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Intel's chip a secret weapon
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| 1/24/02
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Posted on 01/25/2002 5:15:10 AM PST by Tumbleweed_Connection
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To: Tumbleweed_Connection
If not for AMD, Intel would now be another Microsoft. Competition, its what capitalism is all about.
This message has been brought to you by a devoted AMD junkie.
God Bless America
To: Tumbleweed_Connection
Cat is out of the bag now. They might as well promote/market the chip.
To: JustAnAmerican
I tried to buy AMD but kept running into problems.
To: Tumbleweed_Connection
"To meet the server challenge, Intel partnered with HP..." Oops. There's nothing worse than getting a crappy lab partner.
To: JustAnAmerican
I don't care what Intel plans and markets, i'll stick with AMD.
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posted on
01/25/2002 5:51:20 AM PST
by
dalereed
To: *computer security in
Indexing
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posted on
01/25/2002 5:58:57 AM PST
by
Mixer
To: boston liberty
Ping!
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posted on
01/25/2002 5:59:20 AM PST
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Mixer
To: JustAnAmerican
Just built my first AMD machine, a dual processor, screamer, last November. The decision to go AMD was based on memory prices (DDR vs RAMBUS).
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posted on
01/25/2002 6:09:13 AM PST
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js1138
To: Kentucky Woman
AMD's Procs have always blasted holes in Intel's dreams...
To: Tumbleweed_Connection
Message to all FReepers considering on building or buying a new PC:
BUY ONE WITH AN AMD PROCESSOR!
To: js1138
AMD machine, a dual processor, screamer, last November. Which MoBo did you use? Did you use AthlonXP or AthlonMP chips?
To: Tumbleweed_Connection
One of the reasons that the Itanium is not going over well is that it is too darn expensive. A large fairly well-known software company (not MS) and Intel itself uses my software and both have asked me about ports of it for native 64-bit Windows.
The last time I checked, an Itanium system would have run me $11K. Not cost effective for me to do a port, especially with so few end users using Itanium also.
It's good that AMD gives Intel some competition. But for the Linuxers out there, there is a little blame game going on because of some bug in the AMD Athlon's and Linux on systems with AGP graphics cards.
AMD chip bug snares Linux users
The Linux-AMD AGP bug - who's to blame?
To: js1138
I'm still back in PII 400\RAM 56k land and run out of memory, just did last night and was forced to shut down a couple of sites and a Word folder to open another.
To: Tumbleweed_Connection
I run a PII 400 at home. Its the kid doing Autocad and 3d rendering that gets the dual processor. I like building PCs. Just can't afford to own them.
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posted on
01/25/2002 7:21:24 AM PST
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js1138
To: js1138
It's fast enough for my needs, have to double the RAM someday.
To: Tumbleweed_Connection
On most PII motherboards you can add 128 megs of memory for $20 or less.
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posted on
01/25/2002 7:29:33 AM PST
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js1138
To: js1138
I didn't know it could go on the motherboard. A non-related question, I switched hard drives and the other is still out. Will I incur any conflicts by using it as a slave?
To: Tumbleweed_Connection
I've upgraded lots of hard drives, leaving the old drive on the second controller, or as a slave. Not only is this ethe easiest way to keep your old documents, but it gives you a place for backups.
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posted on
01/25/2002 7:53:27 AM PST
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js1138
To: js1138
What about about putting into a new machine?
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