[ubuntu-uk] AMD vs Intel multicore, was: CPU temps

[Mark Jose]

On Thursday 06 September 2007 22:15, Alan Pope wrote:
> Hi Rob,
>
> On Thu, 2007-09-06 at 22:04 +0100, Rob Beard wrote:
> > <AMD fanboyism> Ahh I'm surprised, I thought the Intel Dual Core chips
> > were just two single core CPU's glued together :-)</AMD fanboyism>*
>
> Hmm. Personally I don't give a monkeys what manufacturer it is.
> Manufacturer of CPU was not anywhere near top on my list when I bought
> this laptop. I was more interested in making sure I had supported open
> hardware which this ones has.
>
> I really don't know what the benefit of AMD over Intel is (or vice
> versa), please enlighten me :)
>
> Cheers,
> Al.

Alan would also like to know - 

Vi or Emacs
Gnome or KDE
....... ;)

Mark