Subj : Re: Hi all!
To   : scarface
From : Nightfox
Date : Sun Aug 31 2025 04:42 pm

  Re: Re: Hi all!
  By: scarface to Nightfox on Mon Sep 01 2025 11:03 am

 Ni>> I feel like it's a little weird that Intel and Apple have been doing that
 Ni>> lately (new CPU each year).  With the yearly new CPU models, it seems

 sc> Capitalism my friend. Sadly it is the only way people think, and not so
 sc> much about societal value or impact of these practices.

From what I remember, it wasn't common practice for CPUs until Intel started their Core i3/i5/i7 line (in 2009, I think?) and they started making new versions every year.  I remember with the 286, 386, etc., it was maybe 3-4 years between new generations of a CPU, and in the meantime, you'd mainly just see faster versions (higher megahertz) and different variants sometimes, such as SX and DX, etc..

Nightfox
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