Dell was blowing out Prescott garbage for intel after Core 2 came out.

Heck, the only X2's they're selling are the terribly high-wattage 7xxx chips... there's no option for the IMO superior 4x50e series.

The lack of any 45nm SKUs is quite telling.

Looks more like they just opened up old SKU's and just added a newer Video card.
Looks more like AMD had a trailer on site that hadn't been onloaded and Dell was able to purchase the procs dirt cheap because they had been sitting around from the first love affair.

Yes, they do offer AMD parts, but outdated/cheap and slower ones. Why'd some preffer Phenom X4 9750 to Phenom II X3 720 for example (same price range)? Or Radeon 3650 instead of 4770?
With no upgrades available this model looks like a cheap excuse for Dell for not having much of an AMD in their price list...

Dell and other computer makers now have been free to choices.

And this happens within two months of Intel receiving a beating from the EU. Hardly a coincidence.