Quote Originally Posted by Donnie27 View Post
So that's why AMD didn't gain market share when they jacked up prices on the Excellent X2? See, I think some of you guys are trying to have have you cake and eat your cake too, it doesn't work!

Plus, you don't loose sales when your competition raises their prices a smilar amount as well. AMD doesn't need more volume as much as they need higher ASP's. AMD can't create the extra volume to keep price the same and turn a profit worth talking about. Folks thinking killing rebates and Intel paying some large fine/s will lower prices are fooling themselves. This whole case is to get prices higher, NOT lower. Here's the shocker, even as I post this. I hope I'm as wrong as two right shoes
AMD's offererings are fairly attractive at a certain price point nowadays. That means if/when Intel raises prices, many will flock to AMD.

What I think will happen as anti competitive rebates are discouraged in the EU and Asia, and AMD gain more market share, if and when they narrow their node-lag time with Intel, Intel will have to price more competitively. They'll make up for that loss, in the US by charging higher prices.