More AMD price cuts

[Bozo]

http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/ProductInformation/0,,30_118_609,00.html?redir=CPT301


Bozo :joker:

 

[ddrueding]

Happy Happy Happy

 

[Mercutio]

Yay! I can officially cut WAY back on the number of PCs I own.

I'm going from 14 to eight, including two notebooks. X2s + gobs of RAM + VMware means I don't need half my computers any more.

 

[P5-133XL]

Yay! I can officially cut WAY back on the number of PCs I own.

I'm going from 14 to eight, including two notebooks. X2s + gobs of RAM + VMware means I don't need half my computers any more.

My plans are similar -- Replace my aging XP 2500'sand 3.2GHz P4's with fewer dual cores with lots of ram and then use vmware with terminal services to eliminate the need for KVM's/mice/keyboards/video cards/monitors. The only real difference is that I have not decided upon Woodcrest; Conroe; Socket F Opterons; or X2's. My inclination is go Intel - Woodcrest.

If I had to do it now, it would be X2's but I can wait till all the options are readily avail and make a judgement call then: I suspect, that there will be at least one more signifigent price cut (20%+) from AMD.

It'll be fun to see if I can get totally headless motherboards: Will operate without keyboard, mouse, or video card.

 

[LunarMist]

Wow, the new Intel CPUs must really be good!

 

[Bozo]

It'll be fun to see if I can get totally headless motherboards: Will operate without keyboard, mouse, or video card.

????

I've been running totally headless computers with Intel motherboards for a few years now. I use VNC to 'monitor' them. Is there something I'm missing???

Bozo :joker:

 

[P5-133XL]

????

I've been running totally headless computers with Intel motherboards for a few years now. I use VNC to 'monitor' them. Is there something I'm missing???

Bozo :joker:

Only that most retail MB's won't operate headless without generating errors: One actually has to search to find error-free headless MB's.

 

[Gilbo]

Many can be configured to boot properly. You only need to plug a keyboard & monitor in the one time, and set the old "Halt on no errors" or some such. Most boards I've encountered have it buried in the BIOS somewhere.

 

[Tannin]

Usually on the front page of the BIOS, actually. 386 boards used to do this. Outside of crap from the vomit box makers, I think everything does.

 

[ddrueding]

Usually on the front page of the BIOS, actually. 386 boards used to do this. Outside of crap from the vomit box makers, I think everything does.

All the boards I use have it at the bottom of the front screen.