Re:AMD Disadvantage (Score 1)

Game, set, & match to lamz for the above post. As this has later on degenerated into a Mac vs. MS free-for-all (I love 'em) I should state that I grew up using GUIs with Windows, and yes I run IRIX and OS 9 networked at home, and know enough UNIX commands to get myself into real trouble. In response to the post that says certain varieties of Windows are more stable than the Mac OS, my experience has been the same, however, with the cardinal Windows caveat that produces such stability: No one may touch the PC, no one may install software on the PC, no shareware is worth the trouble of repairing the PC, no new hardware other than USB may be added to the PC. This is clearly not a workable arrangement in a everchanging production environment where I work with hundreds of image files (thank you G4 chip), capturing audio and analog and DV clips and stills, and cannot afford more downtime than it takes to restart a cranky Mac. I've seen many PCs go down and not come back up in a limited budget production where a week or more was lost to the PC. From my experience I would never go into a professional production using Windows 9x or NT, just as I'd never go into production using a Mac without ample backup. Our org has at least 1,000 users, most of whom use PCs as no choice is hinted at. At our last tech working group the IT head complained that Macs were requiring some outsourcing support costs (as no IT staff were hired with Mac competency). I pointed out that her Y2K solution of replacing every legacy PC in the org. to combat Y2K was the source of our budgetary waste, which had dwarfed the costs required for Mac maintenance by a factor of several decimal places. A motion to continue Mac support subsequently passed without dissent. I've got a million of 'em (such stories), and would close by saying that to state which OS or chip is "superior" without first defining what the work and workload will be for such machines is pointless. ps I think the Athlon is the first ray of hope I've seen in the PC world in years.