The Desktop bundle is a nice deal, and I'm tempted although I don't need it. I AM going to the show in Tampa on the 14th, though. I love going to these things.
Show dates:
June 2 Chicago, Illinois
June 6 Toronto, Canada
June 14 Tampa, Florida
June 16 Atlanta, Georgia
June 21 Dallas, Texas
June 23 Houston, Texas
June 27 Irvine, California
June 29 Burbank, California
July 1 Sunnyvale, California
July 12 Seattle, Washington
July 14 Vancouver, Canada
July 19 Boston, Massachusetts
July 21 East Brunswick, New Jersey
From Fatwallet:
The AMD / Microsoft Tech Tour will soon be in my area. I went to http://www.amd.com/techtour and found details on a great deal on AMD64/Mobo/XP x64 edition. Here they are:
Desktop Bundle - Price = $250
— AMD Athlon™ 64 3200+ 939 pin processor
— Asus A8N-E Socket 939 motherboard
— Microsoft® Windows® XP x64 Edition
Server Bundle - Price = $500
— 2 - AMD Opteron™ 246 CPUs
— Tyan Thunder K8SD Pro (S2882-D) motherboard
— Microsoft Server 2003 x64 Edition
Edit: Just to compare I priced the server bundle from NewEgg at $1,012!!! (S2882G3NR not S2882-D at NewEgg)
Only catch is you can reserve your bundle online but must attend the tech tour to pick up. I'd highly recommend going though because I went to one of these things in Boston and my friend I went with won a free processor. Probably 25% of the people who went got something decent like a top of the line processor and almost everyone left with a free t-shirt. Check it out!
Agenda
3:00 pm Registration begins
3:00 - 4:00 pm Technical Demo Showcase
4:00 - 6:15 pm
Welcome to AMD/Microsoft Tech Tour 2005
Distributor Sponsor Presentation
AMD and Microsoft Market Opportunities
6:15 - 7:15 pm
Buffet Dinner
Technical Demo Showcase
7:30 - 9:00 pm
Sponsor Presentations
AMD and Microsoft Marketing Opportunities
Marketing Programs
9:00 - 9:30 pm Q&A and Giveaways