AMD used to be very liberal with there giveaways, now they pretty much have all but stopped. Intel on the other hand is very generous these days. Once they waved the silly tests they used to make you take to be a partner they have really turned things around. I did AMD exclusively for years in systems, now I have rebounded back to Intel as they are alwasy putting on roadshows etc.. With plenty of giveaways. I just signed up for there latest IPD laptop deal, paying $999 for a day to build a Centrino notebook (that you get to keep), the notebook will either be the FIC or Asus M3N with the 1.7GHZ Centrino fully decked out. That is a hot deal however not everyone can attend. If anybody in the Portland, OR area wants in on this I have one slot available just PM me for details.