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Not sure AMD is any better, but Intel is pretty bad. They're basically a huge monopoly who constantly pushed for anti-features. Want to own your device? No you
by southerntofu 5y ago
Not sure AMD is any better, but Intel is pretty bad. They're basically a huge monopoly who constantly pushed for anti-features.
Want to own your device? No you don't, Intel does via Management Engine and other universal backdoors. Want to own your system? No you don't, you "need" Intel's microcode to fix all the bugs Intel had on release day [0].
Also, i heard recent AMD processors have tight PCIe integration (> 20 lanes), which if you need a dedicated GPU or network card is a huge bonus, but doesn't matter if you don't.
[0] Yes, i've witnessed with my own eyes CPUs that would fail to boot an OS without Intel's proprietary mirocode.