Definitely getting better since the switch over, but I have seen so much anti-Intel FUD there *AMDMB* in the past that it became difficult to post or read there due to it. I recall posting up in the thread when they announced they would be encouraging Intel owners to start participating and warning flames against them would not be tolerated. The morons even came in that one reciting FUD, just in a less aggressive style :thumbsdown: It is a anti-big corporation mentality similar to the one they apply to MS, and it is cult like and scary IMO. I think the Southpark episode about Starbucks coming to town was good take on why being anti-big corp. can be the wrong bandwagon to jump on sometimes.
flatblastard, the thing to remember is that OEMs are where most buy their systems. Not only price, but warranty,and customer service&support are what many people look at when deciding whom to buy from. Dell, like it or not, ranks high traditionally in every area so it is no surprise to me that they sell the most systems. They have a good name, and even if outsourcing home tech support to 2nd or 3rd language english speakers is pulling it down a bit, it'll take a good while before the backlash is felt if at all. How many comparably priced&spec'ed big OEM systems still have their home user tech support here and can thus seperate themselves based on that anyways? I have no idea so I am asking this of anyone who might.