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From: Palle Girgensohn <girgen@pingpong.net>
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Subject: Re: AMD or Intel?
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--On m=E5ndag, september 10, 2007 18.32.18 +0800 Erich Dollansky=20
<oceanare@pacific.net.sg> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Palle Girgensohn wrote:
>>
>> Now, I hear rumors that AMD is to be preferred over Intel for
>> performance reasons. Any comments on that? Are we better off getting AMD
>> processors, when running Unix?
>>
> AMD announced today the new quad core. Their benchmarks are promising.
>
> But not the dual core versions.

OK, thanks! But this means they can't deliver very soon, I guess, so I'd=20
better stick to woodcrest if I want to buy something soon.

Thanks for your input!

Palle