Quote Originally Posted by 570091D View Post
i don't think that's a good wish, the rebates offered to end users are usually scams, but rebates offered to oem's are quite helpful to business.
Adopting this position but then attacking Intel's use of rebates doesn't make a lot of sense, unless you don't understand how these rebates are being used.

the problem comes when component manufacturers attach stipulations to the rebate: "we'll sell you 1000 pentium 4's for $1 each, but you can't buy any amd processors for the rest of the year." <--that is the problem.
These rebates aren't stating that you can't buy from a rival, but they are structured in such a way that it produces much the same result as though it was stated.

That is why Donnie's point about all rebates being scrapped is probably a good one, but of course no one should be confused and think that the benefits AMD derives from rebates matches the benefits that Intel has received from their use of rebates.