Re: According to this article, Intel's price for this product is quite a bit higher than $150 - in fact - it is $722
Sometimes there is a big difference between list prices and what the seller receives. The computer below has a TFT (active matrix) LCD, a motherboard, a 10 gig (good sized for a notebook) hard drive, 128 meg ram, CD, floppy, carrying case, and lithium battery. It retails for $1,449. There is no way Intel is getting anywhere near $700 for the CPU. They aren't getting anywhere near $300 for the CPU.
And they used to get a lot of money for mobile CPUs.
Well, their goal of making it harder for AMD go enter the market will certainly be achieved - but at what cost? And what does this do to their ability to subsidize competition with AMD on the desktop with mobile sales? And where will they get the money to pay for $3 Billion they lose every year trying to buy their way into the networking business? And where does the $7.5 Billion they need come from? Intel can't cut back on capex, they have to build new FABs that can compete with AMD's SOI/Copper/.13 that comes on line in Dresden this fall. Intel is still trying to get their first copper FAB going, and they're 6 months away from having to compete with copper on SOI from a company that's been doing volume copper for the last year.
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Brand-New Custom-Built ProStar 2253 laptop
Intel® Pentium® III 1GHz Processor (1000Mhz)
Free upgrade to 128MB RAM (512MB max)
Built-In 56K V90 Fax/Modem and 10/100 Mbps Ethernet Lan Card
133MHz External Bus Speed
Screen: 13.3 inch TFT 1024 x 768 XGA Active Matrix Display
or Upgrade to 14.1 inch XGA Active Matrix (see below)
128KB/256KB On-Die Cache Memory
10.0GB Built-In 2.5" HDD (Up to 30GB)
Integrated 4X-AGP Graphic Accelerator with 64MB Max. User Definable Share Memory Architecture
Built-In 24X Max. Variable CD-ROM*
Optional 8X Max. Variable DVD-ROM* or 4X4X20 Max. Variable CDRW*
3.5" 1.44MB FDD
IEEE 1394 Firewire Port
3D Surround Sound
Smart Lithium-ION Battery
Light Weight - 6.55 lbs
Microsoft® Operating System (requires reloading with your CD for Windows ME, or buy an extra CD & manual for $70, see below)
FREE Carrying Bag and AC Adapter Included
Brand New ProStar laptop with 1 Year Parts and Labor Warranty
Free shipping and handling.
ProStar 2253 PentiumIII 1000MHz DVD option 2253-1.0
price: $1,449.00 |
