Rich Billionaire pravi:
I really like AMD, but it seems like lately they're getting deeper and
deeper into trouble and have no discernible way out of it. Are they
doomed? Do you see any way they can get out of this mess?

I'm using a pc right now with an Athlon 64 X2 5600+.
Somehow in my mind, Intel cpu's are nasty and I'd rather not use them.
I guess I'm a perfectionist and I like how AMD always does things the
right way, whereas Intel uses kludges and quick and dirty engineering
solutions. I always believe in doing things right.

Doomed? Why? Don't be distracted by a little propaganda, AMD is still
better for business machines.

I speak from experience, I have worked with both. AMD is just more
reliable, it's memory controller works with any compatible RAM, not
something I could say for the Intel equivalent. AMDs are faster price /
performance for the low cost market (in Europe) which business uses
always are. And AMDs are more jumpy and responsive and more suitable in
a hardware setup with moderate performance costs and heavy peripheral
communication use, which is also a good description of dynamic office use.

I choose AMD over Intel and my boss (who is no hardware freak but just
needs a stable working multi-purpose computer) is very happy with my
decision. My hardware combo is always: AMD, nVidia, LC Power, MSI,
Seagate. Rock solid stable, technologically advanced and quite responsive.

I don't get the merger with ATI tho, but hope they make something
interesting as a result. I've heard they got in some interesting
technologies with the purchase... including Cyrix's CPU/MCP/GPU hybrid
prototypes. AMD's future could be quite interesting.


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