Quote Originally Posted by 570091D View Post

look at all the trolls....

so let me get this straight, because amd is undercutting intel's prices, intel is going to raise prices. and i think this is wrong because i'm a drunk fanboi.

i'm glad intel has been fined for unethical business practices, but i doubt this will "scare them straight." i don't recall the amount intel has been fined, but i'm sure they still made more money because of these backdoor deals. it's going to take some very aggresive prosicutors and regulators to clean the market up.
NO! Let's say Intel is fined X million US Dollars. They determine what they need to cover that, they raise prices by Y amount to cover said fine. Now let's just pick one out of many examples. One example: A $279 i920 prices is raised to $360 and Q9550 is set at about $335. X4 955BE would then increase from around $250 to $310. Anyone thinking AMD isn't going to follow Intel prices increases are setting themselves up to look silly!

Both Japan and Korea wanted Intel to change its business model and Intel did! Talking about squeezing companies for billions when Japan and Korea both collected less than 100 million combined should send up red flags! Hate for some large faceless company while cheering for another is almost a form of retardation!