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"I'm a bit disgusted at Intel for not even _mentioning_ AMD in their documentation or their releases, so I'd almost be inclined to rename the thing (x86-64) as "AMD64" just to give credit where credit is due. However, it's just not worth the pain and confusion.
Any Intel people on this list: tell your managers to be f*cking ashamed of themselves. Just because Intel didn't care about their customers and has been playing with some other 64-bit architecture that nobody wanted to use is no excuse for not giving credit to AMD for what they did with x86-64.
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What I found so irritating is that _hours_ after the Intel announcement, people were _still_ confused about whether the new intel chip was actually compatible with AMD's chips. Why the f*ck not just come out and say so, and talk about it? It took people actually reading the manuals (which didn't mention it either) to convince some people on the architecture newsgroups that yes, 'ia32e' was really the same as 'amd64' except in the small details that have always set Intel and AMD apart."
The basic conclusion of the discussion was that AMD had been there, done it, while Intel was just about jumping on to the 64-bit bandwagon (with full 32-bit compatibility). Somehow, the Internet seems to be against the popular perception in India, where processor==Intel.
Back to my original problem, I realise that buying a new PC involves more than just selecting a processor - the motherboard etc. are important as well. I looking into those too. One thing is for sure - I am going to build the baby with my own hands.
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GO FOR IT. Not only will you enjoy the experience - you friends will look on with awe when you reel out the description of your assembled PC. Most of the weak hearted out there stick to Intel 8xx m/b or HCL/Compaq/Zenith/IBM machines - which are the same things.
I recommend AMD. I myself chickened out - the sales pitch got to me. And I'm sure you can do wonders with AMD Opteron and Linux - 64 bits and all is okay, but its real fun to try out the *other* less common options while compiling a new kernel.
also i believe that amd's 64 bit platform is more stable than intel's half-hearted efforts. i read about it somewhere on Eric Raymond's site in one of the papers i think.
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