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JU_88 · 10-14-12, 03:21 PM

heh, just remebered this lankey black dude I used work with on the test counter of second hand electronics retailer -he was a die hard intel fanboy and used to proclaim (in jest) that AMD stood for "Another Mashup Desktop"

This was during the flakey Athlon XP period of the early 00'ties with dodgy Ali Magik and VIA chipsets.... so he wasn't entirley incorrect. With the exception of the 939 socket Athlon 64s in 2005 - which completey burried Intels 'Pentium' brand forever - AMD has always been the underdog.
Ill always remember 2005 as being the only year I can remember, where the underdog became king of the hill, at least in the home computing market anyway.
I had always stuck with AMD on a 'more bang per buck' basis, but I had no choice but to switch to intel when core duo came along, they were damn good CPUs and testimony to this, is how well they can still cope with most home & office computing needs today. My E8500 has done me proud in the 4 years I have had it, if it wasnt for 3d rendering I wouldnt even bother to replace it - since it handles everything else just fine.
All the same Ill be sad to see the back of AMD's cpus if they end up pulling out of the market.

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JU_88 Silent Hunter Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: UK Posts: 3,814 Downloads: 11 Uploads: 0	heh, just remebered this lankey black dude I used work with on the test counter of second hand electronics retailer -he was a die hard intel fanboy and used to proclaim (in jest) that AMD stood for "Another Mashup Desktop" This was during the flakey Athlon XP period of the early 00'ties with dodgy Ali Magik and VIA chipsets.... so he wasn't entirley incorrect. With the exception of the 939 socket Athlon 64s in 2005 - which completey burried Intels 'Pentium' brand forever - AMD has always been the underdog. Ill always remember 2005 as being the only year I can remember, where the underdog became king of the hill, at least in the home computing market anyway. I had always stuck with AMD on a 'more bang per buck' basis, but I had no choice but to switch to intel when core duo came along, they were damn good CPUs and testimony to this, is how well they can still cope with most home & office computing needs today. My E8500 has done me proud in the 4 years I have had it, if it wasnt for 3d rendering I wouldnt even bother to replace it - since it handles everything else just fine. All the same Ill be sad to see the back of AMD's cpus if they end up pulling out of the market. Last edited by JU_88; 10-14-12 at 03:52 PM.