Intel 'preparing' to put an end to user-replaceable CPUs

That's exactly what I meant. I have a 2100 running in my server, and then I see all of these various other 21xx revisions coming out afterwards. I certainly get the point of the i3, i5, and i7 line, but maybe we really don't need all of the various individual processors within those lines. As you said, most of the time, they are slight clock boost, which in the end, matters very little.

I think a lot of people are missing the point with this. There are way too many processors on the market. For example, look at the i3 line, and just how many 2xxx versions there are. If the number of processors are shrinking down, but we still have the spectrum from budget to high-end, who cares? It just simplifies the building process even more. When you run an Intel proc, you are likely using an Intel chipset, so what would really change?

As long as the other manufacturers, such as Asus, Gigabyte, etc are still allowed to build with their own options...such as memory slots, SLI, etc, then again, who cares?

This all-in-one chip and board approach is already on the market in the mini-ITX HTPC segment, and that's not causing any issues.

You mean I wont be burning out motherboards anymore?

Joan Archer said:

My notebook has the Intel but according to the booklet that came with it it could have had the AMD because it gives you the pictures showing the main parts depending on whether you have the Intel or AMD model, it's an Asus.

That reminds me, what did I do with my manual which came with my notebook?

x BlueRobot said:

Joan Archer said:

My notebook has the Intel but according to the booklet that came with it it could have had the AMD because it gives you the pictures showing the main parts depending on whether you have the Intel or AMD model, it's an Asus.

That reminds me, what did I do with my manual which came with my notebook?

You mean what did I do with the CD, that has the PDF file, of the paper manual that never came with my notebook.

alphanumeric said:

x BlueRobot said:

Joan Archer said:

My notebook has the Intel but according to the booklet that came with it it could have had the AMD because it gives you the pictures showing the main parts depending on whether you have the Intel or AMD model, it's an Asus.

That reminds me, what did I do with my manual which came with my notebook?

You mean what did I do with the CD, that has the PDF file, of the paper manual that never came with my notebook.

I haven't got a CD-drive

lol, you got me there.

I'm sure i read somewhere that AMD is bowing out of the cpu market,to concentrate on future tech,to give them a leg up?i maybe wrong..