Ik kreeg van Sake de tip dat Sharky Extreme z\'n Weekly CPU prices column heeft geupdate. Voor het eerst worden ook prijzen voor de Athlon genoemd. Mako (hardware editor van Sharky Extreme en uitsproken anti-AMD) krijgt het zelfs voor elkaar om enkele positieve opmerkingen over de beschikbaarheid van de Athlon te plaatsen:
Also, this week sees the debut of AMD\'s new Athlon line of CPUs on our weekly list, a fact that many fans of the part will no doubt be happy about. While there aren\'t many resellers that we talked to that weren\'t still waiting for their Athlon orders to come in, the ones we\'ve listed above did verify that they indeed had stock on hand and could ship orders immediately.Athlon mainboards are a rare commodity currently, but both Gigabyte and MSI\'s first \"Slot-A\" Athlon boards should hit retail channels either early next week or shortly thereafter. Think mid-September at the latest.
It\'s a testament to AMD\'s strong commitment to the Athlon that it