[dorkbotpdx-blabber] Buying a laptop

[markgross at thegnar.org]

> On Wed, 2008-08-13 at 20:41 -0700, dan p wrote:
>> as someone who gets paid by the the other side, why AMD?
>
> Because they're less expensive. Because all my other machines are AMD.
> Because their tuning package is free and Intel's is $700. 3DNow.

AMD has a tuning package?  What is in it?

AFAIK the intel compiler, vTune, SEP, threading toolkit, Intel Performance
primitives, are value items that AMD has no response too.

Additionally I'm pretty sure they are all available free for
non-commercial use.

http://www3.intel.com/cd/software/products/asmo-na/eng/download/eval/219690.htm

http://www3.intel.com/cd/software/products/asmo-na/eng/download/eval/219771.htm



3DNow?  isn't that just warmed over SSE2/MMX branding bs?  What you really
want to say is that you want to use higher end AMD or Nvidea discreet
graphics without open source drivers under windows.  (which is a fine
thing if gaming is important to you)

I'm a long time Intel employee so you can call me a fanboy if you like,
but AMD having a tuning package that is worth a crap is something I will
have to see to believe.

--mgross



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