Christofer C. Bell wrote: > On 12/12/05, Gilboa Davara <gilboada@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> On Mon, 2005-12-12 at 14:23 -0700, Robin Laing wrote: >>> >>> I am also an AMD man and from what I have read, AMD is not producing >>> more cutting edge and top line processors than Intel. >>> >> >> Your own link seem to suggest that Intel is behind the performance >> curve. > > I believe there's a typo causing some misunderstanding here. I > believe Robin meant to say, "AMD is now producing more cutting edge > and top line processors than Intel." > > -- > Chris > > "I trust the Democrats to take away my money, which I can afford. I > trust the Republicans to take away my freedom, which I cannot." I'd love to buy an AMD for the performance, but they appear to be lagging by at least half a year on virtualization support. Intel's VT-enabled chips are due out in the next couple of months, while AMD's Pacifica-enabled chips aren't due out until late 2006. This matters to anyone who wants to run Xen. For anyone else, AMD seems the clear choice. Stephen Brueckner, ATC-NY
