Intel Quarterly Results 2009 are a hint of Caution

By klsh on July 16, 2009 3:57 PM |

On the face of it, a small rise quarter on quarter is offset by a 19 percent ( 19% ) year on year sales drop. Also of note, that gross margins are now 51 percent from 55.4 percent in 2008.

Netbooks pcs such as from Asus and MSI are being bought in large numbers by people looking for a convenient and mobile platform.

Realize that these same people may have paid between $600 - $1000 as recently as last spring for a mobile computing device. The threshold entry point is now $299 - $399. I have always said that you should buy a laptop for only TWO years. After that upgrade to a new device.

5 cautionary notes from Intel's Q2 results

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