>Never say to an Athlon owner that Pentium technology is better than Athlon
>technology. That person will become offended-- as the inferior and
>uncertain often do-- and shoot back like a vicious beast. :)
>Alanb
>Alanb
Yea, but what this guy said is just plain wrong, wrong , wrong. It's
Intel who have been accused of doing exactly what he says AMD have
done.
Well, you made the right choice Eldred. It's a fact that a P4 clocked
at 1.5ghz is slower than a 1.33c Athlon, except in those few apps that
use P4 specialized code.
Hear, Hear. Nothing like people throwing up misinformation without any
basis on reality.
Rafe Mc
Andi.
> >Why would someone be offended? You make your decision based on the
information
> >you have at the time, and maybe suggestions from friends/colleagues. I
> >currently have an Athlon 1.3G. Is a P4 better? I don't know - some say
it is,
> >some say it isn't. Do I care? Nope - I got a CPU I'm happy with for
cheaper
> >than the P4's were at the time.
> >Eldred
> Well, you made the right choice Eldred. It's a fact that a P4 clocked
> at 1.5ghz is slower than a 1.33c Athlon, except in those few apps that
> use P4 specialized code.