I actually agree with you that with K7 and K8 AMD has become a viable competitor and I think that has value to the market in general. I get tired of the posts about some advantage of one or the other meaning the mpu world will change.
By any chance do you know how on ihub I can change my name to my real name and login as such. This is the only board on which I use a handle and frankly I feel foolish using one.