How would we know if Intel started disabling features that they explicitly marketed? I believe removing or reducing the functionality of a product that was sold under the pretense of a certain level of performance would warrant class action.
That's like Ford selling a truck with 500hp and then later recalling it to detune it to 400hp. The truck I have is no longer the truck I wanted or the truck I paid for. Ford owes me what it said on the label.
What if Intel wanted to sandbag existing products to promote new ones?
> What if Intel wanted to sandbag existing products to promote new ones?
IANAL, but I'd guess that this is maybe similar to Sony removing OtherOS in a firmware update, and that you could sue Intel for it. Or maybe not, since you can actually disable microcode updates.
That's like Ford selling a truck with 500hp and then later recalling it to detune it to 400hp. The truck I have is no longer the truck I wanted or the truck I paid for. Ford owes me what it said on the label.
What if Intel wanted to sandbag existing products to promote new ones?