Doesn't seem to hurt Intel. Perhaps it's different for Intel, because they have the advantages of brand recognition and being the market leader, but most of th

Doesn't seem to hurt Intel. Perhaps it's different for Intel, because they have the advantages of brand recognition and being the market leader, but most of the information about their processors seem to be purposefully obfuscated. It's hard to get a straight answer about the differences between i5 and i7. Once you've dialed down to an i7, its even more muddled. An i7-4702EC sounds like it would be better than an i7-4700EC, right? Wrong. http://ark.intel.com/compare/75555,75556 http://ark.intel.com/compare/75555,75556 I'm an electrical engineer, and I don't know what a third of those specifications mean. How is the average consumer supposed to make heads of tails of it?