Topic: Intel speaks, at the cost of Dell.

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From The Inquirer.

Quote:

Intel says don't buy Dell PCs - build your own

It's not as hard as it sounds

By Adamson Rust: Thursday 15 April 2004, 10:20
A NEWSLETTER SENT to Intel partners advises people how to build your own PC for "creativity or gaming" which it points out is probably easier than you imagine.

In fact, Intel has what it describes as a growing library of interactive guides which advise you on cases, components and accessories.

Building your own computer, says Intel, mean "you get a computer precisely tailored to you". You build it with the "hand picked components you need to maximize your individual computing experience".

Needless to say, a "screaming fast platform for extreme gaming" will probably require an Intel Pentium 4 with HT Extreme Edition 3.40GHz [surely 3.20GHz? Ed.]. These chips use the Gallatin core, formerly exclusively confined to server customers.

If you do a search of Dell's site using the string Extreme Edition, it's extremely difficult to find a system using this screaming chip.

But advising people to build their own PCs rather than going through the usual channels of Intel's PC customers. That's a bit off, isn't it?

Intel also handily supplies a list of retailers selling 3.2GHz Pentium 4 Extreme Edition chips. The chip ranges in price from $936 through to $1079, depending where you're buying.

We've asked Intel how many of these EE chips have been sold in the USA and Europe since we pre-announced it for the chip firm last year. The result - so far - has been a stunned silence on those numbers.

I find it interesting that Intel would stick one of its biggest customers in the back to get some sales of its 3.2GHz EE chips.  Not to mention the RIAA/MPAA, Microsoft, and other company?s efforts to lock the PC box so to speak.  However I still see this as a good thing and a step in the right direction for Intel and for computing in general.  Never mind that the Intel site is basically an advertisement for Intel products.  How many times have we talked about how much better it is to build than to buy?  After almost four years of agony with my Dell system.  I built the system I currently use about nine months ago and the only thing I have had to do to the system is defrag the hard drives.  Other than that I have not had one single bit of trouble.  *Knocks on wood*  For those of you who are planning to build your next (Intel) system you might want to take a look  here at Intel's site on where to buy.  I just wonder how long this attitude at Intel will last.
 

[Javora]

From The Inquirer.

Quote:

Intel says don't buy Dell PCs - build your own

It's not as hard as it sounds

By Adamson Rust: Thursday 15 April 2004, 10:20
A NEWSLETTER SENT to Intel partners advises people how to build your own PC for "creativity or gaming" which it points out is probably easier than you imagine.

In fact, Intel has what it describes as a growing library of interactive guides which advise you on cases, components and accessories.

Building your own computer, says Intel, mean "you get a computer precisely tailored to you". You build it with the "hand picked components you need to maximize your individual computing experience".

Needless to say, a "screaming fast platform for extreme gaming" will probably require an Intel Pentium 4 with HT Extreme Edition 3.40GHz [surely 3.20GHz? Ed.]. These chips use the Gallatin core, formerly exclusively confined to server customers.

If you do a search of Dell's site using the string Extreme Edition, it's extremely difficult to find a system using this screaming chip.

But advising people to build their own PCs rather than going through the usual channels of Intel's PC customers. That's a bit off, isn't it?

Intel also handily supplies a list of retailers selling 3.2GHz Pentium 4 Extreme Edition chips. The chip ranges in price from $936 through to $1079, depending where you're buying.

We've asked Intel how many of these EE chips have been sold in the USA and Europe since we pre-announced it for the chip firm last year. The result - so far - has been a stunned silence on those numbers.

I find it interesting that Intel would stick one of its biggest customers in the back to get some sales of its 3.2GHz EE chips.  Not to mention the RIAA/MPAA, Microsoft, and other company?s efforts to lock the PC box so to speak.  However I still see this as a good thing and a step in the right direction for Intel and for computing in general.  Never mind that the Intel site is basically an advertisement for Intel products.  How many times have we talked about how much better it is to build than to buy?  After almost four years of agony with my Dell system.  I built the system I currently use about nine months ago and the only thing I have had to do to the system is defrag the hard drives.  Other than that I have not had one single bit of trouble.  *Knocks on wood*  For those of you who are planning to build your next (Intel) system you might want to take a look  here at Intel's site on where to buy.  I just wonder how long this attitude at Intel will last.
 

[Javora]

From The Inquirer.

Quote:

Intel says don't buy Dell PCs - build your own

It's not as hard as it sounds

By Adamson Rust: Thursday 15 April 2004, 10:20
A NEWSLETTER SENT to Intel partners advises people how to build your own PC for "creativity or gaming" which it points out is probably easier than you imagine.

In fact, Intel has what it describes as a growing library of interactive guides which advise you on cases, components and accessories.

Building your own computer, says Intel, mean "you get a computer precisely tailored to you". You build it with the "hand picked components you need to maximize your individual computing experience".

Needless to say, a "screaming fast platform for extreme gaming" will probably require an Intel Pentium 4 with HT Extreme Edition 3.40GHz [surely 3.20GHz? Ed.]. These chips use the Gallatin core, formerly exclusively confined to server customers.

If you do a search of Dell's site using the string Extreme Edition, it's extremely difficult to find a system using this screaming chip.

But advising people to build their own PCs rather than going through the usual channels of Intel's PC customers. That's a bit off, isn't it?

Intel also handily supplies a list of retailers selling 3.2GHz Pentium 4 Extreme Edition chips. The chip ranges in price from $936 through to $1079, depending where you're buying.

We've asked Intel how many of these EE chips have been sold in the USA and Europe since we pre-announced it for the chip firm last year. The result - so far - has been a stunned silence on those numbers.

I find it interesting that Intel would stick one of its biggest customers in the back to get some sales of its 3.2GHz EE chips.  Not to mention the RIAA/MPAA, Microsoft, and other company?s efforts to lock the PC box so to speak.  However I still see this as a good thing and a step in the right direction for Intel and for computing in general.  Never mind that the Intel site is basically an advertisement for Intel products.  How many times have we talked about how much better it is to build than to buy?  After almost four years of agony with my Dell system.  I built the system I currently use about nine months ago and the only thing I have had to do to the system is defrag the hard drives.  Other than that I have not had one single bit of trouble.  *Knocks on wood*  For those of you who are planning to build your next (Intel) system you might want to take a look  here at Intel's site on where to buy.  I just wonder how long this attitude at Intel will last.