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To: amdobserver who wrote (254026)	7/15/2008 12:24:17 AM
From: dougSF30	Respond to of 275872

Who is going to buy the higher clock Nehalem and the Core 2 Quad. Both Intel and AMD desktop revenues will drop. It is not going to benefit Intel or AMD. ROFL. Sure. All of a sudden, no one will buy anything faster than what is "good enough". Just like that. A sea-change in behavior, overnight.

To: amdobserver who wrote (254026)	7/15/2008 3:53:48 AM
From: eracer	Respond to of 275872

Re: At 2.6GHz, Nehalem will be good enough for the most demanding desktop user(assuming it is 30% faster than phenom). Who is going to buy the higher clock Nehalem and the Core 2 Quad. Both Intel and AMD desktop revenues will drop. It is not going to benefit Intel or AMD. Why price a vast majority of users out of the market for Nehalem? The transition will be expensive enough with the move to a new motherboard/socket and DDR3 memory. Not only is the Nehalem bargain hunter going to have to buy a $284 processor, but a $200 motherboard and most likely $150 of 4GB DDR3 as well. Nehalem prices are similar to the prices on the fastest Core 2 models at launch (2.4GHz = $315, 2.67GHz = $530, 2.93GHz = $999).