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To: heatsinker2 who wrote (189355)	3/10/2006 5:58:09 PM
From: dougSF30	Respond to of 275872

hs2, that sentence is just too straightforward for eracer.

To: heatsinker2 who wrote (189355)	3/10/2006 6:20:19 PM
From: eracer	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 275872

Re: Sure this is not a direct quote, it can be safely assumed to be a paraphrase of this Euro sales chief. Yes, and the Intel Euro sales chief was being as vague as possible to the point of being misleading. The scenario was probably this: The reporter asked a question regarding pricing pressures due to strong competition from AMD. The Intel exec was smart enough not mention big price cuts in some of their product lines. In order to show Intel in the best light he talked up NGA instead. It's not like he is going to say "Huge desktop price cuts coming up next month! Don't buy now or you'll be sorry!!" Prices fall two speed grades instead of one next month on current processors. When was the last time Intel did that? The current flagship Pentium D 950 CPU, currently priced at $637 is expected to drop to $241, a 62% price cut, in the first six months of its life. When was the last time Intel or AMD cut the price of their fastest desktop CPU by 62% in the first ~6 months of its life? I'm thinking it hasn't happened since the Athlon XP/Northwood days.