Wow.... When you look at the number of folks viewing the AMD thread compared to the Intel thread right now it doesn't really suprise me at some of the comments.
Do AMD folks actually go into Intel threads and trash things like this when Intel F's up?
I know I don't, and yes, Intel has had it's share of screw ups (remember the SATA problems with the last chipset?).

I know folks had really high expectaions for BD, I did too!
But, if you look at things from a rational point of veiw this chip doesn't look all that bad...
Yes, it's different, and it loses badly in ST performance. Keep in mind, this is a radical change from what we've seen in previous arch's.
It may take a little time for software/firmware tweaks (or even a respin) to make this chip shine!

What really shocks me, is the fact that I see alot of known AMD fans trashing it too....

None of this is really new to me. I hope it doesn't happen again, but I rode Commodore Amiga out of existence, and to this very day I still think it was a serious loss
from a tech point of veiw...

I'm less dissapointed in the chips performance, and more dissapointed in some of the responses I've seen.

I'll buy one as soon as I can, and push the snot out of it!
Maybe I'll be riding AMD out of business just like I did the Amiga....

I'd hope that reguardless of which camp your in, you'd realize that a world without AMD wouldn't be good for anyone.