[TriLUG] CPU Considerations/Recommendations

[jason at monsterjam.org]

man, heck with Intel and AMD, wheres the love for Cyrix?!  ;)

Jason

On Tue, Mar 13, 2007 at 09:49:23PM -0400, Ed Alexander 
wrote:
> I'm not so much stuck on "should I buy Intel or buy AMD".  I've had good 
> experiences with both over the years.  (My first AMD was a 40 MHz CPU on 
> which Yggdrasil Linux with the 0.9.x kernel ran flawlessly.)
> 
> I'm more interested in the "go 32-bit or 64-bit" debate.  Are there 
> still major hassles with 64-bit Linux and, even if so, are there enough 
> reasons to still go down that road now?  I need a system that will run 
> most everything, without an investment of hours to tweak each and every 
> application.  (Some tweaking and fighting is fun, but it gets old when 
> every application install becomes a challenge.)
> 
> So, to refocus, do y'all recommend 32-bit or 64-bit?
> 
> Ed
> 
> Greg Brown wrote:
> >All along I was thinking "it can't be JUST YOU, other people MUST be having
> >these same kinds of problems with AMD processors".
> >
> >Turns out it might have been "just me" after all.
> >
> >I'm still firmly entrenched in the Intel camp though.
> >
> >Proudly typed on a 2 Ghz Core Duo (and drooling over the prospects of a
> >quad-core iMac running OS X and Linux under emulation... oh please please
> >please please)
> >
> >Greg
> >
> >On 3/13/07, Dave Sorenson <dave at logicalgeek.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>I've had nothing but GREAT luck w/ AMD CPU's I've probably built 7-9
> >>boxen with them and the ones that were taken out of service were due to
> >>clockspeed slowness, not failure. In fact my server is going on year 6
> >>and while showing it's slow clockspeed occasionally it  has been ROCK
> >>SOLID since Red Hat 7 was first installed.
> >>
> >>YMMV
> >>;-)
> >>Dave
> >>
> >>Greg Brown wrote:
> >>> I've been blasted for my views of AMD but I'd say, no, and AMD
> >>> anything is
> >>> not a good choice for a processor (this is based off three different 
> >>AMD
> >>> processors I owned kicking the bucket within one year's time.
> >>> Meanwhile my
> >>> P-II is still churning out the 1s and 0s God only knows how long after
> >>it
> >>> was shipped out the door).
> >>>
> >>> Yahoo had a story about the financial well at AMD possibly running dry:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070311/ap_on_bi_ge/amd_intel_shifting_fortunes;_ylt=AhfUbSCIDhPeuOjiO2pl.sfMWM0F 
> >>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> (http://tinyurl.com/yrkw7y)*
> >>>
> >>> *Some other headlines:
> >>>
> >>> *AMD* on The Brink of
> >>> Collapse<
> >>http://www.shortnews.com/start.cfm?id=60964&rubrik1=Economy&rubrik2=Company%20News&rubrik3=Mergers%20%2F%20Takeovers&sort=1&start=1 
> >>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> *AMD* Staggering After Brutal Year of Battling
> >>> Intel<http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,258365,00.html>
> >>> Intel Debuts More Product, The Chips Are Down Again At
> >>> AMD<http://www.247wallst.com/2007/03/intel_debuts_mo.html>
> >>>
> >>> This could all be wrong though.  YMMV.
> >>>
> >>> Greg
> >>>
> >>> On 3/13/07, Ed Alexander <esalexa at nc.rr.com> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> I need to purchase a new primary desktop for home use.  I'd like some
> >>>> recommendations for what CPU to get.  Is Athlon 64 a good choice?  I
> >>>> know of issues with getting Flash player to work (only 32-bit version
> >>>> available).  Are there other considerations, good or bad?
> >>>>
> >>>> I'll be running various Linux distros on it over time, one as the base
> >>>> system and others in Qemu or VMware.  The system will be used for the
> >>>> usual (e-mail, web, video, productivity, etc.) and general playing
> >>>> around with Linux distros.
> >>>>
> >>>> Thanks for any constructive comments.
> >>>>
> >>>> Ed
> >>>>
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