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    >>> Official Black Friday 2009 DESKTOP COMPUTER Discussion Thread <<<

    in 2009

    Posted

    Sunshone, your post is so full of FUD, I'm surprised you could type it out without laughing and mistyping the whole time.

     

    I'll gladly be civil, but I gotta call BS when I hear/read it, and your post is just chock full of fail.

     

    First, AMD is anything but a second rate cpu manufacturer. If that sentiment was in any way true, I wonder why Cray, the ultra top end supercomputer manufacturer, uses AMD Opteron cpus exclusively in their supercomputer builds.

     

    Or how the Cray Jaguar, which uses AMD Opteron cpus, is the second fastest supercomputer out right now---installed at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (and how could Oak Ridge, the main facility the U.S. uses to test/simulate nuclear weapon design/function entrust their vital calculations to a second rate computer like a Cray, given your statment that AMD cpus are second rate and all....)......

     

    Or how could IBM trust and use AMD cpus in the world's fastest supercomputer, the Roadrunner, if they were second rate?

     

    While it's true, AMD has had and is continuing to have financial difficulties, many of which were and are self-inflicted, much of AMD's financial problems can be traced back to Intel's kickback scheme with OEM computer manufacturers to prevent AMD cpus from being used. Intel has already been found liable and guilty of illegal competitive tactics by Japan, S.Korea, the EU, amongst others, and is facing an anti-trust trial here in the U.S. Of course, some of the most damning evidence is coming from Dell and Intel themselves, in which it was recently revealed that Intel paid over $6 Billion in payoffs to keep Dell from using AMD cpus. If AMD was so second rate and inferior, why did Intel feel the need to financially coerce OEM's to not use AMD cpus when it should have been obvious to the OEM's that there was no use for AMD cpus?

     

    The answer is that AMD cpus have always been and are still at least competitive with Intel cpus and in many cases faster, further along with technological advancements, and cost less.

     

    What makes AMD cool is rather good chip design and pushing the envelope on the x86 and x64 architecture in ways that you can bet that Intel would never had done on its own - or at least not at the fast pace Intel has been compelled to do a few times in its history because AMD was out in front with better chip designs. (And you do know that the ability of Intel desktop cpus to be 64-bit compatible is directly due to AMD.....Intel licenses the technology for 64-bit function in their cpus from AMD, the company that was first to market with functioning x86 cpus that could work with 64-bit software/environment.)

     

    And it's true that it has taken more than a decade for AMD to shift from reverse-engineering Intel's x86 designs to setting the pace in x64 chip designs. But at this point, Intel and AMD are drawn pretty much even as Intel has pulled an AMD and reverse engineered the Opteron processors as its Nehalem family of chips. (Yes, that is an oversimplification. But it is basically true).

     

    As for "quickly opening and closing applications" being any sort of measure of a cpu's quality or speed, that's a wholly incorrect thought process, if not a complete lack of understanding of how a computer works. In opening and closing an app, the cpu, while doing its work as quickly as possible, is very much dependent upon the quality and speed of the memory, hard drive, and underlying chipset of the motherboard it sits upon. So, just opening and closing apps is no measure of anything. A true measure is a battery of stress tests using real world applications like Photoshopping an image, or creating a high def. video, or compressing/converting a large file/image, etc. Those are the true test of a processor's power, and in those sorts of tests, the AMD desktop processors compete quite well, if not better than, processors from Intel that sell for the same price or even a little higher.

     

    Now, it's true that the very upper end of Intel's cpu range, the Core i5/i7 cpus, are much more powerful in many cases than what's currently available from AMD. But the AMD 965 cpu does do within a few percentage points in performance even compared to the vaunted Core i7 920 cpu from Intel in test after test.

     

    So, sorry, you really need to do some homework and research before you come out making outlandish statments that have no basis in fact or reality. Cheers! :)

    Its time to move on, outlandish is writing a two page reply. Buy what your going to buy and if you spend too little you'll back next year to buy again.

    >>> Official Black Friday 2009 DESKTOP COMPUTER Discussion Thread <<<

    in 2009

    Posted

    I'm not stopping anyone from buying an AMD. Let's keep things civil, AMD is a second rate processor from a manufacter that may not be around much longer (BK). The high end Intel chip is far better than any AMD offering and all you have to do is go to the store and try to open and close applications quickly and watch what computer faulters first. As for the comment more power than the average user will need, if a person wants a simple machine for basic computing go buy a Mac. New PC's come packed full of crapware that slow even a new machine down. Furthermore, the new programs coming out will require much more processing power where lower end processors will simply crawl. If your going to make this kind of investment spend the money and get something that will compete longer.

    >>> Official Black Friday 2009 DESKTOP COMPUTER Discussion Thread <<<

    in 2009

    Posted

    I would not suggest the AMD processors if your planning on running alot of programs. They they have a tendency to run hot and slow down. I'm looking to get a computer that will last awhile. My current computer has lasted me 6 years. Although it cost me 2000.00 it is just becoming obscelete now. I'm looking for:

     

    Dell or HP

    Intel i5 or i7 processor

    500 gb + hard drive

    8-9 gigs of ram

    1 gb video card

    dvd-ram or blu ray

    internal wireless-N

    screen 23" +

     

    I was in Costco and was told their coupon book that's coming out will have coupons for desktops and latops. The HP I was looking at was running 999 and they said that would be one of the coupon items. They would be getting 150 of them in next week.

    Amazon Blu-Ray 19.99 Disney's "Up"4-disc Combo Pack w/ Digital Copy & DVD on Blu-Ray (pre-or

    in Online Hot Deals

    Posted · Edited by Sunshone7311
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    Buy the Up Blu-ray/DVD combo pack and receive $10 off the purchase of a second Blu-ray title shown below. Enter promo code DISNEYBD at checkout to receive your credit. You must purchase both items together to receive the discount. Offer ends on November 10, 2009 and is only valid for one item per customer. This discount can't be combined with any other promotional offers. Additional restrictions apply

     

    They have "UP" for 19.99 + FS

     

    http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html/ref=amb_link_85968891_5?ie=UTF8&docId=1000448181&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=hero-quick-promo&pf_rd_r=06J9C4QYF4W9WFP0ART0&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_p=497926131&pf_rd_i=B001KVZ6G6

    Stores That Will And Won't BF

    in 2009

    Posted

    I've found that going to a city that is for instance small and retired gives the best BF results. For example, my wife and I plan for a trip to Payson, Arizona to see her grandparents for thanksgiving. Its a retirement community where people don't have much interest in these sales. I found waiting a day or two after BF that the retailers, especially Walmart will mark down the BF prices by another half. Not joking, I made a killing last year. I actually felt kind of guilty afterwards. The stores had minimal traffic, I actually saw them mark down Samsung 50" Plasma's down to 499.00. I would have grabbed one, but my car was already full. I may bring a trailer this year LOL....:)

    Ipod Touch 16 gb & free Itunes card $219-Best Buy

    in Online Hot Deals

    Posted

    Of course the iPhone is going to be heavier than the iPod Touch considering the iPhone has the mechanics inside of it for the cell phone and the camera. Weight of a product does not always make for better quality.

    I wasn't saying the weight made it better. The case and screen are much better on the Iphone. Hold and use both and I'm sure you will agree.

    NewEgg.com EARLY BLACK FRIDAY SALE! Hot Prices!

    in Online Hot Deals

    Posted

    There is one issue with this TV and that is the saying "you get what you pay for". I bought a 1080p View Sonic 42" a few years ago because it was deal. I have to say, although I have had no major issues the picture quality leaves something more to be desired. If your just looking for a cheap TV this is for you, but don't think for a second that your getting Samsung quality.

    Veteran's Day Sale at Circuit City

    in Online Hot Deals

    Posted

    Don't expect any great deals in Liquidation sales, :no:except at the very end. The company hires, or is forced to hire (by the bankruptcy court) a liquidation company to move product out of its closing stores. The reason is because the court wants the stores to make as much profit as possible to pay creditors. This is relatively new, but was inacted because companies would simply blow out their inventories as quickly as possible with no regard to profit making. That's why now you'll see high end merchandise removed from the stores and broken items, returned items, and discontinued items brought in from other stores to be sold at high starting MSRP's with maybe 20%-40% taken off to make people think they are getting a good deal. It's all about psychology, you think a good deal because the sign says you are. Just remember to always bring a cellphone that has internet access to check prices before purchasing. I do this using Ebay and have talked myself out of alot deals, that weren't really deals. :yup:

    Let The Deals Begin @ Radio Shack

    in Online Hot Deals

    Posted

    The Magellan 4000 series GPS units are not that good. Theu are a highly returned item. Customer Service is horrible, you have to deal with people in India who's only job, god bless them, is to get you off the phone. Maps are two years out of date on the model above and it will cost 75.00 to update.:yuck:

    Home Depot

    in 2008

    Posted

    They have had their Ridgid 5.5 hp 12 gallon shopvac for 26.00 for the last three years. I buy one every year and it is great for cleaning the car or wet messes in the house, a total life saver. Last year they even threw in an extra filter.
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