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I do think the i3/i5/i7/i9 monikers are actually pretty confusing, just speaking as someone who has been using computers much longer than the brand existed. Problem is that a CPU from 2009 is going to be called an “i5” and there are just so many people who say they have an “i5” or “i7” without knowing what generation it is from.
This strategy isn't going to work. Dropping the moniker isn't going to make any difference. They need to drop the platform. Until they do, they'll never catch up to Apple. Intel has been pwned by Apple since 2020, and that trend will only continue if Intel keeps on beating their dead horse. This is ridiculous, the kind of decision-making that killed Sun, and obviously the brain child of some ambitious MBA.
Haha, you're an Apple fanboy. Intel CPUs are more than fast enough for current software. Just today I took out of storage an almost 5 year old laptop (a Dell Precision) with Intel i7-8750h (6 cores, 12 threads) and 32GB RAM. Put in a new SSD (Samsung 980 Pro) and it flies with Windows 10 - browsing, watching 4K movies, using JetBrains WebStorm with a fairly large TypeScript project all work perfectly well and the lap…
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I did it for 12 questions or so and didn't get any wrong. The naming schemes are completely, completely, retarded but they also aren't that hard to guess
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This strategy isn't going to work. Dropping the moniker isn't going to make any difference. They need to drop the platform. Until they do, they'll never catch up to Apple. Intel has been pwned by Apple since 2020, and that trend will only continue if Intel keeps on beating their dead horse. This is ridiculous, the kind of decision-making that killed Sun, and obviously the brain child of some ambitious MBA.
Haha, you're an Apple fanboy. Intel CPUs are more than fast enough for current software. Just today I took out of storage an almost 5 year old laptop (a Dell Precision) with Intel i7-8750h (6 cores, 12 threads) and 32GB RAM. Put in a new SSD (Samsung 980 Pro) and it flies with Windows 10 - browsing, watching 4K movies, using JetBrains WebStorm with a fairly large TypeScript project all work perfectly well and the lap…
It's also that Intel laptops are pretty trash in general especially at equivalent price points vs what apple offers. Not everyone needs or wants it all buy you want really good quality, screen/keyboard/trackpad build quality/acoustics apple is pretty much the only choice out there.
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The BMW i3 when from 22kWh to 42kWh in a few years but that’s a bit the exception.
kWh is measure of battery capacity not performance.
On short distances, the 22kWh version is actually a bit faster because the battery is slightly lighter.
It seems that marketing executives have forgotten that part of their jobs is to ensure that they communicate product qualities accurately to consumers.
Google is one of the worst offenders in this, with their madness over naming. Is Nexus 5X an earlier version of Nexus 6? No? It denotes the size of the screen? What exactly is a Pixel? Phone? Tablet? Notebook? What does Chromecast have to do with Chrome?
I always though Intel is a close second. There can be better names for Intel processor lines:
i3: Mobile
i5: Balanced
i7: Professional
i9: Creative/Graphics
There may be better approximations of course. But ideally if a product is targetted at a segment, it should be made clear in the brand name. Generations can be mentioned as suffix: p13 would be 13th generation of Professional, m5 would be 5th generation of mobile.
Apple does a good job of this with their Mac lines:
Air: Ultraportable
Pro: Creatives/Professional users
M1, M2 etc: higher is always better.
People don't want to feel ripped off, so I am sure that the clear communication from the Apple marketing team provides a significant tailwind to their sales team.
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Same! I still remember the 8800gtx being "current" high end and the 2XX cards being the recently announced space-age new ones. Then I stuck with AMD for a while (the HD 4870 followed by the R9 390, both were very compelling options from a $/perf standpoint when they were current from what I remember) and by the time NVidia came back on my radar again they'd gone through another whole ~10 generation cycle of 3 digit n…
Ahem, the same happened with ATI, they just were lucky to have been renamed to AMD on the way.
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