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By livelouddiefast on 1/28/2007 1:56:45 PM , Rating: 2
I sell computers at office depot. People drop an extra $400 because they see a 3800 compared to a 4600, like the .6 ghz clock will make a difference to them, or they come sprinting in when they see the acclaimed p4 is on sale (Not to stab intel, i think we can agree that benchmark wise, amd64>p4 just like c2d>x2).

Long story short, consumers are stupid and cheap. Good sales people try to make them a bit smarter, but you can only tell a person they'll need to go buy a graphics card in order to play the latest games at high resolution. You can still play the games with IGPs, but with everything on low at 800x600.

you could also make state of the art games without increasing requirements, that's a process called efficiency, but it seems to have up and left the graphics and gaming industry.

as far as the seller goes, if it's at a major retailer i don't believe it's on commission anymore save extended warranties. I have no motivation to sell high price items, i'd much rather sell you monitor/printer/surge protector/ink/printer cable/paper as those will add up towards getting me a bonus.


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