Intel uses shady discounts to compete with AMD

Post by **Grudge** » Sat May 14, 2005 9:25 pm

The Fair Trade Commission's warning Tuesday to the Japan subsidiary of semiconductor giant Intel Corp. shed light on the various ways Intel dished out huge rebates to computer makers.

Competing fiercely with U.S. rival Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD), Intel offered discounts to computer companies willing to put Intel's central processing units (CPU) in their products.

In some cases, Intel halved its CPU prices, sources said.

http://www.asahi.com/english/business/T ... 90124.html

Post by **bitWISE** » Sat May 14, 2005 9:28 pm

So thats how Dell makes their shit so cheap...

Post by **AmIdYfReAk** » Sat May 14, 2005 9:48 pm

hey, in the end.. it will come to get them.. they just dont know it yet

Post by **mjrpes** » Sat May 14, 2005 9:48 pm

I'd imagine Dell gets huge discount from Microsoft, too.

Post by **Oldfriend** » Sat May 14, 2005 9:50 pm

mjrpes wrote:I'd imagine Dell gets huge discount from Microsoft, too.

I doubt microsoft has to bother since their OS is first choice anyhow

Post by **AmIdYfReAk** » Sat May 14, 2005 9:53 pm

i would say they do, for a fact actually.. considering Microwank offered discounts to the systems as well as the emplyee's of MDG computers when i was employed there.. ( i still regret that )

Also, the fact that dell has servers on its side, M$ dosent want Them to pump out linux box's to hard, now do they?

Post by **bitWISE** » Sat May 14, 2005 9:54 pm

Oldfriend wrote:
mjrpes wrote:I'd imagine Dell gets huge discount from Microsoft, too.
I doubt microsoft has to bother since their OS is first choice anyhow

Dell just invested $100 million in Red Hat so that may be changing...

Post by **4g3nt_Smith** » Sat May 14, 2005 10:04 pm

AmIdYfReAk wrote:i would say they do, for a fact actually.. considering Microwank offered discounts to the systems as well as the emplyee's of MDG computers when i was employed there.. ( i still regret that )

Also, the fact that dell has servers on its side, M$ dosent want Them to pump out linux box's to hard, now do they?

They already sell machines with Linux on them, both business workstations and servers.

Post by **AmIdYfReAk** » Sat May 14, 2005 10:05 pm

yes, but consider this.. if a company is "pushing" the Linux box's a little harder beacuse of the lower cost factor..

if i was a rep at microwank i would do anything in my power to make sure this wouldent happen.... get my Drift?

Post by **Oldfriend** » Sat May 14, 2005 10:07 pm

well I am talking about desktop systems, I don't see the everyday user bothering with another OS.... right now

Post by **AmIdYfReAk** » Sat May 14, 2005 10:12 pm

you're weak!