Well im gonna get bashed for sure oh well.
I do not like intel, its that simple. I have not bought an intel cpu since my 8088 and im not about to start now.
Way back in the day (Yea im probably older then 99% of you but who knows) I had my commodor vic-20, 64, then the 128, trash 80(Not a mistype
) etc.
Then came pcs woo I said. Well I was also poor and Intel was very pricey so I bought cyrix/amd although mostly Amd. My last Cyrix was a 6x86p166+ at 120mhz I believe it was. Something like that. Was incompatible with some software. Like Unreal(The first one mind you). Couldnt play it at first had to wait for a patch. So I stayed with Amd after that. They kept socket 7 alive after intel abandoned it. K62 was first decent one(K5 sucked its true). K63 was even better but even then everyone was buying the more mhz is better line from intel. I rejoiced when they came out with the Athlon thats for sure.
Bottom line is Intel has been sticking it to people fo
r so long and so viciously I cant stand em. I have 9 computers now and none of them are Intel inside thank you. People give me old computers sometimes I give the intels away to someone else who needs one.
So is Core 2 superior ? Yep you bet its faster, a lot faster for some things.
I do a lot of video editing and coding. I am sure a core2 would be faster but I wont buy em cause I hate Intel.
However if someone ask's me what to buy I will tell them to buy a core2 if it would suit them better. My personal feelings do not get in the way of business.
Bash away I dont care.