Sun loves Intel, Solaris going Xeon.

[polobunny]

Originally Posted by Sun microsystems press release

January 22, 2007 - Sun Microsystems, Inc. and Intel Corporation today announced a broad strategic alliance centered on Intel's endorsement of the Solaris Operating System (OS) and Sun's commitment to deliver a comprehensive family of enterprise and telecommunications servers and workstations based on Intel Xeon processors. The new Intel-based enterprise systems from Sun will enhance its current X64 portfolio and complement its industry-leading, powerhouse SPARC systems...

Feature Story: Sun And Intel Announce Broad Strategic Alliance
Found via Engadget

Dang,this sucks honestly. They were running AMD64 since a good while now, not very faithful of Sun. :(
To sum it up: Blah blah blah, more money.

[fps justin]

Originally Posted by polobunny

Feature Story: Sun And Intel Announce Broad Strategic Alliance
Found via Engadget

Dang,this sucks honestly. They were running AMD64 since a good while now, not very faithful of Sun. :(
To sum it up: Blah blah blah, more money.

business is business. C2D > AMD Opty

[Lead Head]

Originally Posted by fps justin

business is business. C2D > AMD Opty

Core 2 Duo is for consumers, Opterons are for corparations. Anyways, once you get into the highend 4+ CPU servers, the Opteron still hold their own, but yes, not faithful of Sun at all.

[Panda Man]

In all honesty I haven't heard from Sun in a good while, say 2-3 years. Can't believe they still make servers, or even still around for that matter.