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  1. Re:Dell's not going with AMD because... on Dell Still Intel Only · · Score: 1

    Just because the mobo you bought doesn't use an AMD chipset, doesn't mean AMD doesn't make chipsets... They do

    AMD Makes a chipset for their reference boards, As they have stated many times in the past they are NOT a chipset company and would rather 3rd party's handle that. And if you want to argue that with me then name a mainstream motherboard that uses an AMD Chipset for the current line of athlon cpu's.
    I know about the 8000 series chipset for the Opteron but I am talking desktops not the server market, And even so Look at the motherboards widely available. How many are you able to find that use the 8000 series chipset.

    What competition would that be? You can chose an AMD chipset from NVidia, VIA, or AMD, and AMD isn't really trying to compete... I wouldn't call two companies a lot of competition, especially since NVidia isn't a huge player, and Via has a pretty good lock on the market.
    You forgot SiS and ALi. So yes in the chipset market I would say 4 not 2 vendors is competition.

    As usual, if you buy the dirt-cheap mobo, of course it's going to be incredibly unstable. It's certainly not an inherent problem with the chipset.

    Just try to start listing a few Asus/MSI/Gigabyte mobos with buggy or unstable chipsets... I've gone through many of them, I use with very high ambient tempuratures, usually running 24/7, loaded with tons of add-on hardware, and haven't had any problems yet.


    Ahh yes one persons anecdotal evidence is proof enough for the world.
    I for one am not an overclocker (how many of these boards have overclocking features built in). A board designed for stability should not have that ability. Can any of those boards reputations stand against Intel's reputation for rock solid chipsets.

    So I can't think of any (technical) reasons for Dell not to use the current 64-bit line-up.
    Other then the fact that they would have to deal with two hardware suppliers instead of one. AMD does not want to be a chipset vendor. They usually make a chipset to launch with and then let the 3rd party venodrs handle it from there.

    Oh and all this from an AMD fanboy.

    Right. And I'm illiterate.


    Sorry to hear that, keep working on it and I am sure one day you'll finish "See Spot Run".
    I have used AMD processors since the 486 days. I lived through the crappy Via chipset hell days, and these days things are much better. I remember buying my first Athlon, a 500mhz processor right when it was available (it still runs as the kitchen computer though the motherboard was swapped out from a Fic SD11 to a GA-71X. Slot A baby!). But the reason why most businesses use Intel is because during the heyday of the processor races they had a reputation of quality and reliability which AMD lacked (though not technically their fault).

  2. Dell's not going with AMD because... on Dell Still Intel Only · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Intel provides a complete solution, not just a processor. They get a rocksolid chipset designed by the same company producing the cpu. With AMD Dell has to deal with 2 companies instead of one. First they must get the cpus from AMD and then deal with a 3rd party for the chipset. With the amount of competition in the chipset arena for AMD chips the focus tends to be on features instead of stability (not saying that all the chipsets are flakey but far more often then intel's).

    Oh and all this from an AMD fanboy.

  3. Re:Why not... on Unintended Consequences of Using GPL Fonts · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Then sell them, but the parent is right, GPL does not really make sense for fonts. Make them free or not but don't make me worry that the font I used may affect the rights I have to the work I produced.

  4. Re:Which Law? on Comcast Sued For Giving Customer Info to RIAA · · Score: 1

    All right so thats funny.

    At least I got the right state.

  5. Re:And when she's found guilty... on Comcast Sued For Giving Customer Info to RIAA · · Score: 1

    Actually your home address is usually very public information. If you own your property then that information is available to anyone from the counties records.

  6. Re:Which Law? on Comcast Sued For Giving Customer Info to RIAA · · Score: 1

    Next time you Google something try and use the right query. I don't see what California Privacy Laws have to dfo with a suit filed in Kent County Washington.

  7. Re:Denied on Comcast Sued For Giving Customer Info to RIAA · · Score: 1

    In doing this it would seem that ISP's would lose all hope of ever becoming Common Carriers instead of Enhanced Service Providers. They could at some later point be required to log their customers actions, something I am pretty sure they do not want to do.

  8. Re:Which Law? on Comcast Sued For Giving Customer Info to RIAA · · Score: 1

    not just interpretation of intent or precedent

    Do you know how much law in this country (USA) is based on precedent. You don't need a "law with specific wording." if precedent has been set in a similar case (not sure if it has or not) then that can give them grounds to sue.

  9. Re:The price of being lazy on Is Cheap Broadband UnAmerican? · · Score: 1

    ACK preview.
    change thats to that's

  10. Re:The price of being lazy on Is Cheap Broadband UnAmerican? · · Score: 1

    Americans are lazy
    After pulling more then 60 hours a work week

    Thats not lazy thats exhausted. As long as he is expected to work these ridiculously long work weeks, Joe Sixpack will never wake up.

  11. Re:Question on Ask 'Hitchhiker's Guide' Exec. Producer Robbie Stamp · · Score: 1, Funny

    Oh yeah thats a great question.

    "Can you please tell us why your movie is not crap."

  12. Re:Trust? On the net? on On the Integrity of Hardware Review Sites · · Score: 1

    check out this site, and yeah the other reply is right you need to replace the termsrv.dll with the provided one from build 2055. Plus a registry edit and switch on Fast User Switching, and one policy edit. Only problem I have seen is you can't have the same user logged on concurrently. Oh well, but it works.

  13. Re:Fictional??? on Ready or Not, Here Comes Service Pack 2 · · Score: 1

    Well since USR (the real company) took it's name from the Asimov story (the Asimov's name for the company was 'US Robotics and Mechanical Men' IIRC). And the Movie used the name of an actual company in the US, I tend to say that it was brand placement in the movie and so in a strange way they are the same company.

  14. Fictional??? on Ready or Not, Here Comes Service Pack 2 · · Score: 1
  15. Re:Suckers on Star Wars Fans in Line... at the Wrong Theater · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I've always thought it was a name for a circus freak who did bizarre acts, such as biting the head off of a live chicken.

  16. So not really the "Holy Grail" on World's First True Blue Rose, Thanks to Biotech · · Score: 1

    They did not "breed" a blue rose, they messed with the genes to make a blue rose, I am sure most breeders would consider this cheating.

  17. Re:Could be good... check out Citroen C4 TV Ad on 'Transformers' Live Action Movie from DreamWorks? · · Score: 1
  18. Re:Bumble Bee will now be a C4 on 'Transformers' Live Action Movie from DreamWorks? · · Score: 1

    Hmm that looks more like a Go-Bot then a Transformer.

    Just my opinion

  19. Re:Star Trek can't be wrong on NASA Proposes Ending Voyager · · Score: 1

    Sure they will, Voyager won't stop traveling just because we stop paying to listen to it. We just won't know when they find it.

  20. Re:Density on Hitachi Predicts 3D Hard Disks by Year's End · · Score: 1

    but I believe the most people would not cheat on this system.


    You have far too much faith in humanity, plus with out heavy restrictions and having it laden with DRM of all sorts this would never fly.

  21. Re:Bit of ASCII art on Hitachi Predicts 3D Hard Disks by Year's End · · Score: 1

    It takes an AC to reduce the enormous amount of technobabble down to a simple explanation .

    Thanks

  22. Re:Ketchup on their face on Preview of Intel's Dual-Core Extreme Edition · · Score: 1

    Theu just signed a 10 year extension to the agreement, Look here

  23. Re:Ketchup on their face on Preview of Intel's Dual-Core Extreme Edition · · Score: 1

    Actually there is no royalty deal, AMD and INTEL have cross licensing agreements stemming for a lawsuit several years back.

  24. Re:Thank you, MGM on MGM Concedes Some Fair-Use Rights Exist · · Score: 1

    Unfortunately the Declaration of Independence is not a legal document, It does nothing to define your rights or privledges and provides you no legal protection. It may be a defining document in the US's history but nevertheless what is written there means nothing in court.

  25. Re:Can't be real. on Apple Releasing Home Media Center: iHome · · Score: 1

    Nope it only has a power button, The rest is LCD.

    Why am I even bothering.