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Intel Names Upcoming Chips
Phooey42 writes "USA Today is reporting that Intel has finally announced names for their new set of desktop and notebook processor lines, previously dubbed Conroe and Merom. The new chips for both the desktop and laptop lines will be dubbed "Core 2 Duo", whereas their new "premium processor" for high end desktop users will be called the "Core 2 Extreme". Knowing Intel, who would have ever thought that the successor to the Core Duo would be the Core 2 Duo!?"
Intel CoreTwin 2 Duo Pair, Mark Two!
I pity the foo that isn't metasyntactic
Let's extrapolate: How long until we get the Core 2 Duo Duplex Beta II?
Argh.
Clearly a better sequel to Core Duo would have been The Two Coreys.
model when the Extreme version is out.
You may risk getting insulted at Best Buy: "Look at that loser buying the regular core duo, guess he cant handle the extreme."
Oh you got served sucker.
The phrase "more better" is acceptable English. suck it grammar Nazis
The successor to the "Core 2 Duo" will be the "Core 2 Duo: Championship Edition." Alas, folks will illegally mod the chip to the point that Intel releases its own "Core 2 Duo Turbo Hyper Fighting" modified chip to combat such modifications. Then they'll release "Super Core 2 Duo" but it'll bomb for the most part and it's home version will nearly bankrupt the company.
I know there has got to be a number of ways to make fun of these name choices. My problem is everything I come up with is obvious and pedantic
I am guessing Intel had the same problem.
I think you underestimate just how much I just dont care.
Wait until you see its sequel: The Core 2 Duo 2
I read in a science magazine that these names are 50% unoriginal and 50% lame.
"The project has been using the code-name 'Death Star', but we felt that 'Laser 2 Station' would better strike fear into the Rebellion."
xkcd.com - a webcomic of mathematics, love, and language.
Because they dont want to name their product after a condom?
But then again they would have the clear cut case of never crossing market segments becuase the people that are concerned about one will probably not have any use for the other.
The phrase "more better" is acceptable English. suck it grammar Nazis
The one you've got there is over 5 months old. Try this one.
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What about 'Batman and Robin' ... the Dynamic Duo(tm)
So if I have a server with two of these, it's a dual Core 2 Duo? -j00bar
When all you have is a hammer, everybody looks like a Messiah.
Rejected Core 2 Duo Names:
1) CORE 2: The Meltdown
2) Dual HardCore Extreme2
3) Penetrino II
4) C.H.I.P.S. - Core Hardware Intel Pentium Substitute
5) The Dual Core Acute Consummate Maximal Intense Ultimate Severe Processor
He who knows best knows how little he knows. - Thomas Jefferson
They could have named them Duo Core Venti and Duo Core Grande.
But then you get to explain to your mom what a core is, what a gigahertz is, what a megabyte is, what a cache is, and what a front side bus is. Have fun.
...will be whatever AMD comes up with as it tries to imitate Intel's names...
I'm sure apple will hold out on their top of the line machines for the 2-double core twin duo II.
I'm sorry, but I'd have called your bluff, saying that that's an extremely crappy excuse.
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