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Re: AMD, on the other hand, seems really slimy and I would hate to be at their mercy.

Yeah, look at what happened when they were ahead of Intel for just briefly. Their dual core processors started at $300 and went up to nearly $700, even until mid last year.

http://epscontest.com/prices/amd_2006_05_23.html

And that's $300 for their basic bottom-of-the-line 2.0GHz model. Intel, on the other hand, started Smithfield at $241 in June of last year, and brought it down to $93 in July of 2006, along with Core 2 Duo starting at $183.

http://epscontest.com/prices/intel_2005_06_12.html
http://epscontest.com/prices/intel_2006_07_27.pdf

It appears that when it comes down to it, Intel is the one willing to offer reasonable prices to consumers, while AMD would rather rip the consumer off, if in a dominant position.

Sure, when AMD is behind, they are willing to "listen to consumers" and lower their pricing to move product, but for all the times the 'Droids praise AMD for making chips affordable, they certainly don't have a history of affordable pricing when they are in the dominant position....