>AMD E1-1500 >Bought a computer _and monitor_ Did he buy a notebook? I've never even heard of the AMD E1-1500 before today. Everything I see says that its a no

>AMD E1-1500 >Bought a computer _and monitor_ Did he buy a notebook? I've never even heard of the AMD E1-1500 before today. Everything I see says that its a notebook processor, and a pretty terrible one at that. (2cores/2threads, and only 512kb of L2 cache!?) What's worse is that it's a BGA package, meaning it can never be upgraded. If that's really a desktop machine (and not some form of "all in one") that's vendor lock-in at its absolute worst. They've ensured that instead of buying a $99 processor he has to go out and buy a brand new machine. --- That's just awful. In 2013 you shouldn't be able to buy a computer that can't stream 1080p movies with ease.