On Sunday 10 August 2003 01:43 pm, Frankie wrote: > I personally think that anyone buying Intel CPU's are nuts... > > You pay at least 40% more usually, and for office apps, they are marginally > slower then the much cheaper AMD.. > > Of course your upside is that you will get a bit faster framerate running > Quake3 with the Intel, but since both are totally playable and most of the > work is getting shifted to the GPU (graphics card) nowdays.. the difference > is less and less. > > Go with AMD to save money ahead of any other reason, but since you mention > it, Intel have shown themselves to be very M$ friendly.. much more so then > AMD I think. > > I will never buy another intel machine.. I don't believe in paying more > just for the name.. I want the job done as cheaply as possible.. > > As for the SCO thing, to hell with them, if you didn't see a license > agreement with non GPL terms in it.. you are fine.. and since unitedlinux > had all sorts of stipulations in it, I suspect SCO would have been shot > down had they tried to introduce anything non GPl into their license. > > > rgds > > Franki > > >-----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Thinker > >Sent: Monday, 11 August 2003 2:47 AM > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Subject: [newbie] OT--General Linux Questions > > > > > >I know this is a little off topic, but I was hoping to hear as many > >opinions on these questions as possible. > > > > > >1. After reading this article ... > >http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/200143628 > >0_linuxgroup08.html > > > >I am left wondering; where does Intel stand in the debate? Are they > >officially on the M$ side of things are are they attempting to play > >neutral in all of this. I have never used an AMD processor and I wasn't > >really planning on it, but if Intel is out to hurt Open Source, I will > >have to change my stance. > > > >2. After reading this article ... > >http://www.vnunet.com/News/1142837 > > > >I am wondering, what about UnitedLinux? Isn't SCO part of an ongoing pro > >Linux project with SuSE and others? Does SCO expect me to pay $699 for a > >license for software they shipped me under the pretense that it was > >'free'? > > > >Honestly, I went to United Linux about 2 months ago and signed up for > >the shipment of the free software discs. If I install them, and then pay > >the $699 can I not sue them for fraud? > > > > > >Just a few questions from a newbie trying to make sense out of all this > >posturing. > > > > > >Thanks for your time. > > > >-=Thinker But, but bbut, intel's run cooler. Course my AMDs may be a tad hotter but I don't have a problem with them slowing down or dropping out as long as I keep the fans fanning. : ) No intels here. Not being a snob about it, I just have a hard time spending the extra dollars for something when I can get just as satisfactory a product for less. AMD is in all my computers. -- Dennis M. linux user #180842
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