I completely skipped the FX disaster / Intel dominance phase by holding on to a Phenom II X6. At the time, my upgrade policy was "when twice the performance is

I completely skipped the FX disaster / Intel dominance phase by holding on to a Phenom II X6. At the time, my upgrade policy was "when twice the performance is available for the same price as the old part". That never quite happened with Intel's 4 core parts.