one in a build to order, high end desktop or laptop. Sounds like a pretty clear message to me.........

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Possible reasons for Dell product shift:

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Phenom 9750 and 9950 in end of Q3 08

http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/08 [...] once-again

Hey gr8mikey, good to see ya.

You know, normally it makes me cringe to see anyone quote the crapquirer in the forumz...it just cries guilt by association, but Im glad you put this one up....its serves as both a reminder and proof that Charlie Dmerjian knows squat and the Inquirer is about as accurate as a blind sniper, even though Reynod still thinks they have a clue.

The Wall Street Jounal Online: Dell Pares Back Sales Of AMD-Based PCs

Dell is indeed scaling back online sales of AMD powered systems, but it is NOT 'unceremoniously dumping AMD from it's web site' as Charlie claims. Good thing Charlie didnt make any bets on this one or he'd be wearing the bunny suit in public again.

Real quick but since I am not too into AMDs chips what the hell was reverse HT supposed to do? If HT allows 1 CPU to run 2 threads does this mean AMDs would have allowed 1 CPU to run half a thread? Would have sounded stupid if it was meant to speed things up.

Inquirer = auto ignore.

Ya, I hate those lengthy articles based on facts. Just give it to me short and sweet.

dell tried gave Amd a shot but perhaps far too many customers complained abt it, so I believe this is likely the reason for amd getting kicked to the curb.

Ahhh. Ok that makes sense but calling it revers HT doesn't. Maybe Advanced HT instead? So it would sound like it was meant to process threads faster. I doubt it will come soon. Maybe in their next step but then again.

Not all Americans are the same. I enjoy Mr. Bean and some other British Comedies. But yea there is a huge cultural difference as I still enjoy Jeff Dunham and so on. But don't just lump us all in one area as we could do the same which is wrong.

HIGHLY doubt it. Most Dell customers with AMD processors are probably very satisfied. (I'm not being sarcastic, there's no reason why a Dell customer wouldn't be happy with an AMD proc)

Dell and AMD was kind of a weird thing that happened. Dell didn't figure out about AMD until really late in the game. Then, when they dropped Intel exclusivity, Intel most likely dropped some Dell perks Dell was getting. Thus, we see HP has come forward as the strong PC mfger and Dell is severely lagging behind.
On the AMD side, AMD had to sacrifice their Channel partners for at least a quarter to build Dell inventory. This soured their Channel relationships and quite a few jumped ship back to Intel only.
Now that AMD is no longer that competative, Dell is dropping them. Wouldn't it be funny if in a few months AMD released some great new chip?

The largest problem I can see is that Dell's quality overall declined a lot in the same period as when they introduced AMD chips. Now, that's probably just a coincidence, but the consumer may not see it that way.

This whole situation was just odd.

You know, looked at from a certain perspective, that could be taken as a low blow, a very low blow, to AMD phans.

Theres a lot of embittered 939'ers out there. I was one of them until I put my new Intel system together. Now I just thank God I didnt try to go the AM2 route.

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That was hillarious man....thumbs up, but it cant stay here bro...over the line for the CPU section. Now, the basement....well....

Fair enough. Just pretty please don't ban me. I couldn't resist. It's all their fault for bringing up Mr. Bean anyway.

Good point but if it makes the author feel superior and needs to express that, more power to them. Stereotyping people and making generalizations that "Most Dell customers with AMD processors are probably very satisfied. (I'm not being sarcastic, there's no reason why a Dell customer wouldn't be happy with an AMD proc)" is not true in my case. Purchased the best bang for the buck option at the time and have made the best of what I have. To do over again I would go a different route. The validity of anything the author of that post states in future posts is invalidated (in my opinion) due to bias and a superiorarity complex they possess.

Dell customers.

Just the facts (for the Factboy)
1.I got an oem (Dell) system because I had to start with a system from scratch due to a housefire (mine)
2.I have a limited budget (on disability)
3.Not all Dell customers are poor
4.Your are ignorant
5.This just validates my previous statement:
Good point but if it makes the author feel superior and needs to express that, more power to them. Stereotyping people and making generalizations that "Most Dell customers with AMD processors are probably very satisfied. (I'm not being sarcastic, there's no reason why a Dell customer wouldn't be happy with an AMD proc)" is not true in my case. Purchased the best bang for the buck option at the time and have made the best of what I have. To do over again I would go a different route. The validity of anything the author of that post states in future posts is invalidated (in my opinion) due to bias and a superiorarity complex they possess.
6.Why do run an AMD cpu then?
AMD Opteron 175 (Dual Core @2.2ghz w/ 2x1MB L2 Cache)