Isn't Two Better Than One???

I read allot of AMD vs. Intel rivalry in these forums? To be honest, I like it best when both companies are strong and doing well. This creates a competition that in the end is much better for us. I for one would hate to see a market where one was the only boy on the block. This would leave us at there mercy to do as they please. And don’t take me wrong I have owned both and have no loyalty to either company. I hope I still have a choice in the years to come. In some ways I can’t help but think that maybe AMD needs us to support them just to insure there survival?

Sorry if this post is old hat, it just seems that whoever has the flavor of the month is the only one worth looking at. Should we not be promoting both companies? When you get new folks who maybe don’t know what to buy, I always tried to give the good and bad of both. I have been in computer support for over fifteen years and have seen allot come and go in that time.

Everyone wants both companies to be strong.

There was a time that Intel was horrible with performance and AMD had the crown.

Intel has now stolen it back, AMD had a chance with it's K10, but has so far not delivered.


I propose a toast to AMD/ATI. May 2008 treat them a bit better.

I completely disagree with this exact idea, if we support a company when they are doing a bad job they might grow too faithful of their fanbase and won't feel the adequate pressure to get their act right.

The best way to support the insdustry is by ignoring the inferior players, so they need to outperform the leaders to keep in business.

My 2 cents of the economics of inovation

You know I think AMD's current problem is poor management. They need to go in and clean house. Maybe a strong company may step up to the plate, I think there worth saving?