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Is Intel Planning To Kill Enthusiast PCs?

Posted by samzenpus on from the have-someone-do-it dept.

OceanMan7 writes "According to a story by Charlie Demerjian, a long-time hardware journalist, Intel's next generation of x86 CPUs, Broadwell, will not come in a package having pins. Hence manufacturers will have to solder it onto motherboards. That will likely seriously wound the enthusiast PC market. If Intel doesn't change their plans, the future pasture for enthusiasts looks like it will go to ARM chips or something from offshore manufacturers."

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  1. Re:Even if this was true... by haruchai · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    You probably don't want to know where some crosses and rosary beads have been.
    They don't cry out "Oh, God" for no reason. :-)

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    Pain is merely failure leaving the body