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On 16/03/11 14:36, Gordon Henderson wrote:
The question I ask myself is: Has either producer used illegal anticompetitive tactics in its business and as such should be shunned at all costs:Anyone have any preferences/experiences?I've a client on a tight budget (as usual )-: Trying to get the best general purpose performance for their money - looking for a quad core processor to run mostly LAMP type stuff (although it's a specific application rather than some off the shelf thing)(And power and cooling is a concern too as it'll be in an office with minimal AC)I used AMD processors for a long time, but have been using Intel recently - just wondering if the Phenoms are any better in terms of power (watts) per bang ...Cheers, Gordon
AMD not that I'm aware of Intel Yesso even for a large price differential ( and I think AMD tends to work out as a slightly better bang for buck) I'd buy AMD. I'd prefer to by ARM for power reasons but until I can find one of these
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/03/14/calxeda_arm_server/ I'm on beg borrow and stealing old machines Tom te tom te tom -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq