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[wbmw]

Re: Intel only just lost their image after milking it for years. And it will take time to get it back. Time they may not have...

>> WTF? Please elaborate on this comment before I assign you
to my working list of "special" posters.

Maybe he's basing his hypothesis off of this scenario: ;-)

http://www.aceshardware.com/forums/read_post.jsp?id=120059748&forumid=1

If Intel loses $2 billion a quarter (which is highly probable, BTW), it will BK in just two quarters. Of course, it can last a bit longer by liquidating assets, but in any case, it won't take too long for it to BK.

[CombJelly]

"Please elaborate on this comment before I assign you to my working list of "special" posters."
I am not there already? The P4 has been at best competitve with the A64 for a while, while sucking a lot more juice. But it wasn't until last year that AMD really started to gain mindshare.