Replies to post #28790 on Advanced Micro Devices Inc (AMD)

[HailMary]

Do you want your wife and kids in a car without air bags? Do you want your company's business depending on computers that don't have NX protection?

Excellent analogy. AMD needs to market the heck out of NX. It doesn't have to be marketed as a catch all protection, just an added protection that the competitor doesn't have.

[wbmw]

Dan, let's try a different analogy. AMD's NX support is like buying a green car that needs to run a special gas to cause less accidents, but that gas won't be available for several months, and people aren't really sure how well the gas works, since all they've read so far is the hype from the makers of the car and the gas itself. Many people might be inclined to wait for consumer reports to judge whether the new combo is really worth it. Or maybe they'll just wait for when the blue car gets it, since 85% of the market already drives that color and they are already used to it.