There was little fanfare but far-reaching ramifications for the PC industry this week as Dell rolled out its first notebook computers powered by processors from Advanced Micro Devices. Despite Dell’s lack of marketing behind the move — which follows on the PC giant’s splashier offering of AMD desktops earlier this fall — its use of non-Intel hardware is seen as a significant shift for the PC industry. “It’s significant because the majority of PCs sold now are in the notebook space,” Current Analysis Senior Analyst Toni Duboise told TechNewsWorld.
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Dell Unveils First AMD-Based Laptops
Posted by: Jay Lyman November 2, 2006 02:09 PMThere was little fanfare but far-reaching ramifications for the PC industry this week as Dell rolled out its first notebook computers powered by processors from Advanced Micro Devices. Despite Dell’s lack of marketing behind the move — which follows on the PC giant’s splashier offering of AMD desktops earlier this fall — its use of non-Intel hardware is seen as a significant shift for the PC industry. “It’s significant because the majority of PCs sold now are in the notebook space,” Current Analysis Senior Analyst Toni Duboise told TechNewsWorld.