Re: OT- Buying new computer, which way to go?

RW+/- wrote:

On Sat, 03 Jun 2006 09:43:15 -0400, Rich wrote:


On Fri, 02 Jun 2006 02:12:45 GMT, RW+/- <eat@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:


On Thu, 01 Jun 2006 21:42:30 -0400, Rich wrote:


Converts from Intel to AMD do so because they perceive a value in
doing so, mostly from a performance perspective, some because of
monetary cosiderations. What I say is not going to influence the
"clerks" who run I.T. depts. As for personal users, I can only say
"As yourself why Intel is so hated by so many enthusiasts who spend
LOTS of money on computers in order to maximize their computer's
performance?" Ask yourself why companies like Alien nearly always use AMD processors. Ask yourself how a company 1/10th the size of
Intel could take 20% of the server market in three years, despite
Intel's massive promotional budgets and BRIBERY and manipulation
of production centres?
Ask yourself why Intel has had so many failures in it's product lines?
Ask yourself why Microsoft is dragging it's feet on implementing
64-bit programs (because Intel has had such a hard time coming up
with a 64-bit chip). The Itanium (soon to be s---canned) was it's
first failure here. If it weren't for companies like Apple, IBM and AMD, my guess is that
Intel would have us STILL using chips at a 486 level of performance
while we'd be paying $1000 a pop for them. Hell, it's debatable
whether we'd even have CPUs beyond 8-bits if it had been solely up to
Intel! The terrible Pentium 1, the artificially hobbled "SX" 386 and
486, the list is long.

If anyone is really interested in this subject, go and read the
history of the processor for the last 25 years.

Had you any inkling of an understanding regarding things CPU Intel or
otherwise you would not be speaking out of your simplistic ass so.

Intel's so-called problem with 64bit computers was trying to maintain
backwards compatibility mixed with forward progression.

Which they FAILED miserably at. And of course, AMD succeeded.


They "failed" because they were attempting to satisfy frugal users and
companies.


I personally would wish they just jumped forward disdaining the past and
all the laamers that would whine about being left in the dust.

Perfect! People are already deserting Microsoft in droves for open
systems (Vista will retail at $450!!!) and you want to make everyone's
current software unusable. Boy, what a business mind!!


ROTFLOL!

Rich, oh Rich, that was funny beyond words! Do you realize that changing to
an open OS makes your software unusable? (with minor exceptions) Who cares
about the cheapies who go for free stuff, they would be the ones to use
warez and crackz and then run them on old OS versions and complain, while
they are running it all on old archaic hardware.

Yes, time to leave them all in the dust, start afresh, new coding, new
software versions rewritten from ground up although sadly they will insist
on reusing bits of old code.

I have not read the threads to this topic, but if anyone is interested in a computer.

Macintosh is the only way to go.
You want headaches buy a winblows unit.
.

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