AM2 a Flop with Consumers?

[Jason]

No one doubts that AM2 did not deliver earth shattering performance increases over socket 939 which it replaced. It was still a good move for AMD and will lead to bigger and better things. The guys at XYZ Computing have a difference of opinion though. . .

"When AM2 was first announced it seemed like it was going to be a guaranteed hit. After all, this platform would be moving the tremendously successful socket 939 into the future with its use of DDR2 memory, a greatly increased memory bandwidth, hardware virtualization, and a number of exciting new CPUs. Despite everything AM2 had going for it, this includes a dedicated enthusiast base and a tremendous amount of pro-AMD spirit at the time, the new platform has largely been dismissed by consumers. The question now is, what happened? How did AMD go from record growth and being the darling of enthusiasts to having a new platform which failed to impress?"

Did AMD Socket AM2 Fail to Impress Consumers?