HI Felix
  While I don't see Intel complaints in particular in the Linux world I
can't help but notice that while there have been 64bit kernels out for
awhile there has not been compilations for specific CPUs until recently and
they have mostly been for AMD.  I am a longtime fan/user of Slackware and
when this year SLAMD64, a downoladable ISO of a collection parallelling
Slackware 10.2 but with all packages setup/collected for the AMD 64
platform,  was made available it was the last straw I needed that pushed me
over the edge from mere gear lust to "must have" and Man! am I
glad I did.  SLAMD64 is superbly stable and just blazing fast.  Recent
threads here from my posts regarding OS/2, in this case WSeB 4.5, should
document that the only "trouble" I had first in running an old
system and finally making a fresh install was to use updated hard drive
files or Danis506, once I dsicovered I had an old IDE CDROM drive that
seemed to work but apparently had severe error problems.  Once replaced
with a

 working CDROM BAM! it went right in!
    Just for the record and perhaps as a recommendation for this thread
(and I believe there is still a healthy sale on this model going on at
newegg.com) my mobo is

   MSI K8n-Neo2 Platinum with the nForce3 chipset

  The basic K8N Neo2 starts at about $70 US but the Platinum has a few
extras and can be had between $90 and $120 depending on sales.  Considering
the Athlon 64 3000+ Venice core sells for under $150 it is a pretty amazing
buy (little more than $200) for what has been a trouble-free and
thrillingly impressive experience.  Even one of the onboard LAN's works
fine in OS/2.
Jimmy


> Alan Beagley wrote:
>  
> > On 10/28/05 12:43 pm Derek W. Keoughan tossed the following ingredients
> 
> > > Whatever you do - I'd recommend avoiding Intel architecture... it's a
> > > non-starter these days.  It's "already obsolete", and the
> > > price/performance ratio is poor... but I don't need to tell you this,
> > > really - you're already an AMD owner. :-D
>  
> > I thought I had read somewhere recently -- on Tom's Harware or AnandTech
> > -- that Intel's latest CPUs have overtaken AMD again.
> 
> After all the grief I've had with OS2/eCS on non-Intel chipsets, I
> wouldn't dream of buying anything but Intel specifically for OS2/eCS,
> even though it costs plenty more. Speed, since the advent of 4 digit CPU
> MHz, is a non-issue for puters used for work rather than playing games.
> OS2/eCS works great on Intel at any speed above 1GHz or thereabouts, and
> plenty good even well below that.
> 
> Except for integrated video, I don't see many Linux users complaining
> about support for Intel, or its "lack of speed", unlike with
the myriad
> flavors of chipset for AMD.
> 
> Intel is like IBM - you can't easily get fired for choosing it.
> -- 
> "Be quick to listen, slow to speak."                James 1:19 NIV
> 
>  Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409
> 
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