I am also in the same boat. Always wanted to learn about it, but at the same time never really took the time to look into it. I bought some ETH couple of months back and now I’m continuously perusing and updating my knowledge about cryptocurrency.
My first computer was also an AMD? But that wasn't because I loved AMD or knew anything about processors. I believe my parents bought me that one because it was cheaper than Intel.
Fast forward to today, my current desktop is an AMD Ryzen 3600X.
Let's take Gmail or Youtube for example.