In terms of computer systems, there are 3 major camps of vendors.  According to the Survey Report prepared for the 2020 Communications Trust published in November 2005, 91% of secondary schools have purchased PC's based on Intel or AMD technologies, and 7% have bought Apple Mac.  Apple Mac has been renowned for its graphical interface but is losing attraction to a much bigger community of technology developers namely Intel and AMD in recent years.  Mac is now using Intel technology and can run Windows XP.  So the spot light shows the race is now between Intel and AMD only.  Intel is the predominant vendor.  It has achieved this position by strong R&D capabilities and well funded marketing. Its Pentium 4 is now accepted as a poor product but its U$500 million marketing spend has given it a firm position in the market.  Nevertheless, Intel has lost about 10% of its market share to AMD in the last year as a result of some very strong showings from AMD based computer systems.  Lately Intel has announced a new technology called Core to replace Pentium 4.  There is published benchmark data that shows Core is well ahead of K8 technologies from AMD.  Will this latest announcement reverse the position of technology leadership?  Compucon has been collecting information on a worldwide basis and has been keeping the Compucon channel up to date for the last 10 years.  On this occasion, we attach a Power Point file in PDF format on this subject matter for your reference.  Please be aware that the information is very technically involved, but offers some view points.  Please exercise your judgement.  Feel free to discuss its contents with the This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it .

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