__/ [ John Bailo ] on Tuesday 29 August 2006 16:37 \__
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>> Sales of Intel's Core 2 Duo chip seem slow take off
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>> | Intel's limited Core 2 offerings and its inability to get that product
>> | to where it's needed may give AMD a window of opportunity to reap
>> | fiscally before the Core 2 Duo becomes more generally available.
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>> http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=34015
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>> The monopolies seem to be slowly collapsing. This includes Microsoft and
>> Dell.
>
> Isn't that the chip that Apple uses now?
Exactly. And there are clearly some temperature issues.
http://www.macobserver.com/article/2006/08/29.1.shtml
Authorities Look Into Apple Laptop Fire in Japan
Whether it's just a Sony battery component (affecting Dell laptop too, and
potentially Vaios) or poor heatsinks, who knows? But both Apple and Dell
stock Intel exclusively. Only recently did Dell buy a lot of AMD chips. And
I suspect he gets plenty more after that Alienware acquisition...
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