Joseph_sw Posted November 27, 2012 Share Posted November 27, 2012 News from SemiAccurateMy comments: Probably following/copying MS bussines models on 'Surface',Intel decided to cut the mobo makers, and sell the new CPU already soldered on Intel own motherboards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoffeeFiend Posted November 27, 2012 Share Posted November 27, 2012 That would be really sad! Intel makes crappy motherboards and it would drastically reduce choice/selection.Other OEMs might still be able to buy CPUs and sell them pre-soldered to motherboards but it would still reduce choice by a lot. There would only be so many motherboard/CPU combos available from each OEM and in stock at different retailers.Edit: Yes, there's still AMD, but when their "high end" 8 core monsters barely compete with "entry-level" dual core i3's (especially if you ignore rendering benchmarks!) while consuming more than twice the power and that it costs 60% more too ($190 vs $120)... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomasz86 Posted November 27, 2012 Share Posted November 27, 2012 There's always AMD... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Win2k3EE Posted November 27, 2012 Share Posted November 27, 2012 If Intel does that, it will lose a lot of clients - it's not a viable option for a business. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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