Dear Baron, so much for back to school sales!!!

[zornundo]

http://www.tgdaily.com/content/view/31562/137/

I love this paragraph:

According to Duboise, Intel increased its efforts in desktop retail during the 2006 back to school (BTS) season in the segment of entry-level systems with prices up to $500. “This was a decisive move for Intel since the value market make up close to half of desktops sold in retail,” Duboise said. “During BTS 2006, Intel not only had intensified its CPU pricing, which challenged AMD’s advantageous value proposition, but significantly reduced pricing on its legacy Pentium 4 products, which were suddenly selling in the value space against AMD’s Sempron. Prior to BTS 2006, Intel’s strategies were focused on the more lucrative high-end market, leaving the value volumes to AMD,” she explained.

Hey Baron, so much for AMD's back to school sales!!


edit: changed the subject line to attract BaronBS' attention.

 

[dragonsprayer]

Wow amd is not only 2nd but dumb - i just learned in the TG article that amd supplied dell with all the chips it wanted in Q4 but short changed all the other vendors!

What do the other vender's say in Q1 07 - no thanks!

hence a 6000++++ = $239, a 5200++ (fx-60 in disguise) = $189 and down they go!

Buy up amd chips at these prices its unlikely you get such a good deal again as amd is overstocked and clearance sale is commencing.