Replies to post #8562 on Advanced Micro Devices Inc (AMD)

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drjohn--"Sorry your last post indicates you don't have even a basic Understanding for CPU/platform reseller dynamics."

My only point is that if Centrino were stagnant in the channel, the price would come down one way or another, and fast.

Intel does not give $200.00 rebates, they just cut prices and
still make money. If you read up on Moore's law you will understand how that is possible.

So you don't agree that it would be a bad sign if Intel were to offer a $200 rebate? Because that's all I said; I never said that it's their usual practice or anything. But then again, I don't have "even a basic Understanding [sic] for [sic] CPU/platform reseller dynamics."

Of course I know eventually the price of Centrino will come down. I'm talking about a scenario in which it quickly loses most of its premium over P4 or Athlon notebooks. This can and does happen in a number of ways, but anyway.

Once Intel or AMD release better solutions, obviously the price of the current Centrinos will come down. I can't believe we're even discussing this.

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drjohn, I guess you don't remember the rebates Intel had to give to manufacturers in order to get them to move RDRAM systems when the MTH screwed up.