IT'S NOW FAR cheaper for system integrators worldwide to build dual systems using Intel Xeon chips than dual Athlon MP 2200+ processors, it has emerged.
Unless, that is, you consider RDRAM memory, of course.
Intel's new pricing strategy is causing some flurry of activity in the SI channel because price and performance rule the roost.
One system integrator told the INQ that, for example, a dual Xeon 2.4GHz, which comes with GigEthernet, PCI-X and other nicer features than you can get with Athlon MPs, means a switch from AMD.
Why?
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