From: Savageduck on
On 2010-08-30 16:29:32 -0700, "Neil Harrington" <nobody(a)homehere.net> said:

>
> "RichA" <rander3127(a)gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:3b040b6e-7138-4f1f-9bae-a1681d7b1141(a)l14g2000yql.googlegroups.com...
>> I've hated Intel since 386 days. I switched to AMD and never went
>> back. [ . . . ]
>
> I don't necessarily *hate* Intel, but I don't like 'em much, partly for
> reasons like those given in the article and partly because AMD just provides
> better bang for the buck. The last system I put together with an Intel CPU
> was a 900MHz Pentium III -- now that's a while ago! I've built probably a
> dozen systems since, all AMD. Even when I buy a laptop, I don't look at
> anything that isn't "AMD Inside."
>
> Very interesting article.

Neil,
Check your computer clock and date.

--
Regards,

Savageduck

From: Neil Harrington on

"Savageduck" <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> wrote in message
news:2010073018082377923-savageduck1(a)REMOVESPAMmecom...
> On 2010-08-30 16:29:32 -0700, "Neil Harrington" <nobody(a)homehere.net>
> said:
>
>>
>> "RichA" <rander3127(a)gmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:3b040b6e-7138-4f1f-9bae-a1681d7b1141(a)l14g2000yql.googlegroups.com...
>>> I've hated Intel since 386 days. I switched to AMD and never went
>>> back. [ . . . ]
>>
>> I don't necessarily *hate* Intel, but I don't like 'em much, partly for
>> reasons like those given in the article and partly because AMD just
>> provides
>> better bang for the buck. The last system I put together with an Intel
>> CPU
>> was a 900MHz Pentium III -- now that's a while ago! I've built probably a
>> dozen systems since, all AMD. Even when I buy a laptop, I don't look at
>> anything that isn't "AMD Inside."
>>
>> Very interesting article.
>
> Neil,
> Check your computer clock and date.

Oops. Thanks, Duck -- I had set the calendar a month ahead to check some
dates, and forgot to set it back. That also caused a major problem with my
Norton Security Suite last night, until I corrected it. I forgot about
sending that post while the calendar was wrong.


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