Re: P4 VS. Athlon

["Dan Downs" <retnuh@xxxxxxxxxx>]

> Looking to build a new system and was wondering if
> anyone had experience with either the P4 or Athlon and
> Linux??

I have a Thunderbird 800 and it works just fine. Personally I wouldn't even
consider buying a P4 system due to the cost, you can get a much much better
system by getting an Athlon. SharkyExtreme.com was showing TBird 1.33ghz
cpus for $185, or a 1.2ghz/266mhz for $139. Also if getting a Athlon, make
sure you get a good motherboard, I have an Abit, my boss has an Asus, we
haven't had any problems.

Another thing, P4's won't be "good" till they get over 2ghz, most software
isn't optimized for it yet, and won't be for a little while, so most
software runs faster on an Athlon.

Either get a current Athlon, or wait a month or so for the Athlon 4's(only a
few minor changes from the thunderbird, but equally clocked a athlon 4 is
about 5-10% faster) to start shipping.

Dan Downs