actually intel does not offer more speed, less heat maybe, but not speed.
In benchmarks, my Athlon XP 1600+ outperforms the 1.6ghz P4 by over 30%, and my athlon is only running at 1.4ghz. You may be right about hyperthreading, but if we can get these hammers out, AMD will keep its share, and the only reason the major computer companies use intel is because Intel offeres them to em for pennies if they promise NOT to use AMD at all....
sounds a bit underhanded to me.