Personally, I feel that AMD, in the long run, will be more productive than intel. They are very reliable, stable, and easy to overclock . Intel does have some fast chips, but I like the reliablitity and pricing of AMD chips :-D.

allenb1963: I heard that AMD runs great on Linux.. get that $hit hooked up soon
KissCool: LoL @ windoze ME


as for the RISC vs MIPS... heres some links.. dont wanna go into detail
LiNKs --> 1.http://amiga.emugaming.com/riscisc.html
2.http://www.mips.com/publications/index.html