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Savannahmann

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3. I guess the privacy minded will be heading to AMD chips for a while

Reply to DJ13 (Original post)

Thu Jan 9, 2014, 11:58 PM

Jan 2014

Perhaps Intel will care when sales drop, but perhaps the NSA is paying them enough to risk the loss of business. More probably, the NSA has some incriminating pictures.

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New Intel-Based PC�s Permanently Hackable [View all] DJ13 Jan 2014 OP

Time to stock up on legacy parts. LAGC Jan 2014 #1

My PC is mostly all legacy parts DJ13 Jan 2014 #2

I guess the privacy minded will be heading to AMD chips for a while Savannahmann Jan 2014 #3

I pretty much stick to AMD on my personal computers. hobbit709 Jan 2014 #4

I've gone back and forth but no more Warpy Jan 2014 #6

Nothing but since Pentium II. With only a very few exceptions, AMD has had better design and Egalitarian Thug Jan 2014 #19

complete horeshit Egnever Jan 2014 #5

The woo is strong with this,one. Drew Richards Jan 2014 #7

Technology has been around since the late 90's. dilby Jan 2014 #8

Thanks for the info DJ13 Jan 2014 #9

Thank you for the welcome, been lurking on the site for a couple weeks. dilby Jan 2014 #10

Welcome to DU my friend, its a great place!!! nt winstars Jan 2014 #12

I bought AMD parts for my last homebuilt PC LittleBlue Jan 2014 #11

He left out the most important part jmowreader Jan 2014 #13

Um, no. WSATA isn't in "all hard drives". jeff47 Jan 2014 #15

Read that again... jmowreader Jan 2014 #16

See Warren DeMontague Jan 2014 #14

I call bullshit on this. Someone's imagination is MineralMan Jan 2014 #17

What is Intel� Core� vPro� Technology Animation bananas Jan 2014 #18