Posted: 2006-04-30 05:02pm
Depends on the computer shop.
The ones staffed by greybeards (meaning usualy those that carter to small buisness/proffesionals and are usualy older) tend to recommend Intel even when the issues have been resolved for a good while now on AMD's side.
The enthusiaist shops (usual staff being CS uni dropouts and students) tend to recommend AMD. Hell, they tend to recommend AMD for everything, even stuff where Intel (P-M) is more appropriate (small form factor computers, computers where noise is an issue), unless you happen to find an enthusiaist who values those characteristics over horsepower.
In the large chains/shops it really is a crap shoot if you even get good advice, and both of the above are possible, depending on who you get to talk to and what the corporate policy is.
A bit more on-topic. P4 is a dying processor line, and it is dying because Athlons wiped the floor with it. Intel is currently in the process of abandoning the NETBURST architecture (P4) and basing their new CORE architecture on the P-M, PIII etc. design lineage. That should be all you need to know right there. Right now, Athlon64s are the best bang for the buck on the desktop.
The ones staffed by greybeards (meaning usualy those that carter to small buisness/proffesionals and are usualy older) tend to recommend Intel even when the issues have been resolved for a good while now on AMD's side.
The enthusiaist shops (usual staff being CS uni dropouts and students) tend to recommend AMD. Hell, they tend to recommend AMD for everything, even stuff where Intel (P-M) is more appropriate (small form factor computers, computers where noise is an issue), unless you happen to find an enthusiaist who values those characteristics over horsepower.
In the large chains/shops it really is a crap shoot if you even get good advice, and both of the above are possible, depending on who you get to talk to and what the corporate policy is.
A bit more on-topic. P4 is a dying processor line, and it is dying because Athlons wiped the floor with it. Intel is currently in the process of abandoning the NETBURST architecture (P4) and basing their new CORE architecture on the P-M, PIII etc. design lineage. That should be all you need to know right there. Right now, Athlon64s are the best bang for the buck on the desktop.