Comment on Intel to buy McAfee for $7.7 BillionComments−robg16yCan anyone tell me why? It seems like a poor fit.−nkassis16yI agree. I can see them moving to secure computers at the hardware level but does Mcafee even do this at the moment?−konad16yAV eats CPU cycles, Intel sells CPU cycles. That do ?−paraschopra16yLots of stuff eats CPU cycles, Intel surely cannot acquire all of it.−lallysingh16yHow many other products make everything else on the computer substantially slower?−adamhowell16yWindows?−Poiesis16yDisk encryption.−shrikant16ySo Intel/AMD should acquire Adobe then? :)−auxbuss16yThey could just write crappy drivers and be done with it on that basis. Plenty of folk out there, cheap, who can write crappy drivers.
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Can anyone tell me why? It seems like a poor fit.
I agree. I can see them moving to secure computers at the hardware level but does Mcafee even do this at the moment?
AV eats CPU cycles, Intel sells CPU cycles. That do ?
Lots of stuff eats CPU cycles, Intel surely cannot acquire all of it.
How many other products make everything else on the computer substantially slower?
Windows?
Disk encryption.
So Intel/AMD should acquire Adobe then? :)
They could just write crappy drivers and be done with it on that basis. Plenty of folk out there, cheap, who can write crappy drivers.