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> Still wondering how AMD has only ~25% of desktop market share given recent Intel issues. I sometimes pick Intel over AMD because I don't have AMD's CPU namin

> Still wondering how AMD has only ~25% of desktop market share given recent Intel issues. I sometimes pick Intel over AMD because I don't have AMD's CPU naming conventions memorized - and I'm in a hurry.

dukeyukey 2y ago
Hah, I felt that urge last time I bought a PC - I could easily roughly compared Intel performance vs price, but with AMD I had to look up half the models.
- WarOnPrivacy 2y ago
  > I could easily roughly compared Intel performance vs price, but with AMD I had to look up half the models. That's sort of what I'm up against. AMD makes excellent products. If I have a day or two I can ask my son for recommendations. He knows AMD lines off the top of his head. If I have 10 minutes, I go with what I know.
jhickok 2y ago
Like you don't have time to research the CPUs for a personal machine? Man I usually go overboard reading up on the hardware going into my own desktop.
- WarOnPrivacy 2y ago
  > Like you don't have time to research the CPUs for a personal machine? No. It's when I have to quickly line up hardware for my customers. I'll have 5 projects in play and I get an email from a client saying they need a workstation or notebook for a new hire ASAP. I can skim Intel CPUs among Lenovo offerings fairly quickly. Back when I was a system builder, I knew every capability of every chip. When Intel had hobbling virtualization (VT/x, etc), I knew which chips were capable. In that day, I often chose AMD to save time because every AMD CPU was fully capable.
Panzer04 2y ago
Especially in laptops, AMD has a downright insane naming scheme designed to confuse buyers - so this is honestly kind of understandable..
- Sakos 2y ago
  And Intel is somehow better? They're all terrible, including Nvidia, and it always takes a ridiculous amount of research to figure out what's what.
  - WarOnPrivacy 2y ago
    You're mostly right. During the post-4770 wasteland years, I found I often couldn't ID mobile chips using my mental desktop crib notes.

dukeyukey 2y ago

Hah, I felt that urge last time I bought a PC - I could easily roughly compared Intel performance vs price, but with AMD I had to look up half the models.

WarOnPrivacy 2y ago
> I could easily roughly compared Intel performance vs price, but with AMD I had to look up half the models. That's sort of what I'm up against. AMD makes excellent products. If I have a day or two I can ask my son for recommendations. He knows AMD lines off the top of his head. If I have 10 minutes, I go with what I know.

jhickok 2y ago

Like you don't have time to research the CPUs for a personal machine? Man I usually go overboard reading up on the hardware going into my own desktop.

WarOnPrivacy 2y ago
> Like you don't have time to research the CPUs for a personal machine? No. It's when I have to quickly line up hardware for my customers. I'll have 5 projects in play and I get an email from a client saying they need a workstation or notebook for a new hire ASAP. I can skim Intel CPUs among Lenovo offerings fairly quickly. Back when I was a system builder, I knew every capability of every chip. When Intel had hobbling virtualization (VT/x, etc), I knew which chips were capable. In that day, I often chose AMD to save time because every AMD CPU was fully capable.

Panzer04 2y ago

Especially in laptops, AMD has a downright insane naming scheme designed to confuse buyers - so this is honestly kind of understandable..

Sakos 2y ago
And Intel is somehow better? They're all terrible, including Nvidia, and it always takes a ridiculous amount of research to figure out what's what.
- WarOnPrivacy 2y ago
  You're mostly right. During the post-4770 wasteland years, I found I often couldn't ID mobile chips using my mental desktop crib notes.