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Intel kicking AMD to the curb?
Reape:
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--- Quote from: bloody000 on July 19, 2009, 01:29:10 PM ---Benefiting consumers is only a bonus, every corporation's primary concern is its own profit.
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Of course it is, but that doesn't mean they should be allowed to step down on consumers any way possible. They can and will still make plenty of money even if they wouldn't use such dirty measures.
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They don't count 1-2-3 then turn around and shoot. Get real.
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Now that sounds like you think I want the whole market to be 100% controlled and thats not true at all... I just don't think that compeletely everything is acceptable. Intel gave price reducements from their products to companies that refused to use AMDs products wich is like bribing them to embargo AMD... and that goes beyond the line of whats allowed and whats not imo. You can try to trip your competitor a little, just not in every possible way. The perfect situation of course would be where the competition happens purely on who has the best price/quality while the companies still make solid profits, but even if that is compeletely unreachable does it mean we shouldn't even try to get closer to it?
kureshii:
I pledge no allegiance to either company and neither will I boycott either company. Both need plenty of ass-kicking IMO; Intel's pricing for their lower-end processors is silly (and they get away with it through some shady marketing), while AMD seriously needs to decide their direction, in addition to fixing that Southbridge issue and building on their Hypertransport architecture.
I've used both company's offerings for both low and high-end builds, and will continue to do so. Have an Intel E5300+G41 (family desktop) and a PhIIX4-940+790FX (project rig), planning AthX2-7750+780G (homeserver) and i7-Lynnfield (personal desktop) builds in time to come.
IceRiccy:
the I7 expensive? Only if you get above the I7 250. The 220 and 240 are very mainstream prices with as alittle as 200 euro's for a core.
Lupin:
--- Quote from: IceRiccy on July 19, 2009, 07:52:22 PM ---the I7 expensive? Only if you get above the I7 250. The 220 and 240 are very mainstream prices with as alittle as 200 euro's for a core.
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The processor itself isn't that expensive but configure a whole system. The last time I did that, the i7 system is $200 more than the AMD system.
relic2279:
I like non-seasonal price drops, and leaps in the tech (core replacing netburst for example) but there is a drawback to that.
Less competition. I use intel myself, but I want AMD to always be competitive. Or at least in the game. Competition breeds innovation and that leads to better chips for cheaper prices.
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