AMD vs Intel [Was:Re:OT: PIII vs Celeron]

[John Moniz]

Lennart Sorensen wrote:
> <snip>
>
> Given the performance you can get in a cheap $400 machine new these
> days, it's getting hard to justify even looking at perfectly good old
> computers, never mind those that are getting flacky.
You're right Lennart. By coincidence, I now have the opportunity through 
my employer to buy some Compaq Presarios and HP Pavilions. I have never 
bought a brand name PC before, but the prices are not bad.

The biggest choice I have to make is whether to go for an Intel Pentium 
Dual Core or an AMD 64x2 Dual Core. The AMD's available seem to be 
higher speeds (eg. Intel dual core 1.6 & 1.8GHz vs AMD dual core 2.3, 
2.6 & 2.7 GHz). Naturally, the price goes up the faster the CPU.

I haven't seen much discussion lately on AMD vs Intel dual cores. Are 
they about equivalent?

I think one more concern is whether I should expect problems with the 
SATA drives (they all come with large SATA drives).

John.
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