On Mar 14, 10:32am, Todd Gruhn wrote:
>I have been getting estimates on a new box. I have heard at
>least one shop say they only use InTel because they make
>better chips; and another shop says they use AMD because they
>are always having customers come in to replace their Intel
>chips because of Intels probs. SO, is INTEL BETTER or is
>AMD BETTER; or is this an intractable question?

I saw a web story today that said that Boeing just bought a 96-CPU
Linux cluster, using AMD Athlon chips.

I'd consider that a good endorsement...

~Steve


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