Anyone whose been watching the market knows what I mean. Since you wrote "What on earth are you going on about?" it's just obvious you want to poke a spanner in the works without offering any of your own insight into the mix. I would appreciate more substance than just throwing the ball back in my courtyard and then sitting on a fence taking close eye how I "handle it".
I HAVE been watching the market, and your whole speech seems a bit misinformed. Marketing is entirely about trying to generate a desire in customers to purchase a good or service. You are essentially saying "AMD should fire their marketing staff and use the extra resources on developing a better product". Which is crazy in many ways.
AMD has been faltering much because of its own doing, that's all I'm going on about if you want to call it that.
AMD is being beaten by a company that has a majority of the market. Something AMD has never had. The fact that Intel usually operates in the black and, even at the best times, AMD usually operates at or near the red speaks a load about the difference between the two companies.
I'm no newbie here on Anandtech forums and have written about AMD before.
How long you have been on a web board speaks nothing about the knowledge you have. There are plenty of idiot lifers on this forum. In fact, some of the best insights I have seen have come from some of the newest members.
Perhaps you're too quick to judge what I wrote and this made you consider me yet another one of those Intel fanboys. While I do have my preferences I'm far from an Intel fanboy.
Hardly, you are point out a non-issue and trying to say "Look, this is why AMD is failing!". This is why he wrote what he wrote.
Look at it this way, perhaps this way you'll consider my viewpoint: if AMD gets it's act together and finally starts competing without making fun of Intel and hyping it's products only to then disappoint the market then that's only a good thing.
You say this like AMD is just running around like chickens with their heads cut off. They are not. They are working as hard as they can to produce the best product they can with the resources they have available. The fact is, they don't have THAT much to work with (compared to Intel). The fact that they have done as well as they have in the past is nothing short of impressive.
Firing their marketing staff doesn't mean that they will magically have enough new engineers to compete with intel. It just doesn't work that way. And whats worse, it would significantly decrease their revenue, meaning they would have even less resources to work with in the long run.
Marketing works.
Why? This will force Intel to perform better meaning enhanced products and possibly lower prices to consumers. How is this a bad thing? It's a have your cake and eat your cake situation.
This won't force intel to do anything. Their ability to deliver a stellar product is (almost) unaffected by how much money they are spending on marketing.
Almost nobody would argue that a strong AMD is a good thing. However, them cutting out their marketing budget is not the way to become strong.
I don't keep a list of links to "AMD propaganda", it's not my job or keen interest. Most people don't monitor any company on a day by day basis unless they're financially bound through investments.
If you see my point then thanks for coming round. If not please don't go treating such opinions as instant attacks on AMD, which I guess you're a fan of. Thanks in advance.
Idontcare is hardly an AMD fanboy. In fact, I've seen many people claim that he is an Intel fanboy. (I've personally found him to be impartial.)
He was treating your statements as nonsense, because they are. What you are suggesting would pretty much result in the death of AMD, or any company for that matter. There is a reason every company under the sun touts their product as being the best, because that is how you sell stuff. If you never try and advertise your product, you will never sell it.
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