Woe Is Dell

It's hard to say exactly how much of an impact Intel's co-marketing dollars have on Dell, with Intel declining to comment on its customers' financial results.

Of course, co-marketing dollars or not, switching from one chip supplier to two would likely increase Dell's costs since it's manufacturing operations now need to build separate product lines.

In the long run, however, Dell believes that it will see cost savings by benefiting from the fierce competition between Intel and AMD.

It might even change Dell's luck.