Greg,
I do like to read your comments. Can we please define "class" as either
[consumer] or [prosumer] and leave it at that?
Your use of "enthusiast class" really does muddy up the discussion
waters for me.
Or, have I missed something along the current discussion?
Thanks.
Best,
Duncan
Greg Sevart wrote:
While i5 is inferior to i7, it is nowhere near a "budget computing"
solution. The i5 line is designed to be their for-the-masses mainstream
product, whereas i7 was always designed to be high-end workstation and
enthusiast class. The cheapest i5 is slated to be the 2.66GHz variant that
should debut at $196 for 1000-order batches. It's still a very fast chip,
and overall seems to compare favorably to the more-expensive 3.2GHz AMD
Phenom II.
Several reviewers have commented that if you were in the category that
bought a Q6600 or Q9300 or the like, i5 is probably the Nehalem for you. If
you bought higher-end SKUs, i7 is probably for you. Intel is just doing a
"better" job of segmenting their market strategies that have, in fact,
always been there.
With the sub $5-600 i7's disappearing, I expect that we will see the cheaper
X58 boards start to disappear as well, as manufacturers focus on P55
solutions.
Greg
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Subject: Re: [H] Core i7 new computer
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With the recent announcement on i7 and i5, I wouldn't even consider
an
i7 anymore.
Not good news either for those of us who jumped on the i7 bandwagon
early :(
I'm a bit confused by this comment. My understanding is that the i5 is
inferior to the i7 and aimed at budget computing. Am I missing
something?
Jim Maki
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