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To: rudedog who wrote (84956)12/11/1998 5:18:00 PM
From: John Koligman  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 176387
 
Rudedog - I have a question on your comments in regard to the amount of engineering that would need to be done for a manufacturer to use another MPU (AMD in this case). Is the motherboard the problem? I would think that AMD would be more than happy to make a great deal with another major boxmaker, supplying them with boths chips and boards (boards possibly thru a 3rd party). Or is it mostly testing the systems with the new chip/board and all components for 'gotchas'?

Thanks,
John



To: rudedog who wrote (84956)12/11/1998 5:29:00 PM
From: TigerPaw  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 176387
 
Which (threat) would Intel regard as more credible
I think were Dell to use another vendor's chipset would greatly add legitimacy to the other vendor. This is a situation Intel is anxious to avoid. I don't think Dell wants to complicate it's supply chain with multiple CPU vendors and I think Intel will make sure they are not forced to do so.

Compaq shifting between vendors does not have much effect outside of their own customer base.

TP


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