Quote Originally Posted by saaya View Post
if you really want to stop ES chips from beeing sold why dont you stop intel employees and intel partners from selling them?
cracking down on the people in the enthusiast community who trade with them wont solve the problem, they will just be replaced... and it will upset the enthusiast community... if you want to solve the problem, solve it at its source...

check who sends how many ES chips where and verify whether they are actually still in place or what happened to them.
i heard rumors of intel employees handing over large amounts of ES chips as a favour to intel partners, knowing that they will use them in systems or sell them and that this is an extra income for them... not sure how true this is, but im sure this rumor is based on some truth at least...

I agree totaly. If he was smart he could have addressed the issue, educated us as to the hows and why's of ES chips and looked to us for understanding and support. Not give is a sugar coated warning.