<p>AMD CPUs can be used for heavy and numerically/computationally intensive tasks just fine.</p>
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<p><blockquote type="cite">On Mar 17, 2010 10:53 AM, "Björn Gustafsson" <<a href="mailto:bg-ale@bjorng.net">bg-ale@bjorng.net</a>> wrote:<br><br><p><font color="#500050">On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 11:34 PM, Greg Clifton <<a href="mailto:gccfof5@gmail.com">gccfof5@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> As a 20+ year veteran "h...</font></p>True. In my case I want to drive down both (1) and (2) enough that I<br>
won't feel bad buying another system in a couple of years.<br>
<p><font color="#500050"><br>> Which CPU to use? Until the past year or so, AMD was better for general<br>> computing tasks, but In...</font></p>Since I don't do heavy-duty work at home, AMDs should be adequate to<br>
my needs. As long as my Java IDE is zippy and flash runs okay in my<br>
browser I'm fine.<br>
<p><font color="#500050"><br>> Now, as to buying a built system vs. the do-it-yourself, if you buy a good<br>> name brand such as H...</font></p>> little money. [big snip] A couple<br>
<p><font color="#500050">> of sites I use to check on deals are <a href="http://www.gotapex.com">www.gotapex.com</a> and <a href="http://www.dealnews.com">www.dealnews.com</a><br></font></p>There are some awesome deals on those sites for laptops, I may have to<br>
get one of those as well!<br>
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Thanks for all the info,<br>
<font color="#888888">Björn<br>
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