I wouldn't say I'm married to Intel, I've considered amd chips..but I don't like the way they represent their processor speeds.

They say their chips are supposed to run the same or faster than their intel counterparts, but they look to me to run blatantly slower. All I'm saying is I don't see how 2.8 dual core athlon (after you mess with their stupid little formula) runs faster or equivilant than a 3.0 intel dc. Is it just because it has the name athlon in it?

Nobody has really properly informed me as to why athlon is supposedly so much more of a better buy quality wise. They always just refer to "it's cheaper and just as good".. If I can't be given a solid, backed up example of how it's clearly superior, I'll default to the intel's I've come to know and love as the brain of my computers.