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I don't think "Oprah giving away a CPU to everyone" is really one side of the spectrum, though. In this case, everyone affected already bought the "car", and by

by anyfoo 4y ago

I don't think "Oprah giving away a CPU to everyone" is really one side of the spectrum, though. In this case, everyone affected already bought the "car", and by themselves. I understand that replacing every CPU would have caused serious problems for Intel, but let's not paint it as if people were looking for free stuff. I'm also not sure how many people really would have followed through. You say you would have been in that camp, but most likely you were an "enthusiast"?

bombcar 4y ago
They could likely have done something where anyone who really wanted a replacement got one, BUT - anyone who had one of the CPUs and didn't really care about a replacement could (register? send it in? get it marked at an official retailer?) and get $20 or $50 or something. If it had been pretty open, most people would NOT have bothered complaining (except the AMD trolls hehehehe) - everyone I knew who had one was more interested in proving that they had the problem then actually resolving it, until they were told they had to "accept" damage goods.