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Intel's Expensive Disco Ball

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the dance-to-it-baby dept.

Re-Pawn writes "From the NY Times: The Disco Ball of Failed Hopes and Other Tales From Inside Intel (Registration Required.) Seems like Intel is losing market share to other chip makers - this article highlights a few problems that Intel has had including one very expensive disco ball made from a failed attempt to produce projection televisions."

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  1. Registration Not Required by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative
    over at CNET, as I'm sure it is not required at many other sites.

    What's with the /. addiction to NYT?

  2. Use NYT Generator! by antdude · · Score: 5, Informative

    Clicky without logging in! Use NYT Generator for these NYT stories.

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    Ant(Dude) @ Quality Foraged Links (AQFL.net) & The Ant Farm (antfarm.ma.cx / antfarm.home.dhs.org).
  3. Re:come on by RzUpAnmsCwrds · · Score: 5, Informative

    "It applies to any laptop that has a Pentium M AND an intel wireless chip."

    AND the Intel 855 chipset.

    It's brilliant, actually. Intel has never advertised "Pentium-M", so people ask for a "Centrino" notebook. Because "Centrino" only applies when resellers use their wireless chip and chipset in addition to the Pentium-M, Intel effectively locks their resellers into selling Intel components when they might otherwise have not.

    Not that the Intel PRO/Wireless 2200 and 855 chipset are bad. I'm thoroughly impressed with the trio.