It seems a little too convient to me that Tom posts a review totally slamming the P4 and then re-does it using a "new compiler" and all of a sudden the p4 looks better? Sounds like another dirty trick that Intel is trying to pull... They know we read these sites and it's important to them that they get good reviews or else they don't stand a chance in hell of getting sales. AMD on the other hand is just purely into the market to please customers and produce quality hardware. Look at the new Athlon's and the 760i chipset! Intel isn't going to increase their bus speed to 266mhz until long after their 64bit processors hit the market. AMD on the other hand has been running 200 mhz bus speed eversince their 500's. Intel is just using their name to maintain a foothold on their market share but people are starting to wakeup and realize that they are full of crap and it's running out thier ears. Even OEM's like Gateway see the light and now as a result, Gateway computers are 10 times better than they ever were! I personally wouldn't touch an OEM machine with a 1000' pole but if I had to, I'd pick one that atleast uses amd and good solid hardware. Just my 2 sense, like it really matters anyhow but what the heck, maybe some of you can see Intel for what they really are.
Slashdot Mirror
It seems a little too convient to me that Tom posts a review totally slamming the P4 and then re-does it using a "new compiler" and all of a sudden the p4 looks better? Sounds like another dirty trick that Intel is trying to pull... They know we read these sites and it's important to them that they get good reviews or else they don't stand a chance in hell of getting sales. AMD on the other hand is just purely into the market to please customers and produce quality hardware. Look at the new Athlon's and the 760i chipset! Intel isn't going to increase their bus speed to 266mhz until long after their 64bit processors hit the market. AMD on the other hand has been running 200 mhz bus speed eversince their 500's. Intel is just using their name to maintain a foothold on their market share but people are starting to wakeup and realize that they are full of crap and it's running out thier ears. Even OEM's like Gateway see the light and now as a result, Gateway computers are 10 times better than they ever were! I personally wouldn't touch an OEM machine with a 1000' pole but if I had to, I'd pick one that atleast uses amd and good solid hardware. Just my 2 sense, like it really matters anyhow but what the heck, maybe some of you can see Intel for what they really are.