Originally Posted by ProPorn

The only people buying into Intel-based systems now are those who don't know any better. A year ago, I would've told someone to go with AMD for gaming or Intel for multi-tasking/multimedia, but that's all changed. Both companies are moving to dual core now, but the difference is that AMD planned for this a long time ago and designed their chips accordingly; Intels answer is a far less elegant afterthought forced upon them too soon by the failure of their current architecture to reach the raw speeds they'd initially hoped for (due to temperature problems). Dual-core completely erases the last advantage Intel had (hyperthreading). So don't be afraid of change, and don't be blindly loyal to a brand name when they're delivering inferior products at higher prices.