Albert, "...because that would be against dell policy"
Ok, Dell is a somewhat special entity. But Compaq,
IBM, HP, all are using AMD in some lines but not in
business lines. Why? Because they also have policies,
and the policies are based not only on politics, but
also on technical merits of the product line,
including software perspectives, compatibility and support,
hardware and driver compatibility, supply stability,
and perspectives of product evolution.
Even if all of that is competitive, what an OEM
systems engineering could report to management
if the thing become flaky with more than two sticks
of memory, or works only with certain sticks but not
with others, or does not wake up from a sleep state
without hanging or subtle data corruption? Or does not
boot first time when cold?
To "break in" as you say, AMD needs to provide an
exceptionally stable platform. Simply good is not
good enough. It seems like many did not get this
concept right yet.
Regards,
- Ali |
