____/ mike3 on Friday 22 February 2008 07:39 : \____
> On Feb 21, 5:26 pm, Roy Schestowitz <newsgro...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> <snip>
>
> This makes me wonder: Is it possible to get away from the "evil" Intel
> processors
> without spending an arm and a leg?
If you run a server, you could get a Cell-based Blade. On a desktop, AMD is
just one among a few more options. Intel is only dominant on the desktop where
it's hard to replace them (for servers even SPARC would do, assuming you don't
require Windows).
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