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To say that an AMD chip is less reliable or robust than a Intel chip is ridiculous. Things to note: AMD designed the X2 platform as a dual core chip as opposed to Intel who basically slapped two chips together all using the same FSB. Also note that the AMD FSB is 1000 MHz while most of the Intel chips are still 800 MHz. Also to note is that the AMD chip is 64 bit while the Intel chip that you are talking about I believe is a 32 bit one (I must admit I am having trouble figuring out which chips you want me to compare). If you have a 64 bit OS then the 64 bit processor will wipe the floor with a 32 bit chip.