Wilshire@beehaw.org to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 1 year agoIntel drops ‘i’ processor branding after 15 years, introduces ‘Ultra’ for higher-end chipswww.engadget.comexternal-linkmessage-square53fedilinkarrow-up149arrow-down10cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldtechnology@lemmy.ml
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minus-squareMadMaurice@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoWell officially yes, but I don’t know anyone that consistently called it “Intel Core i5” instead of just “i5”. And I don’t see that happening with just “5”.
minus-squaredan@upvote.aulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-21 year ago“Which processor do you have?” “5” said nobody ever
minus-squareMadMaurice@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoThat’s exactly the point I’m trying to make. “i5” as an answer would’ve made sense, but “5” doesn’t
minus-squaredan@upvote.aulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-21 year agoI get it - I was just emphasizing it :P Was there really a problem with the naming? I don’t see why they’d change it given they’ve spent a long time building the brand.
Well officially yes, but I don’t know anyone that consistently called it “Intel Core i5” instead of just “i5”. And I don’t see that happening with just “5”.
“Which processor do you have?”
“5”
said nobody ever
That’s exactly the point I’m trying to make. “i5” as an answer would’ve made sense, but “5” doesn’t
I get it - I was just emphasizing it :P
Was there really a problem with the naming? I don’t see why they’d change it given they’ve spent a long time building the brand.