On 6 Feb 2004 04:12:44 -0800,
(Ken Moore) wrote
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comp.hardware:
>I am looking to by some new machines for a small business. A lot of
>word processing, Excel, visio, etc. No games. Will be connecting to
>a windows 2000 advanced server. Will be connecting personal devices
>such as palm and cleo. Is there a big difference, other than cost,
>from and AMD Athlon to an intel P4. I don't like Celeron and have not
>had good success with them in the past. We have a limited budget, but
>I want to make sure I get what I pay for. Is there any reason why an
>Athlon processor would not be desired over a P4?
>
>I have seen several benchmark sites, but I am looking more for
>reliability than speed.
>
>
>Thanks!
>Ken
The machine I'm on now runs an Athlon XP 1800. I once had it online
non-stop for over 1000 hours. The only reason I rebooted the machine
was because I wanted to -- there was nothing going wrong that required
a reboot.
Also, these days, it's not raw clock speed that determines which chip
is better than others; nowadays you also must consider what goes on
"inside" during each clock cycle. AMD's use Quanti-Speed Architecture
which means the chip does more stuff per clock cycle than does Intel's
P4 chip at the same speed.
In short, my money's on AMD. That is, of course, my opinion. Good
luck.
David L. Holiman
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