This conclusion is the opposite of my experience.
I have never had an Intel PC, and the PCs I have built and sold have, with
one exception, been AMD. This is not a large sample, but I have never
experienced a significant hardware failure.
In this poll:
http://www.misterpoll.com/2634075703.html
AMD is preferred over Intel nearly 2 to 1.
In addition, AMD has been innovative in design, and has kept Intel from
dominating the CPU market and provides an alternative that has had a very
beneficial effect on prices.
It's likely my next PC will be an AMD.
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AMD is great for what is it, but an Intel system built the same day,
with all the same components except chip mainboard and fan, will be
running much longer and with less problems to the operator of that
system, than an AMD system will.

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