Remarked Celerons Sold As P4s

Lam1969 writes "Sumner Lemon reports that a Chinese company, Shenzhen Chuanghui Electronics Co., is remarking Celeron chips as Pentium 4s and supplying software to mask the chips' real pedigree from operating systems. From the article : 'The remarked processors Chuanghui sells are actually 1.7-GHz Celeron chips and are currently available for $78 each, including a motherboard, in quantities of 100 or more, said James Zhan, a company representative named online as a contact for potential buyers. By comparison, Intel sells the real thing for $401 in 1,000-unit quantities without a motherboard, according to the company's most recent price list.'"

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not a surprise

[hyperstation]

the fucking chinese are slippery thieves, whether its outright fraud like this or dumping their cheap crap on unwitting consumers. how long will americans (and other countries too, i assume) take it from them? why are we even dealing with a country that has no respect for free expression or human rights?

Re:But isn't it a completely different socket?

[MikShapi]

First, go out on the street and randomly ask people about current events, a few historical figures, a couple of science questions, and geography

Ah. You must be American.

Re:Not at all surprising

[CRiMSON]

You failed pretty bad at it.