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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Paul Engel who wrote (46968)	1/22/1999 1:00:00 AM
From: Cirruslvr	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572014

Paul - RE: "So...Intel lowers its prices and in so doing, it screws the consumers. You care to explain that one?" I didn't see a reply to Tench, who Originally brought up that arguement. I guess you understand the same concept only when you want to. Or did you not reply to him because of that short term memory lapse you seem to have whenever you want to? I shall restate my, err Tench's point. TRY to remember it this time. My original post was about Intel screwing the customer by releasing a new product, and then coming out with a better version of that product only a few months after. (Was that the first time you grasped what was being told? Is your memory refreshed yet?) Tench replied saying: "And AMD screwed buyers of the K6-2 400 by lowering its price from $250 to $150 in the space of a few months, making those who bought one of the first K6-2 400 CPU's feel shafted, right?" In reality, I am explaining Tench's point to you, which you understood when you read, but forgot when I wrote it. Actually, since you actually DO understand the point, I don't see a need to re-explain myself. Is that a voluntary short term memory lapse I sense going into effect again?

To: Paul Engel who wrote (46968)	1/22/1999 4:04:00 AM
From: Craig Freeman	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 1572014

Paul, putting an ID on the CPU creates a false sense of security. I can't wait for the day when someone steals an Intel executive's portable and uses that "ID" to empty his bank account. Not to mention the negative effects it will have on upgrade and replacement sales. As soon as retailers start relying on those IDs it will become all to inconvenient to change them. And about IDs helping you trace stolen PCs, it's more likely than not that the chips will be pulled and resold several times before they dial up the Internet again. Retailers already know what items I buy. Credit card companies already know where I shop (and sometimes the items too). And now somebody wants to know what kind of CPU I'm using and where I am when I'm using it. I'm not sure what they're going to do with all this information but I'm certain that it won't do me any good. Imagine email that says "Intel Marketing hopes that you enjoyed your recent flight to New York. We wholeheartedly agree with your choice of rack-of-lamb at the Ritz but we do question your use of an AMD processor to sign up at X-Porn World. The Pentium IV provides faster downloads and greater color fidelity ..." Craig