Intel Dropping Pentium Brand

Posted by Zonk on Monday January 16, 2006 @01:27AM from the getting-old-anyway dept.

Devistater writes "After changing their logo from 'Intel Inside' to 'Leap Ahead,' (and attempting to explain why 2006 is a leap year), Intel has now decided to drop the Pentium brand. Instead of an 'Intel Pentium 4 Dual core' you will be now be purchasing an 'Intel D 840.' You can see the intial steps of this move on Dell's desktop lineup. On the heels of the news of AMD outselling Intel in Desktop Retail sales for two consecutive months, is it really wise to change the logo to something that has no inherent brand identification, and to drop the incredibly recognizable 'Pentium'?"

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Re:Smart by anzev · 2006-01-16 02:56 · Score: 0, Troll

I think it's people like you that help "common users" lose faith in salesmen. You tell them a complete lie to get them to follow your own personal decision. It sucks. Anybody who does that should not work in this industry, but should live in a basement downloading pr0n. Either you present them with hard facts ("Office will work the same which ever one you buy, but you will pay this much less for this one, but in turn, get this ...") and not hard lies.
Re:It's all about the Pentiums, baby.... by Devistater · 2006-01-16 04:36 · Score: 0, Troll

Have you seen/heard that weird al song "its all about the pentiums baby" ? :)