AMD64 PC timeline (so far)

Here's the timeline so far :

23 Nov 2005 : Signed up for the promotion via phone call to 1633 hotline (day 00)
02 Dec 2005 : Received StarHub letter, registered order online with HP (day 09)
07 Dec 2005 : Received first call from HP regarding order (day 14)
08 Dec 2005 : Received second call from HP, confirmed order (day 15)

Since our MaxOnline account is under Biow's name (due to historical reasons), she's the one dealing with the HP representative. Says that the HP rep tried to upsell her all sorts of stuff from AMD64X2 dual-processor to HDD to CD-ROM drive, LCD monitor, graphics card and even the 3.5" floppy drive which nobody seems to use nowadays (apart from probably WinXP setup with a SATA HDD). Really quite a hard sell it seems.

In the end we stuck to the Desktop Upgrade 2 package for $299 but also increased the RAM to 1 GB (512MB x2) for an additional $95 (lower than the $137 listed on SCV website, and not too far from SLS prices). So, well, it's not entirely free, but for $394 we'll get a pretty much state-of-the-art PC which should cost close to $1800 if I were to go the usual Sim-Lim-Square DIY route. So, still, not too bad.

Interesting thing is, again, Biow's PC will be 200 MHz faster than mine - my old PC was a P3-450 while her current one is a K7-650. And now mine is an AMD64-3200 while hers, with the upgrade option, will be an AMD64-3400. Heh. Not sure whether it'll be a socket SC754 or SC939 though or whether it will have SSE3 extensions, not that big of a deal anyway.

Delivery supposed to be within 14 *working* days + an additional 3-5 *working* days for the customized, "built-to-order" setup. Probably gonna be Jan 2006 by the time it arrives. We'll see.

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