Will Dell notebooks soon have AMD chips inside?

“According to anonymous “sources at Taiwan-based notebook makers,” Dell is set to launch a full range of AMD-based laptops based on the Sempron, Athlon 64, and Turion 64 X2 processors in the forth quarter of this year. AMD-powered Dell notebooks should mean less-expensive computers and more consumer choice–and of course, inexpensive, low-end notebooks hitting the streets during the holiday buying season.

Adding AMD Turion 64 X2 processors would also shake up Dell’s high end. Using both the Core 2 Duo with EMT-64 and the Turion 64 X2 in, say, the XPS lineup, would give power users a choice of dual-core, 64-bit processors, which will be particularly useful when the 64-bit capable Windows Vista goes mainstream early next year. Digitimes thinks lower prices would also seriously heat up competition between Dell and HP–one of AMD’s biggest customers.” - [via CNET Blog]

This entry was posted on August 4, 2006 and is filed under News.