Is the AMD Thunderbird processor the same thing as the AMD Athlon? The reason I ask is because we're thinking of getting a new PC, and we're looking at a bunch of different vendors (gateway, dell, compaq, and a local place called DIT Computer
On their website at http://www.ditcorp.com/systems/systems.htm, they give you two options for AMD. Either a Duron, or a "Thunderbird". I've heard of the Duron, but I've never heard of a Thunderbird, only the athlon. Is Thunderbird just another name for it?
Just so you know, we haven't firmly decided getting an AMD-based system. We're probably leaning more towards Pentium III, or maybe even Pentium IV when it becomes more avaiable. I doubt we'll get PIV though since it's really overkill (The base speed of the PIV is 1400 mhz! Who the hell needs that for a home system?)
On their website at http://www.ditcorp.com/systems/systems.htm, they give you two options for AMD. Either a Duron, or a "Thunderbird". I've heard of the Duron, but I've never heard of a Thunderbird, only the athlon. Is Thunderbird just another name for it?
Just so you know, we haven't firmly decided getting an AMD-based system. We're probably leaning more towards Pentium III, or maybe even Pentium IV when it becomes more avaiable. I doubt we'll get PIV though since it's really overkill (The base speed of the PIV is 1400 mhz! Who the hell needs that for a home system?)