To: Dr. Sivana
I think you might have missed part of the point - if AMD does come out with something close, but not quite there at - say - $200, Intel is going to have a hard time justifying a $150 premium, so they’ll likely have to drop their price to $225-$250. You’ll still get the Intel processor you prefer, but it’ll cost you 1/3rd less.
10 posted on
02/14/2017 2:43:29 PM PST by
Be Free
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To: Be Free
but not quite there at - say - $200, Intel is going to have a hard time justifying a $150 premium
If they can meet a $200 price point they'll get some OEMs, but as these are high-end systems, I think most business class customers will go with Intel and spend the money. In the early days of Athlon, Intel adjusted their price, but not a whole lot, and their chips had a tendency to overheat back then. AMD never really took any bracket except gamers/overclockers and the low-end.
While AMD is a mature player, occasional glitches that are AMD specific with Windows patches still pop up occasionally. I hope you are right, though. Competition is good. I think right now Intel's competition is mainly from ARM based processors. Intel's scalability will keep them fighting off all comers in the desktop market for some time.
12 posted on
02/14/2017 4:41:22 PM PST by
Dr. Sivana
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