please agree or disagree...
in response to the news item about amd chip summary [edit: i mean shortage]:
i'm not disagreeing with their statments, but just clarifying:
they are probably justified saying that they wont have their loyal users jump brand. they are thinking that their core user base are overclockers and upgraders and DIY and cost conscious people. this is probably true, at least in the sense that "core" means hardcore or loyal.
however, of the people who acccount for processor purchases, those who are buying them alone as an upgrade are a miniscule percentage, IMHO.
now that intel can validly claim: "cheaper, faster", the lion's share of retail sales (of packaged, big name, pre-built systems) could swing back the other way.
while their "core demographic" may hang in there, their largest customer segment could easily jump ship because they never really established that loyalty to begin with....
that being said, i like amd for alot of reasons...admittedly in part because of the underdog...thing.
also, because as a software developer, i appreciate the good floating point preformance. even when intel was catching up in office apps, athlon compile times kicked their ass.
unfortunately for me, that's the one benchmark anandtech has chosen to leave off the comparisons with the new core 2.
me....i'm loyal to a point. i'll stick with amd until it's clear that there's another celeron 300A
in response to the news item about amd chip summary [edit: i mean shortage]:
i'm not disagreeing with their statments, but just clarifying:
they are probably justified saying that they wont have their loyal users jump brand. they are thinking that their core user base are overclockers and upgraders and DIY and cost conscious people. this is probably true, at least in the sense that "core" means hardcore or loyal.
however, of the people who acccount for processor purchases, those who are buying them alone as an upgrade are a miniscule percentage, IMHO.
now that intel can validly claim: "cheaper, faster", the lion's share of retail sales (of packaged, big name, pre-built systems) could swing back the other way.
while their "core demographic" may hang in there, their largest customer segment could easily jump ship because they never really established that loyalty to begin with....
that being said, i like amd for alot of reasons...admittedly in part because of the underdog...thing.
also, because as a software developer, i appreciate the good floating point preformance. even when intel was catching up in office apps, athlon compile times kicked their ass.
unfortunately for me, that's the one benchmark anandtech has chosen to leave off the comparisons with the new core 2.
me....i'm loyal to a point. i'll stick with amd until it's clear that there's another celeron 300A