Remarked Celerons Sold As P4s

Posted by Zonk on Sunday November 20, 2005 @11:58PM from the interesting-marketing dept.

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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P4... by alexandreracine · 2005-11-21 00:02 · Score: -1, Redundant

It's all about the name, we all know that if it is written P4 insted of P3, it is alllll faster.

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East asian country bootlegs something... by kerohazel · 2005-11-21 00:05 · Score: -1, Redundant

... world takes no notice. Movie at 11.

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Re:Bizarre quote... by Anonymous Coward · 2005-11-21 03:43 · Score: -1, Redundant

More like tighted.