[Kal-EL]

I think Chuchnit is correct in his logic here. When dealing with a corporation, little matters more than the bottom line, $$$$$$.

Sure corporations will tell you everything that their marketing research consultant tells them will give a "Good" Company Image. Product/Company "Image" effects sales. Corporate espionage occurs every second and agents get paid for obtaining special information. People have been busted for it countless times.

In this instance, the press generated by monster performing chips drives interest and sales. Its far too valuable for these companies to seed the market with buzz making ES or CHerry samples.

Reviewers are frequently slapped with NDA agreements before givin new "Cherry" hardware to publicise and review. These agreements dictate what information can be said about the product and what areas can be covered. I know this for a fact. As a small example, XXXXXXX, THE premiere boutique system builder on the web, sends out ES sample ridden hardware to reviewers + strict NDA agreement for ALL reviews. I found this out after spending the time befriending a certain employee. At the time, I was curious as to why the load temperature mistakely shown in one fo the reviewers screenshot exceeded Intel's spec's for the same retail processor.

It's just not gonna be resolved by the big company's or little ones at that.

I'll still keep beating my drum on the hardware tho, why? , because I love competing.