Why oh why can’t Dell just break down and start offering some AMD chips in its PowerEdge line of servers? I’m shopping around for a powerhouse server that I know I can get a rock solid support agreement with (Dell’s 4-hour same-day response). I’d love to find a Athlon64 machine, but if I don’t come up with anything, we may end up custom building it in house, or having to go with a Xeon box from Dell. This will be a mission-critical box, which is the only reason I’m even looking at someone else to buy from rather than build it in-house. Thoughts? Suggestions?
Fret not.
There may be more AMD “influence” over at Dell in the near future.
Dell just bought Alienware.
[...] I think AMD is definitely on the upswing again, and I, for one, couldn’t be happier. I previously mentioned my desire for one of these, but I don’t think I can (or want to) put my purchase off that long. It also looks like it’s only going to be upper-end machines, and I’m looking to keep our purchase under $1,500 if at all possible. I guess I’ll just cross my fingers and wait and see what happens in the next month. « OpenSUSE 10.1 on Thinkpad R51 [...]