Being in the computer business years ago, this writer found it difficult to stay in "touch" with the computer technology industry as it went and still goes through many changes today. It is not each month or each year, but nearly everyday, the computer industry seems to go through a metamorphosis that baffles even the minds of the layperson who has no idea even how to turn a computer on. At the same time, the competitiveness is extremely high between computer system manufacturers, the "big boys" in the retail end of the computer industry as well as the "mom and pop" shops that sell computers, software and peripherals. At the forefront of the computer manufacturing industry is not only the competitiveness between the MACINTOSH Computers and the PC, but between the chip manufacturers, AMD and INTEL. Both are good, but this writer has to believe and does believe that AMD has a competitive edge over Intel because it is a better made processor.
Intel has been in the computer processor manufacturing business for many years and has been the big name of the processor industry. However, this writer who has had the pleasure of being a value added reseller for many computer products, computer systems and software for nearly seven years, has found that the computers that he had sold and the motherboards that he sold with the Intel processor on them were a bit more quirkier than anything he had sold on with AMD processors on them. The Intel computers were found the be somewhat slower and would lock up or crash more often than any computers sold with the AMD processor. This does not mean that this writer would not sell a computer with the Intel processor in it, but he would prefer the AMD over the INTEL. At the same time, what was interesting was the difficulty in convincing customers/clients that the AMD was better and more stable than the INTEL. The only way that this writer was able to do this convincing was to bring two computers on-site to the customers/clients and show them which computer ran the best.
At the same time, this writer had to convince himself that the AMD ran smoother and with less problems than the INTEL processor. How did he do this? Easy, with the help of his partner, they would set up a work bench and with only the motherboard, memory, video card and a sound card plugged into their respective slots and then plugging into a monitor with the assistance of a mouse and a keyboard, the benchmarking began. Each and every time, the AMD would benchmark stronger and crashed less. However, one of the main "ingredients" to look at and this writer did it was to figure out which was better for what application.
It turned out that for gaming purposes, and back in the mid-90s to late 90s, games were not as strong as they are today. Still, it appeared that the AMD allowed for game play to continue uninterrupted for hours at a time. What was nice for both processors was that word processing and database management only, both processors worked great, however, in the view of this writer, there were still less problems with the AMD processor.
What really did it for this writer was the introduction of the INTEL Celeron Processor. This writer believes that the Celeron was not the greatest move for INTEL, yet, it was the less expensive option for those individuals who needed to spend less on their computer needs. AMD took this and ran with it and introduced newer and more advanced processors. Yet, still, INTEL remained the bigger name in the processor manufacturing market and this was and still is due to marketing and advertising.
Finally, when it comes to buying computers, this writer will continue to purchase computers that have the AMD label and logo on it because he is convinced that it is still the more reliable one on the market today.
SOURCE:
http://www.helium.com/debates/130355-emintelem-makes-better-processor/side_by_side?page=1
Intel has been in the computer processor manufacturing business for many years and has been the big name of the processor industry. However, this writer who has had the pleasure of being a value added reseller for many computer products, computer systems and software for nearly seven years, has found that the computers that he had sold and the motherboards that he sold with the Intel processor on them were a bit more quirkier than anything he had sold on with AMD processors on them. The Intel computers were found the be somewhat slower and would lock up or crash more often than any computers sold with the AMD processor. This does not mean that this writer would not sell a computer with the Intel processor in it, but he would prefer the AMD over the INTEL. At the same time, what was interesting was the difficulty in convincing customers/clients that the AMD was better and more stable than the INTEL. The only way that this writer was able to do this convincing was to bring two computers on-site to the customers/clients and show them which computer ran the best.
At the same time, this writer had to convince himself that the AMD ran smoother and with less problems than the INTEL processor. How did he do this? Easy, with the help of his partner, they would set up a work bench and with only the motherboard, memory, video card and a sound card plugged into their respective slots and then plugging into a monitor with the assistance of a mouse and a keyboard, the benchmarking began. Each and every time, the AMD would benchmark stronger and crashed less. However, one of the main "ingredients" to look at and this writer did it was to figure out which was better for what application.
It turned out that for gaming purposes, and back in the mid-90s to late 90s, games were not as strong as they are today. Still, it appeared that the AMD allowed for game play to continue uninterrupted for hours at a time. What was nice for both processors was that word processing and database management only, both processors worked great, however, in the view of this writer, there were still less problems with the AMD processor.
What really did it for this writer was the introduction of the INTEL Celeron Processor. This writer believes that the Celeron was not the greatest move for INTEL, yet, it was the less expensive option for those individuals who needed to spend less on their computer needs. AMD took this and ran with it and introduced newer and more advanced processors. Yet, still, INTEL remained the bigger name in the processor manufacturing market and this was and still is due to marketing and advertising.
Finally, when it comes to buying computers, this writer will continue to purchase computers that have the AMD label and logo on it because he is convinced that it is still the more reliable one on the market today.
SOURCE:
http://www.helium.com/debates/130355-emintelem-makes-better-processor/side_by_side?page=1
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