[TriLUG] Linux and the Intel Pentium Extreme

[Greg Brown]

> 
> You fell into Intel's "marketing trap".

Um.  No.  I have, however, fallen into AMD's particular habit of
pushing poor quality hardware to the masses.  Of the three AMD systems
I've owned all three have managed to die ugly deaths doing what my
P-II system has been doing for years.  And by "dying" I mean "no
longer will boot, no POST message, no warning, nothing".  I bought my
3rd and finaly AMD processor/motherboard combo from NewEgg (I think,
this was a while ago) and it never booted - not once.  After forever
on the phone I finally got a replacement unit that ran great.  For six
months.  Then it died.

I've never been kicked in the teeth by Intel.  It's simply time to
upgrade the system that has been running flawlessly for years on end
at a 100% duty cycle with a newer and faster machine.  I could go with
AMD and risk another catastrpohpic failure for no known reason or I
can spend a little extra and get a machine that should run flawlessly
over the next five plus years.

Based on expirence I'll stick with Intel.  I'd like to give AMD yet
another chance, but I just don't see that happening.  Maybe when the
64 bit line matures.  We'll see.

Greg