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A comment on 7nm AMD EPYC “Rome” CPU with 64C/128T to Cost $8K (56 Core Intel Xeon: $25K-50K). Parent comment

Re:7nm AMD EPYC “Rome” CPU with 64C/128T to Cost $8K (56 Cor... by dijit on Saturday June 22, 2019 @09:54AM (#20249551)
FWIW that’s exactly why Microsoft office and windows is so prolific, it’s what people know from school so it’s not even a conversation on switching.

Even if Microsoft is gauging companies with licenses.

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Re:7nm AMD EPYC “Rome” CPU with 64C/128T to Cost $8K (56 Cor... by mrep on Saturday June 22, 2019 @10:50AM (#20249884)
And exactly why Google responded with chromebooks and free gsuite for education.
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