Quote Originally Posted by EvilBellyLint View Post
Precisely. They may not actually raise prices, they'll just lower or outright
eliminate existing reseller incentives, bulk quantity discounts, & rebates.
End result is the same. Far fewer weekly specials on Newegg & ClubIT, et al.

EBL
No way. Intel's Partners are already too use to Intel Price Points for about the last 18 months. Remember, Intel Profits are way up this last Quarter and not bad the Quarter before. They are expected to break a few records this Quarter. No, Intel's Stockholders aren't raising hell right now. Look for the real market watchers to issue Buy on Intel's stock.

Rant
It took Intel almost 3 years to build up the *Goodwill they currently enjoy. Intel has a WIDE range of products, not a Few like X2 represented when it held the performance crown. The only real way Intel could get away with jacking up prices is if AMD fell flat on its face and shipped nothing. IMHO, that ain't happenin'. Sure they'll suck for a couple of Quarters. Wayyyyyy too many folks have too much to loose to see AMD go down the drain like that though.

This truly and honestly saddens me to see this once Perky Punch-em-in-the-eye company sagging and struggling like this Anyone hoping to see harm come to AMD is just clueless and lame! We need a healthy AMD and without them, Intel CAN'T build enough processors to fill all orders. Demand then goes through the roof and we're screwed since this market will hurt more than others, too small, sheesh!

Someone, anyone at AMD should gotten Dirk and the Gain to run a parallel Line of what AMD fans called; "Makeshift, Glued, Stitched, A Hacked Hack, Jerry Rigged, rushed and thrown together, Not Native, Slower Than Native and etc.. model just like Intel Did. MCM don't look so bad now uh? Though I feel real bad for AMD, I can't say the same about their Fans.