I'd agree with that, especially when building custom PC towers. Been an AMD user for over ten years and I run nothing but those on my personal machines. They're cheaper, run just as fast (if not faster), and are easy to overclock (if you really had to). It comes in quite handy when you're editing and rendering HD video. Still unsure about AMD laptops, though. Has heat dissipation on those chips improved? I figure if it's gotten good enough to throw in a laptop then it's probably okay. I love my Toshibas. My current Toshiba is a netbook that I'm running Linux Mint on and it's flawless...great for those campouts at Barnes and Noble or Panera Bread. Last one I owned before that was a Portege that I bought used on eBay in high school and was my main traveling laptop halfway through college. All it needed was a quick RAM upgrade and a wireless card to keep up with the times. You realize very quickly that if you're just doing office work, e-mail, etc. having an overkill machine isn't necessary at all.