Intel Buys McAfee for $7,680,000,000

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There is so much more that can be done with $7.6B than use it to purchase, of all companies, McAfee! You're better off giving that money to the homeless and not spending it on some company that produces software which makes your computer run like a snail.
 
[citation][nom]Major7up[/nom]Ok how has anyone not mentioned the fact that they bought a majority stake (65%) of Grisoft, the makers of AVG among other things. I see the last poster mentioned that they could have bought AVG but they already have! Why do they now need McCrapee?[/citation]
I didn't know this. When did this happen? Before or after AVG degraded into a crappy anti-malware program?
 
[citation][nom]Nightsilver[/nom]Well, here's hoping they intend to improve on it. Otherwise I can't understand why they would invest SO MUCH into such TERRIBLE software.[/citation]

You nailed it on the head.
Intels long list of stupid decisions this one tops them all.

Just wondering if Intel will force us all to use McIdiot build into their upcoming cpu's just like in the old days in China ?

I am seriously now considering AMD as well as result of the thought of having to use McIdiot and Intel.

So what will we see next on Intels investment list a Intel bicycle no they can not clone the Apple Bicycle maybe a Intel baby stroller ? or Intel marijuana in a bag ?

LMAO.
 
Wow - Intel's rep just took a huge blow. I have always associated Intel with quality and McAffee products are garbage.
 
[citation][nom]JOSHSKORN[/nom]There is so much more that can be done with $7.6B than use it to purchase, of all companies, McAfee! You're better off giving that money to the homeless and not spending it on some company that produces software which makes your computer run like a snail.[/citation]

They could have done better by giving it to the USA government to help another "too big to fail" company. LMAO
 
McAfee might be a big pile of poo and their products are memory / cpu hogs, but they are the only company that offer this type of product with the management consoles they have, for big enterprises. There are many antiviruses out there, but not many that offer everything of protection that the computer uses.
 
[citation][nom]ares1214[/nom]No offense, but that is the dumbest thing ive heard in quite some time. AMD is their competition, if they buy them up, theres no more competition, and intel is the only cpu manufacturer, AKA, MONOPOLY. Then the can charge whatever they want for anything.[/citation]


LOL, the us government wouldn't allow it. Amd isn't going to be allowed to be bought out.
 
[citation][nom]jacobdrj[/nom]I agree with the principle idea of integrating security with software and hardware from the guys who know how to execute x86 code the best, the IP property holder... However, Intel has lots of cash. LOTS AND LOTS OF CASH... Why wouldn't they ante up and purchase a superior company, rather then the bottom-of-the-barrel company that has never shown they actually have the ability or talent to do their core job, namely malware protection? They could have bought AVG, or AVAST, or even Zone Alarm, which would also go with their network market of the top of the line server/workstation/consumer network cards for the firewall IP with AV IP? All of the companies I mentioned have a better track record of executing both internet security via firewalls and anti-malware software than McAffee...[/citation]

PS> Avast and Zonealarm is hitting rock bottom or joining the crappy list as well.

There is actually very few decent non pain in the chocolate star anti virus company's out there. All of them loads hundreds of junk on start up and slows you pc down to nothing and the few that does not has bloatware and spam instead of plain old firewall and anti virus.

Why is every USA company in tech following Apple lead down the hill ?
 
If Intel is stupid, AMD is uber-stupid... Intel has crazy talent, and is literally holding back in the processor market, as they have no need to push ahead right now, in terms of the super high-end consumer market. But Intel's marketing has always been far and away the better of the 2 companies. Keep in mind, where AMD is mostly a server chip makers and consumer graphics/CPUs come second, Intel is a diverse semiconductor manufacturer that does so much more than CPUs.

Again, the idea to purchase an Anti-Malware company, or multiple AM companies isn't a bad one. The problem is the ones they have chosen. They seem way too savvy to be trowing away money. They HAVE to know SOMETHING we don't... I just wish I knew what that was.

If the Grisoft thing happened at the timetable that I think it did, Intel took focus away from their consumer anti-malware division, but retained the AVG IP. Something has to have been missing for them to have blown 7.6 big ones on another AV company.
 
[citation][nom]partytime[/nom]That depends on what McAfee you are talking about. The consumer version? would not come within 100TB of it.. the Corporate version is a WHOLE nother software and has pretty much never let me down. I've seen other offices with norton and kapersky get viruses where the corporate version of McAfee held strong.[/citation]
Got the reverse at my office. We run McAfee VSE 8.7i with ePO 4.5 and it has only recently gotten halfway decent at catching stuff. I'd have already replaced it if I had the time to finish reviewing and testing other options... but then I got more projects dropped on my back and McAfee stayed. (for now)
 
[citation][nom]one-shot[/nom]I recommend you take an economics class before commenting on a company's position when they are a monopoly. Does you Power Company charge you $10/Kwh? Does the USPS charge you $5 for a stamp just because? If they sold CPUs for $10,000, no one would buy them. If no one buys them, they don't make money. So they lower prices until the supply and demand meet in a happy place called the Equilibrium.-No Offense.[/citation]

WOW, you say i need to take an economics class? I say you need to get an education! What happens when 1 company has a monopoly? Lots of things, they can charge whatever they want as they dont have to price their products competitively, they dont have to release things as fast, or even innovate and improve things as fast, as they have nobody to keep up with, they can do whatever they want, at whatever pace they want, releasing anything they want. Without AMD, many technologies from the k7 lineup would have taken Intel a while to get and use. Without Intel, AMD would have no Turbo Core right now. If intel bought AMD, we would likely be looking forward to nehalem, NOT sandy bridge, and a severely crippled nehalem at that. Would they sell it for $10,000? Of course not, but the thing is, they could if they wanted to, SINCE NOBODY COULD BUY FROM ANYBODY ELSE, OR DO ANYTHING TO STOP THEM. Next time you feel like putting out a severely narrowminded comment, think twice before doing so.Better yet, just think once!


 
As far as an economics class, when I took some entry level ones, I learned that company mergers and acquisitions tend to, at the very least, take a long time to complete, and more often than not, fail miserably, causing the sum of the 2 companies to do much worse off than they had been when they were independent of each other...
 
[citation][nom]jacobdrj[/nom]As far as an economics class, when I took some entry level ones, I learned that company mergers and acquisitions tend to, at the very least, take a long time to complete, and more often than not, fail miserably, causing the sum of the 2 companies to do much worse off than they had been when they were independent of each other...[/citation]

Not even taking that into consideration, but yes. Look at sprint and nextel lol.
 
Not that hard to figure out. Since Intel owns a majority stake in AVG, and now they own McAfee, they can repackage AVG as McAfee and have a huge install base and built-in name recognition (McAfee) name recognition for a superior product (AVG).
 
[citation][nom]jacobdrj[/nom]My dad did I think... He was as perplexed as I was... Why? Their AVS is HORRIBLE. It finds nothing. It fixes NOTHING. MSE>AVAST>>>Kapersky=NOD32>>Norton>>>McAffee...And the 1st 2 are free![/citation]
mse? microsoft security essentials?
 
[citation][nom]one-shot[/nom]I recommend you take an economics class before commenting on a company's position when they are a monopoly. Does you Power Company charge you $10/Kwh? Does the USPS charge you $5 for a stamp just because? If they sold CPUs for $10,000, no one would buy them. If no one buys them, they don't make money. So they lower prices until the supply and demand meet in a happy place called the Equilibrium.-No Offense.[/citation]

The only reason why your power company doesnt totally rape you with their rates is because they are regulated most on the state level. Otherwise, yes, they would take you to the cleaners. Competetion drives more than just price, it drives innovation. You remember the Pentium 4 era... if AMD didnt bring the heat with innovative and superior products we would all be heated by Intel.... kiss Core i3-7 goodbye. I dont really understand why Intel would buy McAfee but in business you want a diverse portfolio and antivirus is big business. I can still remember a time when the renewal fee was like $5.... those were the days.
 
[citation][nom]Nightsilver[/nom]Well, here's hoping they intend to improve on it. Otherwise I can't understand why they would invest SO MUCH into such TERRIBLE software.[/citation]
I wish this rating system could go more than 20 lol
 
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