Obviously, you can't put one of these processors in an existing Dell machine. AMD and Intel motherboards are not compatible,

Is this the first step in bringing in AMD systems to the Dell market?

Dell, Intel, Cisco and Microsoft are stronger today than a few years ago.

That's not necessarily a bad thing. If you look at the auto industry, Detroit is in virtually the same situation it's been in for the last 30 years. There's not a lot of car growth in terms of actual unit sales, but they enhance revenue by adding features. That's something that up until now has not been accepted in the PC industry.

With components in abundance, it's not as if there are any kind of spikes on the cost side. In that kind of environment, you're going to see some very aggressive moves by the vendors in order to get that holiday demand up.

We must encourage the commercialization of technologies that are compatible with existing infrastructure. What makes plug-in hybrids promising is that they are; we don't need a Manhattan Project to make this happen.