I use AMD because they seem to be power efficient more often. Power is relatively expensive here ($0.15/kwh), so it's a business issue rather than tree hugging penance.
We've got a mix of old athlons, amd64/opterons, X2's, and now x4 phenoms for servers. We tend to build them ourselves and keep spare parts on hand. Standardization lets us rob a testing server or inventory to fix a broken production server for instance. Nothing wrong with Intel currently, we just don't want to have too much variety if it interferes with our ability to have the right mix of spare parts. We buy power supplies at a local computer shop, as they seem to have a better knack for what's reliable quality in that market. Other parts we mostly order online at places like newegg. Seagate drives, nvidia based video if it's not onboard, RTL-8169 based ethernet is preferred. For laptops, I like the intel atom based netbooks. We've got two Aspire One laptops which are really nice. I also have a EEEpc 2g, which is good except the keyboard is too small for me. Other people with bigger EEEpc like them more. The atom based motherboards starting to become available might make nice router systems in the near future. On Mon, Dec 08, 2008 at 07:17:25AM -0800, Marlon K. Schafer wrote: > Got it. So what are the medium to good ones to watch for? > > I used to really like AMD but I'm hearing that they suck. At least that's > what one thought over on the isp-ceo list. > > We used to tell people to get Gateway systems. Then we went Micron, then > Micro Flex, now Dell. Once in a while I'd build one for myself, but who > wants to deal with warranty work when PC's aren't your core business? > > Service is usually the main thing that I look at when suggesting a PC to > someone. *I* don't want to be the one that has to help them with all of the > questions that come up. > > What are you guys suggesting and using these days? > > thanks, > marlon > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mike Hammett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org> > Sent: Sunday, December 07, 2008 10:43 PM > Subject: Re: [WISPA] Article > > > > Different architectures, multiple processor cores per processor. One > > processor of today can literally do the work of 4 as they have 4 little > > processors inside one physical processor. > > > > Kind of like how channel size isn't a very good measurement of how much > > data > > you can push through it. There are many other factors at play. > > > > > > ----- > > Mike Hammett > > Intelligent Computing Solutions > > http://www.ics-il.com > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -- /* Jason Philbrook | Midcoast Internet Solutions - Wireless and DSL KB1IOJ | Broadband Internet Access, Dialup, and Hosting http://f64.nu/ | for Midcoast Maine http://www.midcoast.com/ */ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
