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The processor is the brain of a computer - Chris Long, IT journalist
AMD walks like an Egyptian
AMD SEEMS IS expanding its presence in Egypt, announcing today that MAK Holding for Industry will be joining its distribution network in the country.
Executive manager and board member at MAK Holding’s distribution arm (EMAK), Mr. Mahmoud El Sayed, said MAK’s role, as an AMD distribution partner, would “involve working closely with the team to help strengthen the product distribution network and expand reach.”
He added that the relationship between the two companies would bring “the best of global computing technologies to customers in Egypt.”
AMD’s regional distribution and sales manager for the Middle East, Africa and Pakistan, Abdallah Saqqa, confirmed “Egypt is a key market for AMD and we are constantly working on extending our involvement in the region.”
This is AMD’s latest crusade into the Middle East after taking two Egyptian hardware distributors, Gamma and Quest into the distribution network fold recently. µ
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good move, AMD. Bin ladens wouldn't dare blowing up your slownoms, or cause any substantial damage while you're in egypt, especially not now as Intel's integration into Israel is finally complete.
Its true that AMD is pushing its products in Egypt for sometime. However, I'm concerned with the GFX cards prices,currently a 4850 is double its MSRP and only few who buy any decent GFX cards here due to its price.

You could tell I'm so desperate cuz AMD has almost nothing to do with this problem.
wish they came here to Jordan with a strong prices 
people are still buying P4 machines and they are newlly adopting core2

you cant find AMD products so easy i swear that Jordan has 3 store which you will find and AMD product and sure the prices are hot 
Athlon X2 5200+ was 220$$ last 12 month!!!!!!
and 8800gts 640 mb for 600$$
Well, that is a good step in the right direction , BUT, AMD to apread better it needs a Mega-Fest Propaganda, Intel is a main rivel in Egypt and AMD needs to tell the People that is got better things to offer in performance and Prices!!!
GFX is a main Key in entering the EgyMarket , to be available and with prices NOT THAT MUCH FAT from the international Pricing
A HD4850 Card here costs nearly an OC'ed HD4780 card in other places , it is too disappointinf for the users in here plus the sellers are so greedy in many ways, also making some main AMD marketplaces in every commen place in egypt as an official selling point is an excellent choice for AMD to make sure of customer care plus the pricing issue.....that is all for now :)
it's true that amd has been a rising rival to intel with (in my opinion) better performance and cheaper prices compared to it's rival, amd should be a hot product here. unfortunately, it's the egyptian comsumer whom is afraid from change. Low demand on a product= low supply. That's why processors are less available and motherboards come only in gigabyte. As for VGA cards with ATI chupsets, the prices are quite reasonable. A bit more costly than NVidia chipsets, but they're a bargain. For example: a powercolor hd4650 1 gb ddr3 with hdmi port costs about while 500 L.e. While the equivalent in an nvidia chipset would cost about 480-490. You make the choice, If you can find a processor. :D