Mainstream in the computer-world, replying in the mindset of the post your responding to would be appropriate. The people who own/purchase/use computers maybe a better demographic for you to work with. If you walk into a Best Buy, Compusa, Circuit City, Mom & Pop etc.. and look for "Athlon" you will find it. That my friend is mainstream enough to get some support.
The compatibility list, or rather incompatibility list for "athlon" processors is pretty minimal. I run 5 such beasts between home and work with the array of OS (Debian Linux, 98SE, Win2k ADVServ, WinME, BSD)
I'd be much more worried about software/hardware producers that don't bother to make their products compatible with current hardware. Especially something as mainstream as an athlon processor. Ever try to install "Vampire:The Maquerade" on non-intel? good-luck!
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Mainstream in the computer-world, replying in the mindset of the post your responding to would be appropriate. The people who own/purchase/use computers maybe a better demographic for you to work with. If you walk into a Best Buy, Compusa, Circuit City, Mom & Pop etc.. and look for "Athlon" you will find it. That my friend is mainstream enough to get some support.
The compatibility list, or rather incompatibility list for "athlon" processors is pretty minimal. I run 5 such beasts between home and work with the array of OS (Debian Linux, 98SE, Win2k ADVServ, WinME, BSD) I'd be much more worried about software/hardware producers that don't bother to make their products compatible with current hardware. Especially something as mainstream as an athlon processor. Ever try to install "Vampire:The Maquerade" on non-intel? good-luck!