I have a funny feeling that Sophocles knew nothing about computers, apj101. Call it a hunch.
By the way, interesting way of trying to twist my words by adding and removing emphasis with the use of brackets. Do you do that often?
I buy a particular computer part because I have done my research and I know what it is capable of doing. All the fools went the Axp route because they thought "wow! I'm getting something for nothing". When in reality they weren't. It came at a price, whether they want to admit it or not. It is the age old problem that has been around since people thought that Cyrix was giving them something for nothing.
Interestingly enough, I don't have problems. Do you see me posting a ton of problems on this board? Why is that? Because I know what the hell I'm talking about because I've done my homework. Intel offered a superior quality product. The supporting products were of a superior quality. Period. That has changed since the A64 was released, but I haven't bothered upgrading. Good thing I didn't. Now that the C2D is wiping it's ass with the A64, there is no question which route to go. I still don't need a new computer, but when I do it's no contest.
AMD had their chance with my personal business, and they lost it (yes I had an Athlon XP system that I ran for about six months. It was all top of the line hardware.. The best money could buy.. Even the HSF was a $120 unit. The mobo was almost $300. and it was still a piece of shit.) I still want a pair of Opterons for my server though. I will admit that they are awesome CPUs.
EDIT: By the way, a comparable AMD and Intel CPU (A64 vs P4) are roughly the same price. What advantage is there to going to the AMD? If given a choice, what does enterprise buy? Intel.. You see, if AMD doesn't offer a significant price advantage, there really is no reason to go AMD. AMD figured that out the hard way when they had to run in the red for almost a decade. Selling on par with Intel does not gain them marketshare. The market has proven this.
So don't twist my words around, make fun of my sig, and call me a marketeers dream without having the whole story.