[TriLUG] CPU Considerations/Recommendations

[Greg Brown]

I've been blasted for my views of AMD but I'd say, no, and AMD anything is
not a good choice for a processor (this is based off three different AMD
processors I owned kicking the bucket within one year's time.  Meanwhile my
P-II is still churning out the 1s and 0s God only knows how long after it
was shipped out the door).

Yahoo had a story about the financial well at AMD possibly running dry:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070311/ap_on_bi_ge/amd_intel_shifting_fortunes;_ylt=AhfUbSCIDhPeuOjiO2pl.sfMWM0F

(http://tinyurl.com/yrkw7y)*

*Some other headlines:

*AMD* on The Brink of
Collapse<http://www.shortnews.com/start.cfm?id=60964&rubrik1=Economy&rubrik2=Company%20News&rubrik3=Mergers%20%2F%20Takeovers&sort=1&start=1>
*AMD* Staggering After Brutal Year of Battling
Intel<http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,258365,00.html>
Intel Debuts More Product, The Chips Are Down Again At
AMD<http://www.247wallst.com/2007/03/intel_debuts_mo.html>

This could all be wrong though.  YMMV.

Greg

On 3/13/07, Ed Alexander <esalexa at nc.rr.com> wrote:
>
> I need to purchase a new primary desktop for home use.  I'd like some
> recommendations for what CPU to get.  Is Athlon 64 a good choice?  I
> know of issues with getting Flash player to work (only 32-bit version
> available).  Are there other considerations, good or bad?
>
> I'll be running various Linux distros on it over time, one as the base
> system and others in Qemu or VMware.  The system will be used for the
> usual (e-mail, web, video, productivity, etc.) and general playing
> around with Linux distros.
>
> Thanks for any constructive comments.
>
> Ed
>
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