The other thing is...

et — 11/30/2006 7:38:14 PM (archived)

It seems like Intel is sprinting from marketing niche to marketing niche. Sure, you could probably do better by spending more money on an Intel CPU of the moment, but the hardware has a faster planned obsolescence.

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Advice needed: AMD or Intel? - Tony - 11/27/2006 5:29:35 PM
- Update: Athlon X2 64 it is. Thanks et. (n/t) - Tony - 12/20/2006 4:06:17 AM
  - Which socket? (n/t) - et - 12/20/2006 6:40:58 PM
    - AM2. Ask me how I knew to get such a thing... ;-) (n/t) - Tony - 12/20/2006 10:36:08 PM
      - Someone said, I AM 1, and you said, I - - - - (n/t) - Bowser - 12/21/2006 7:14:43 PM
      - Either a magic 8-ball or you have a 12 year old kid. (n/t) - et - 12/21/2006 2:21:23 AM
- This is just effing ridiculous... - RobVG - 12/5/2006 1:59:53 AM
  - re: Intel was having a problem with scaling when they got up to about 20 cores... - Scott Evil - 12/6/2006 8:23:40 PM
  - That not a "Quad core"..... - et - 12/5/2006 7:30:20 PM
  - re: This is just effing ridiculous... - azstrummer - 12/5/2006 4:59:02 PM
    - Quad core. - et - 12/5/2006 7:33:13 PM
- but seriously.... - et - 11/30/2006 6:57:37 PM
  - Pricing AM2 CPUs.... - et - 11/30/2006 9:30:58 PM
    - Thanks - Tony - 12/1/2006 3:55:38 PM
      - You could load Ubuntu on that 1.7Gig. - et - 12/1/2006 8:22:36 PM
        
        Plus, it would likely be significantly faster than it is now (n/t) - Yeti - 12/1/2006 11:36:56 PM
        
        Generally true, but depends on the task. (n/t) - et - 12/2/2006 5:35:37 AM
        
        Or at the very least a dual boot..... (n/t) - Tony - 12/1/2006 9:15:17 PM
        
        That's a distinct possibility..... (n/t) - Tony - 12/1/2006 9:14:35 PM
- If you'd asked me a few months ago... - TB - 11/27/2006 9:49:40 PM
  - re: The dual core processors rock n roll! - Scott Evil - 11/28/2006 6:45:58 PM
    - P.S. I haven't tried the AMD dual Core chips yet. - Scott Evil - 11/28/2006 6:56:04 PM
  - How does the software have to catch up? - et - 11/28/2006 5:16:14 PM
    - Multi-core limitations - azstrummer - 11/29/2006 4:41:19 PM
      - Ok. Parallelization. Sure. - et - 11/29/2006 7:51:28 PM
        
        Ya got me. - Tony - 11/29/2006 8:21:00 PM
        
        Speaking of jerking. - Scott Evil - 11/30/2006 4:05:06 PM
        
        re: Ya got me. - azstrummer - 11/29/2006 8:31:47 PM
    - re: How does the software have to catch up? - TB - 11/29/2006 7:41:01 AM
      - If it can thread to two cores, it can thread to n cores. - et - 11/29/2006 7:47:18 PM
      - Havent caught up yet either - Tony - 11/29/2006 3:38:31 PM
        
        Tony...TONY~~~~~~ - et - 11/29/2006 7:49:49 PM
        
        MOBO? - RNE - 11/30/2006 12:00:10 AM
        
        The other thing is... - et - 11/30/2006 7:38:14 PM
        
        I'd wait till about Jan 30th to decide on the mobo. - et - 11/30/2006 6:54:56 PM
        
        K' - RNE - 12/1/2006 10:46:12 PM
        
        There are some good Mobo's out there for the HTPC route. - et - 12/2/2006 5:34:32 AM
        
        Strange. I suddenly have a feeling that I really REALLY want to buy an AMD AM2 socket and upgrade it later. (n/t) - Tony - 11/29/2006 8:07:03 PM
        
        re: Yeah, me too. Spooky, that.... (n/t) - Hypnotized Yeti - 11/29/2006 10:47:00 PM
- BUy AMD AM2 socket with cheap single core (Athlon 64) processor now. - et - 11/27/2006 7:30:20 PM

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