Intel Corp (INTC)

[DewDiligence]

You are so right it’s almost funny. Imagine, if you can, that IBM had just unveiled a new ThinkPad, which used an established CPU, just a few weeks before the much-heralded launch of a brand new power-efficient chip from AMD. How do you think this message board would react?

Under such circumstances, there would no doubt be at least 65 posts proclaiming that IBM’s action proved: 1) AMD’s new chip must be thoroughly without merit for IBM to preempt its launch; 2) AMD’s chip was probably nothing but vapor; and 3) AMD’s ability to continue as an ongoing enterprise was fatally compromised as a result of 1) and 2). Dew