on Sun, 09 Mar 2003 01:53:51PM -0800, Leo Spalteholz insinuated: > On March 9, 2003 01:25 pm, Nori Heikkinen wrote: > > on Sun, 09 Mar 2003 02:36:10PM -0600, Jamin W. Collins insinuated: > > > > > > > A few people recommended the AMD Athlon processor over > > > > Pentiums. > > > > > > I've found that the AMD processors are normally much less > > > expensive and provide a similar performance. Personally, I like > > > them and use them in almost all of my systems. I'm sure you'll > > > find people that swear by Intel and people that swear by AMD. > > > In the end it's up to you. > > > > how's Duron? should've asked before i just bought one, i guess > > ... but i could still send it back :) > > Not bad. Excellent value and better performance than a comparably > clocked celeron thats for sure. But of course it won't be as fast > as an Athlon at the same clock rate..
cool -- speed is not the issue, as i've been happy with my 650 MHz PIII until the motherboard blew. just asking about how they stack up along the Intel-vs.-AMD line. </nori> -- .~. nori @ sccs.swarthmore.edu /V\ http://www.sccs.swarthmore.edu/~nori/jnl/ // \\ @ maenad.net /( )\ www.maenad.net ^`~'^ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]