A recent interview with the Dell CTO has Dell claiming if it wasn't for them PCI-Express, 802.11, 64 bit x86 support and more would never have come to be. While I agree Dell has a lot of power in the industry I think they are taking to much credit for other peoples work. About the only technology I might give Dell some credit for is making Intel support 64bit technology on their processors. They probably had a conversation along these lines:
Dell: Hey, Intel.
Intel: Yes?
Dell: We need 64 bit computers HP is stealing sales from us.
Intel: You have 64 bit processors. Itaniums should be good enough for you.
Dell: We want 64 bit x86!
Intel: Microsoft doesn't even support this.
Dell: I WANT IT!!!
Intel: No.
Dell: We'll use AMD.
Intel: .....
Intel: Would you like anything else with your 64 bit x64 procs?
Dell: Buy one get one free with your processors.
Intel: Ok.
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