Tenchusatsu,
Second, Intel is THE high-volume leader in processor manufacturing, period. AMD was only able to crank out 3.6M K7-class processors, of which only 2.1M of them were Athlons. Meanwhile, Intel is cranking out approx. 35M Coppermine-class processors every quarter.
Good point. Next time I place an order for 30+ million CPUs, I will call Intel. But for smaller orders, I will buy AMD, until they run out.
If you look at Pricewatch, Compaq, Gateway, HP, they have Athlons in stock. While they do, there is no reason to buy Intel desktops, except on the lowest end of the market.
Third, Tom's entire review of the 1.2 GHz Athlon was riddled with unnecessary jabs at Intel.
He likes the company that sells the fastest processors, which for over a year has been AMD. I can assure you it will change when (if) Intel regains the lead and is price competitive.
If you go way back, Tom has no loyalty to any company, just the products.
My ultimate point is that Tom needs to open his eyes a little more and see the obvious bias that he has
I don't think Tom is unaware of the fact that he has a point of view.
Yes, it can be done. Read Anandtech's review of the 1.2 GHz Athlon for an example.
Anand's reviews were riddled with thinly veiled pro-Intel bias. Lately, it's either the veil is getting thicker, or the bias is subsiding.
I am just curious how Anand will react to P4 heat issues. He is saying now that AMD should not release any new speed grades, because they would consume more power. From the news articles, it seems that P4 would have about the same power consumption at 1.2 GHz as Tbird, but Intel is going to release them at higher clock speeds with higher power consumption.
Do you expect Anand to be "fair" and call for stop in release of P4 until the heat issues are resloved?
This is what Anand says:
Unfortunately the only problem here is that the Thunderbird core is getting a bit too hot, it's time for AMD to stop focusing on clock speed increases as its obvious that they have Intel beat there, at least for now, and start concentrating on tweaking the core
anandtech.com
All I seem to hear is: "Don't cut prices", "Stop the MHz Madness", "Stop releasing faster processors". The translation of all of these is: "Stop beating our beloved Intel". Nothing more.
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