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AMD To Hide MHz Rating From Consumers

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the bonehead-marketing dept.

pezpunk writes: "Tom's Hardware is reporting here that AMD's next-generation Athlons will be identified by model number rather than Mhz rating. This means that an Athlon will be designated an "Athlon 1600" even though it's only a 1.4Ghz part. The true clock speed of the chip will NOT be shown either on the chip itself or even in the BIOS. Apparently, they're desperate to compete with higher-clocked Pentiums in the minds of consumers -- proof that even the underdog can pull dirty marketing tricks =("

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  1. Re:Already Done by CmdrTaco+on · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    With a sig like that, I bet you get ass raped all the time.

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    saru mo ki kara ochiru

  2. Re:Already Done (the easy analogy) by moheeb · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    Have you ever used an Apple??? They suck.

    They crash a lot, and have a poor user interface. Ever see an error message on a Mac? A little bomb icon telling you your computer crashed. That doesn't help me much. Have you ever had to deal with an extension conflict???

    There is a reason Apple has a smaller market share and it is not because they got out marketed in the chip/Mhz departmart.