Opteron Goes Dual-Core, But Dell Still Isn’t Buying
According to Dell, offering AMD based systems to their customers would force them to raise prices. Although no customer wants higher prices, having purchasing options would be nice.
Intel isn’t expected to release its dual-core Xeon processor until early 2006. However, Dell executives noted that adopting AMD as a supplier would increase the computer maker’s operating costs because it would need to set up new development and testing teams. Using Opteron also could affect the pricing deals that Dell gets from Intel in return for its fidelity.
“If Dell were to offer [Opteron systems], that’d be great,” said Chris Ruffieux, vice president of technology at Gannett Media Technologies International in Norfolk, Va. “But if it’s going to cause the prices of other things I’m buying from Dell to go up, I’d rather have it stay the same.”
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