> AMD motherboards and chips are usually less expensive and faster than Intel ones.
Well, yes and no. The new P4 boards with 866 MHz FSB will happily shit all over any Athlon you can buy once equipped with a 3GHz CPU. Low end, price/performance is definitely tilted in AMD's favour, but you have to consider whether a chip with an operating temperature of ~60 degrees C is something you want.
Buddy, I live in Canada. I'm all over that.