The Athlon, like the Pentium XX and Xeon, is not universally compatible with all expansion cards
Sorry, Paul, but I configure servers on a regular basis, and can tell you from direct, personal, hands on experience, that the pentium, pentium pro, pentium II, pentium III,and Xeon are not "universally compatible" with all expansion cards either. The issue is really more one of motherboards and bios than cpu's. Despite the above, intel sqeaked through a few sales if my recollection is correct....
What matters, for intel as well as AMD, is that there are some combinations of cpu, motherboard, bios, video card, disk controller, network adapter, multiport card, etc. that do work. Then IBM, Compaq, etc. package, support, and guarantee the compatibility of those combinations.
That is why having tier 1 vendor announcements is crucial, and that is why this introduction is looking so very, very, good.
Dan |
