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Good grief, hope you are kidding. XP is yet another Microshaft nightmare.
In a message dated 6/30/01 4:29:31 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
rhodes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
> You are correct. I have always used AMD and as long as they are in
> bussiness, will continue to use AMD.
> As far as crashes go. Most are cause by cheap memory or low memory.
> Also the OS. The new XP? Should fix that.
>
>
> At 04:01 PM 6/30/01 EDT, Sigstroker@xxxxxxx wrote:
> >How ridiculous. Application software is written for Windows, not a cpu.
> >Windows is written for x86 assembler or microcode. It doesn't matter what
> cpu
> >is used. The only time it matters to application software which cpu is
used
>
> >is for games that use the various 3d extensions.
> >
> >
> >In a message dated 6/29/01 7:00:07 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
> >jack_2231@xxxxxxxxx writes:
> >
> >> I am using an AMD chip and my system crashes too
> >> often. The fastest TS processor you can buy is an AMD
> >> 1.4 GHZ. However, INTC has 90% of the market, and
> >> everything is designed to work with it. AMD cpus need
> >> a special power supply and cooling system to be
> >> stable. Engineering tolerances (voltages, temps,
> >> etc.) are smaller. Even if you want to spend the time
> >> to get your cards working correctly, AMD systems are
> >> not stable enough for trading purposes IMO. But if
> >> you do go with AMD, get IWILL --- avoid ABIT
> >> motherboards. Let me know if this does not answer
> >> your question.
> >>
> >> Jack
>
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