I go for AMDs because they're a lot cheaper. On Dec 17, 2007 3:05 PM, Kirrus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > Not sure you can say Intel is evil. They are an awful lot better > > (with > > > respect to open sourcing code/drivers) than a number of other > > vendors such > > > as NVidia and ATI. > > > > > > Of the Intel machines I have, two have NVidia GPUs and five have > > Intel GPUs. > > > None have ATI. > > > > > > Cheers, > > > Al. > > > > > > I agree, calling Intel evil is a little harsh. Personally I always > > try > > to go with Intel, if possible, as they are so well supported. I have > > a > > couple of Intel only machines, CPU, chipset, GPU, wireless chips etc, > > and in my experience they have been the easiest machines to get Linux > > up and running on. Support for their wireless cards is probably the > > best I have come across. Support for their graphics chips is not too > > shabby either, Compiz, not that I use it, works out of the box. > > > > I take it you've not heard of the term `wintel` then? > > Intel is a massive company, which had a monopoly the same sort of size of > Microsoft's desktop share. AMD came in, and started forcing Intel to shake > things up, but till AMD came along, Intel were more bothered with the size > of their profits than innovation and their customers. > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wintel > > In this monopoly battle, AMD is still very much the underdog to intel's > behemoth. Does any of this sound familiar? :) > > In terms of battle, I think AMD are more like Firefox & IE than Windows & > Linux, but still you get the idea. > > Intel might be trying now to get into the graphics scene, and making sure > that their drivers are open, but AMD has historically been kinder to the > Open Source community, as shown by them buying and then starting to open > ATI. > > For some stats and more detailed information: > http://www.networkworld.com/news/2007/102607-arguments-intel-amd.html?nwwpkg=50arguments(no > second page, whatever it says...) > > Kind Regards, > > Kirrus > > > -- > Blog: http://www.kirrus.co.uk > UK Plone Hosting: http://www.plone-hosting.co.uk > > RPGs: > Captain Senaris Vlenn, CO, USS Sarek > Lt Aieron Peters, XO DS5 > > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/ >
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