Advanced Micro Devices Inc (AMD)

[imho]

Mas,

Re: Intel dropping prices: It could do but it hasn't in the past when there's been no competition.

It has in the past because there has always been competition. The 8080 had the Z80. The $100 price of the 8080 your history professor recalled was under $10 a few years later. Prices almost always come down. Competition is NOT the only reason prices come down, however. Don’t you get it?

Surprising how Xeon got seriously developed from 2 Ghz when Opteron appeared or how it acquired 64bit as well. This track record proves that Intel will not add features or cut prices without AMD competition

Not really. There are only so many features one can put in product at any one time. Even in a vacuum of no competition, it is common practice to add features in a piecemeal and evolutionary manner. Granted, competition no doubt accelerated some developments.

hell it would have been Itanium or nothing if they had got their way in the 64bit server space.

Competition is good. No arguments here.

How many ads have you seen that are joint Intel and Amd ? Where do you guys dream this stuff up ?

No dream. Perhaps I picked a bad example and you misunderstood. Intel is not excluding OEM’s from selling only AMD products. My guess is that the issue is related to advertizing. A better talking point on what I am saying is in my response to Keith.

http://www.investorshub.com/boards/read_msg.asp?message_id=6214808

BTW, this is my last post on the subject, so your final opinion will become fact.

IMHO