I miss the good old days when Intel stuck to the "PENTIUM ---> PENTIUM 4" labeling. Now unless you are a serious gadget freak, you'd have absolutely no idea what your selling.
And to be certain they make their daily revenue, Best Buy employess will sell you whatever they feel like. I know people who go to these stores to buy a laptop for Microsoft Office and come home with Core 2 Duo's and 3 MB of RAM for nearly $2000.
I realize its all about marketing but Intel would probably do better if they made their CPU speeds and uses more transparent to the lay end user.
I agree. I think Intel were foolish to throw away the brand recognition the Pentium name had. Even if it was getting a bit of a stigma with enthusiasts, the vast majority of people out there had no clue.
OK, I was never a fan of the Pentium name (how long ago are 586es now?), but still, such a waste. Now they're throwing out the Core Duo name. Very wasteful.
"I miss the good old days when Intel stuck to the "PENTIUM ---> PENTIUM 4" labeling. Now unless you are a serious gadget freak, you'd have absolutely no idea what your selling."
They lost that when the moved TO the name Pentium. Until that the generation was in the name. In fact, I'd say Core and Atom are probably better names since they don't sound like meaningless baby talk.
Best Buy employees aren't there to help you, they are there to make sales. Its not their fault the average consumer has the critical thinking capabilities of a 8 year old, else they would go to Google and type [enter computer name here] and review. But hey. After this evening's 60 minutes and the dumbfucks on it who won't vote Obama not because of an informed decision, not because they don't like his policy choices, but they "heard" he refuses to say the pledge of allegiance...well yah know....I simply don't care about the dumbfucks in the world anymore. Let em get fleeced. Let em get scammed. Let them loose their life savings if they really are this fucking moronic. When did schools stop teaching critical thinking skills? Or is this something that you either have or don't have?
"And to be certain they make their daily revenue, Best Buy employess will sell you whatever they feel like. I know people who go to these stores to buy a laptop for Microsoft Office and come home with Core 2 Duo's and 3 MB of RAM for nearly $2000."
Ignoring your MB / GB typo, you're completely full of shit.
I am a complete geek - but I dont think its a requirement to know Centrino etc given the marketing Intel put into their new brands. While Pentium/2/3/4 was more straightforward (as was judging by megahertz rating) - I dont think it was necessarily better, expecially when it only used to refer to the CPU and not the package (chipset/wireless) that it does now. You'd be surprised at how many consumers know the terms, everyone wants Centrino but they dont necessarily know what it actually means.
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Flashpoint @ Mar 2nd 2008 9:22PM
I miss the good old days when Intel stuck to the "PENTIUM ---> PENTIUM 4" labeling.
Now unless you are a serious gadget freak, you'd have absolutely no idea what your selling.
And to be certain they make their daily revenue, Best Buy employess will sell you whatever they feel like. I know people who go to these stores to buy a laptop for Microsoft Office and come home with Core 2 Duo's and 3 MB of RAM for nearly $2000.
I realize its all about marketing but Intel would probably do better if they made their CPU speeds and uses more transparent to the lay end user.
Les @ Mar 2nd 2008 9:26PM
3MB of RAM! Holy crap, I wish my computer had that!
:)
Eric M. @ Mar 2nd 2008 9:32PM
3MB of RAM! Wow you can open up like two whole notepad documents with that!
Demaar @ Mar 2nd 2008 9:39PM
I agree. I think Intel were foolish to throw away the brand recognition the Pentium name had. Even if it was getting a bit of a stigma with enthusiasts, the vast majority of people out there had no clue.
OK, I was never a fan of the Pentium name (how long ago are 586es now?), but still, such a waste. Now they're throwing out the Core Duo name. Very wasteful.
Ethyriel @ Mar 2nd 2008 9:49PM
"I miss the good old days when Intel stuck to the "PENTIUM ---> PENTIUM 4" labeling.
Now unless you are a serious gadget freak, you'd have absolutely no idea what your selling."
They lost that when the moved TO the name Pentium. Until that the generation was in the name. In fact, I'd say Core and Atom are probably better names since they don't sound like meaningless baby talk.
Jon Doe. @ Mar 2nd 2008 9:50PM
Best Buy employees aren't there to help you, they are there to make sales. Its not their fault the average consumer has the critical thinking capabilities of a 8 year old, else they would go to Google and type [enter computer name here] and review.
But hey. After this evening's 60 minutes and the dumbfucks on it who won't vote Obama not because of an informed decision, not because they don't like his policy choices, but they "heard" he refuses to say the pledge of allegiance...well yah know....I simply don't care about the dumbfucks in the world anymore. Let em get fleeced. Let em get scammed. Let them loose their life savings if they really are this fucking moronic. When did schools stop teaching critical thinking skills? Or is this something that you either have or don't have?
Big John @ Mar 2nd 2008 11:42PM
"And to be certain they make their daily revenue, Best Buy employess will sell you whatever they feel like. I know people who go to these stores to buy a laptop for Microsoft Office and come home with Core 2 Duo's and 3 MB of RAM for nearly $2000."
Ignoring your MB / GB typo, you're completely full of shit.
robotrock @ Mar 3rd 2008 12:57AM
The first pentium made sense. As in Penta meaning 5 or 586.
Pentium II? Shouldn't that be Hexium or something similar? They just went bananas after that...
snife @ Mar 3rd 2008 6:09AM
I am a complete geek - but I dont think its a requirement to know Centrino etc given the marketing Intel put into their new brands. While Pentium/2/3/4 was more straightforward (as was judging by megahertz rating) - I dont think it was necessarily better, expecially when it only used to refer to the CPU and not the package (chipset/wireless) that it does now. You'd be surprised at how many consumers know the terms, everyone wants Centrino but they dont necessarily know what it actually means.