His question is a good one though... by and large you haven't really stated WHY you feel the way you do, when it's been pointed out that you likely get significant BENEFIT from this model, even if you never take advantage of it.
The quality of this list goes up when the discourse (even the vigorous ones), includes well-thought out opinions and facts from all sides. -sc > -----Original Message----- > From: John Aldrich [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2010 9:57 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Intel wants to charge to unlock features already on your CPU > > I think we're going to have to agree to disagree. > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ken Schaefer [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2010 9:45 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Intel wants to charge to unlock features already on your CPU > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: John Aldrich [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Wednesday, 22 September 2010 8:52 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Intel wants to charge to unlock features already on your CPU > > > Here's something I thought of... Sure you'll be able to buy an "unlock" > > code, but will the end-user realize that they are getting the same > physical > > hardware as someone who pays more and know that they can unlock > better > > performance? Thinking about the folks who go into Best Buy or WalMart to > > buy a new computer (this appears to be the market that this new "feature" > is > > aimed at.) My thought is that they're going to buy whatever is on the > shelf > > and not realize that they just need to buy an "upgrade"/unlock code to > enable > > better performance. > > > > How is that going to help the end-user? > > As long as Walmart doesn't say that the CPU is Quad-Core, but neglect to > tell you that you have to pay extra. > > If Walmart says that the CPU is dual core, 2GHz and supports VT, and it > costs $x, then why should anyone care that the CPU can do extra for > additional payment. > > Cheers > Ken > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt- > software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
