Erm... Actually, mhz for mhz, AMD wins out. You have to also remember that AMD is now on the numbering system and 2700 (for example) doesn't actually run at 2.7 ghz, it runs at 2.1-2.2... but performs similarly to a 2.7 ghz Intel. I don't know where you get this "more stable crap", it's true the K6's were crap back in the days of win 98/win me... but in a win2k/winxp environment, I've found that both intels and amds tend to be on par. It is true that AMD is more costly, but it's starting to edge up on intel in price. What's really limited AMD in the past have been crappy chipsets, and I'll give it to intel, their ide interfaces rule. I had a p3 1ghz with an intel chipset and it had great hard drive access speeds... but unfortunately, via is the mainstream chipset for intel, and it tends to *BLEEP*. NVIDIA's chipsets are much better.