[mythtv-users] AMD or Intel?

[John Johnson]

I think you hit the nail on the head. It's personal preference. VI vs. 
EMACS, etc.

Regards,
   JJ

On 15-Jan-2005, at 22:39, Scott Alfter wrote:

> On Sat, Jan 15, 2005 at 12:07:39PM -0500, John Johnson top-posted 
> (grr):
>> When comparing, don't be biased by AMD's (deceptive, IMO) "model
>> numbers". I.e. if you compare a 2.2GHz intel and a 2200+ AMD, you will
>> be disappointed with the performance, since the AMD 2200+ is a 1.5GHz
>> processor.
>
> ...and that is significant how, exactly?  The microarchitecture of the
> Athlon XP is significantly different from that of the Pentium 4, so
> clockspeed comparisons are useless.  Hell, you could say the same 
> thing when
> comparing the Pentium 4 and Pentium M, which is probably why Intel is 
> moving
> away from selling its processors on their clockspeed.  Most people are 
> smart
> enough to not do that, and they're finally catching on.  (Then again, 
> most
> people are also smart enough to not top-post. :-P )
>
>   _/_
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