Eric,
Back when the AMD Athlon 500 came out, I built a computer for our company that used it in an FIC SD-11 motherboard. That computer has been running non-stop for the last 13 months. The only time it is ever turned off is when we have to update some software, or if I'm cleaning the office and it has to be unplugged.
The computer that sits next to it is an AMD K6-450 computer I built 19 months ago. It has also been on non-stop 24x7 also for that whole time. Both these machines are running windows 98.
The computer I am composing this message on is an AMD Athlon 850 that is also our network's monitor. This machine has been left on since I put it together 3 months ago. It is the most important machine in my company other than our servers. This machine runs windows 2000.
My old network monitor was an AMD K6-450 that was put together 19 months ago. It ran windows 98, and then windows 2000 in beta from September 1999 until the March 2000. It was then updated to Windows 2000 final release.
Altogether, we have two AMD K6-450 machines that have run for around 27,600 hours together pretty much non-stop without any faults... and two Athlon machines that have run for about 11,500 hours together non-stop also without a fault. These are only the ones in my office, and there are a whole bunch of ones similar to it here.
In my book:
Reliability means we need stability!
Stability IS AMD.
AMD IS stability.
Just thought you'd like to know!
Obin Robinson
Obin,
That’s something. Would you mind reporting back in six months...tell us how you feel then? Also, what’s the percentage of AMD vs. Intel at your company? How many computers? Does it include servers? Inquiring minds want to know :)
Anyway, good luck with your continued sucess with AMD products.
Eric Svetcov