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You are intel's customer when those retail stores try to sell a computer to yourself. They usually include the cpu details and can help a customer make a decis
by wolco 9y ago
You are intel's customer when those retail stores try to sell a computer to yourself. They usually include the cpu details and can help a customer make a decision. That's why the intel inside campaign was so successful.
- userbinator 9y agoKeyword being "was". Unfortunately most PC (and Mac, to an even greater extent) buyers today probably barely know who makes the CPU in what they're buying.
- TeMPOraL 9y agoAlso the choice is, and always was, basically between Intel and AMD. That's literally two options a customer has. When both companies implement a management engine across their CPUs, you don't have any choice in the matter.
- r3dk1ng 9y agoI've had a handful of computers with CPUs made by VIA, so there's at least a small third option. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VIA_Technologies https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VIA_Technologies