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| Thread ID: 112771 | 2010-09-21 18:16:00 | Intel Sold Intentionally Crippled CPUs! | SurferJoe46 (51) | PC World Chat |
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| 1138834 | 2010-09-23 03:41:00 | But, and this is a big butt, you OWN something physically, not a service not a license, but physical ownership of property. How can someone tell you how you can USE your property? Im sure other companies have done things like this in the past Check out warrantys, xbox acer many many more, you break the seal no warranty. Yet you own it. |
Gobe1 (6290) | ||
| 1138835 | 2010-09-23 03:42:00 | Funnily enough, this is a violation of human rights: Article 1 – Protection of property Every natural or legal person is entitled to the peaceful enjoyment of his possessions. No one shall be deprived of his possessions except in the public interest and subject to the conditions provided for by law and by the general principles of international law. conventions.coe.int |
Cato (6936) | ||
| 1138836 | 2010-09-23 03:43:00 | Im sure other companies have done things like this in the past Check out warrantys, xbox acer many many more, you break the seal no warranty. Yet you own it. You do not own warranty, it is a service they provide, which they have every right to reject if you do not follow their terms and conditions. |
Cato (6936) | ||
| 1138837 | 2010-09-23 03:55:00 | If you know how CPU's are manufactured you will know AMD and Intel do not make a Wafer for every model . They make the processor to be the top model in the line, if it fails tests they binn it down to the next model down and if it fails again it goes lower(well roughly historically explained) . These days more CPU's pass at there top spec so the company's bin them down anyway due to marketing (obviously not everyone wants the top $1000+ processor) . They may lock multipliers lower and disable features, they obviously want to cream the top models and add value at the low end, just not seeing a morale problem with this . Now they offer a re-enable of a higher processor feature at a cost . . . . . . . . . seems fine to me . Slow news day lol |
Battleneter2 (9361) | ||
| 1138838 | 2010-09-23 03:57:00 | Dont they do the same with hard drives ??? or they used to It might have been a myth, im getting old so dont retain thing like i used to |
Gobe1 (6290) | ||
| 1138839 | 2010-09-23 04:14:00 | Dont they do the same with hard drives ??? or they used to It might have been a myth, im getting old so dont retain thing like i used to With hard drives they gave a technical capacity but when it was formatted and because of binary you got less than that and it still happens. |
mikebartnz (21) | ||
| 1138840 | 2010-09-23 04:17:00 | Actually i think they sold hard drives with lower capacity because they didnt make the grade ie sold as 40 GB in stead of 60 Different thing altogether But yes you are correct bart |
Gobe1 (6290) | ||
| 1138841 | 2010-09-23 04:39:00 | I know in the past most HDD companies have "refurbished" say a 120GB drive down to say a 80gig for warranty purposes effectively blocking out the bad sectors, and generally as there is already platter damage and a moving part over it those drives failed more. Not really the same thing. | Battleneter2 (9361) | ||
| 1138842 | 2010-09-23 06:20:00 | I think some people are missing the point here. If a manufacturer offers for sale a product that runs at X1 speed for Y price, and you make a decision to purchase it, that is exactly what you get. It is called 'offer and aceptance' and sets up the framework for a lawful contract. Provided you get X1 you have nothing to complain about and the Manufacturer is not obligated to give you X2 speed at Y price, but is fully entitled to offer you X2 for Y2 price. Just because the inherent design of the product allows operation at X2 if appropriately enabled does not entitle you to demand that performance as of right. You entered into a contract for X1 and you are not entitled to X2 unless you pay the relevant price, regardless of whether the capability for X2 is already built in or not. That is the sole perogative of the manufacturer, he can charge for the upgrade, and you have no argument. If he chooses to improve economy of scale by manufacturing a single line of product with several performance options built in that he is willing to enable singly or severally for an additional charge, that is nothing more than free enterprise at work. In the meantime, all the buyers who chose X1 are enjoying the lower price enabled by the economies of scale achievable with a single line of configurable products. You want X2? So pay for it and keep on enjoying the benefits of a capitalist based economy. Go to a car dealer and ask to buy the model with all the fruit for the econo-mobile price and he'll laugh himself sick. Yes, I know it is not quite the same situation, but it is near enough. Next thing you'll be wanting 3TB drives for 1TB prices or solid state drives for mechanical prices. You get exactly what you pay for in this world, no more, no less so if you want more, you have to either let the moths out of your wallet, or just live within your means and be satisfied with what you've got, or can afford. Cheers Billy 8-{) |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 1138843 | 2010-09-23 07:07:00 | I think some people are missing the point here. Billy 8-{) Yep, You did, This isn't about legality or contract or offer and acceptance. Nor does it have anything to do with high-end cars.:rolleyes: |
Metla (12) | ||
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