[Retric]

Several buyers are uninstered in a launch monopoly developing which is likely to prevent such a strategy from working. A more likely scenario is for a major player to gain a process advantage and leverage that into higher profits for decades like Intel vs AMD etc.

[brianwawok]

Intel leveraged monopolostic deals to hold the lead, not process advantage

[unixhero]

Good point, but to be fair. Intel cpus are better.

[brianwawok]

But what would have happened if AMD had juicy Dell and other OEM partnerships in the desktop era? Desktops in 2000 are smartphones in 2015. Billions of dollars.

[unixhero]

Sure. But in the 2000 era, the AMD cpu's were crap in comparison to Intel. I know I know, it's unfair, and now they are much better. But I will forever hold a grudge. Ryzen looks great btw. I remember this classic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRn8ri9tKf8

[foota]

They're certainly up in some areas, but the latest gen brings real competition.

[steve_musk]

This wasn’t true when Intel was conspiring with PC manufacturers though.

[valuearb]

Intel had a massive process advantage.