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For Fun - No wonder Intel processors cost so much

By Jason Sherrill
Posted on Jun 26, 2007

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We just purchased two new Intel Quad-Core X5355 Xeon processors for a new web server that we're putting online next week. We paid $1,220.52 for each processor - a hefty sum. Today, I received a postcard from Intel that clearly explains why those processors cost so much.

I had to look twice to verify that I saw what I thought I saw - a $4.60 stamp on a 4" x 6" postcard! That's right, Intel sent me a postcard using one of the new Air Force One Priority Mail $4.60 stamps. Considering that normal first class postcard stamps cost $.26, Intel spent an extra $43,400 for every 10,000 partners that they mailed this postcard to.

Intel postcard with $4.60 stamp
Last I checked, postcard stamps cost $.26.

At that price, the post office probably could afford to deliver those postcards using Air Force One.

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