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<blockquote data-quote="baggss" data-source="post: 215962" data-attributes="member: 6762"><p>Funny thing is, the OPs comments show just how effective Intels "Faster is better" Mhz/Ghz ad campaign really was. People like to ping on Apple as being the masters of somewhat deceptive advertising, but think about Intel for a moment. They convinced nearly the entire computer buying public, businesses and individuals, that faster must always necessarily be better even when the performance difference from one chip to the next was minimal at best. As long as the Mhz/Ghz rating was higher it was better and the public bought it hook, line and sinker. I think Apple can learn a lot from Intel in the advertising department.</p><p></p><p>The only thing that brought that to an end was the engineers couldn't keep up with the ad campaign. When new chips started coming in at slower clock speeds but actually proved to be faster than their higher speed siblings, Intels Advertising department collectively gasped and and nearly committed mass suicide. What amazes me is that the general public has not stormed the building and lynched the entire company to a person.</p><p></p><p>Now that Apple has teamed with Intel, all of this 4x faster and 5x faster talk gives me pause to wonder what is real and what is a product of Intel and Apples advertising departments. After all, Apple went from showing us the "Mhz Myth" to jumping on the Intel bandwagon and telling us how great their chips are.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="baggss, post: 215962, member: 6762"] Funny thing is, the OPs comments show just how effective Intels "Faster is better" Mhz/Ghz ad campaign really was. People like to ping on Apple as being the masters of somewhat deceptive advertising, but think about Intel for a moment. They convinced nearly the entire computer buying public, businesses and individuals, that faster must always necessarily be better even when the performance difference from one chip to the next was minimal at best. As long as the Mhz/Ghz rating was higher it was better and the public bought it hook, line and sinker. I think Apple can learn a lot from Intel in the advertising department. The only thing that brought that to an end was the engineers couldn't keep up with the ad campaign. When new chips started coming in at slower clock speeds but actually proved to be faster than their higher speed siblings, Intels Advertising department collectively gasped and and nearly committed mass suicide. What amazes me is that the general public has not stormed the building and lynched the entire company to a person. Now that Apple has teamed with Intel, all of this 4x faster and 5x faster talk gives me pause to wonder what is real and what is a product of Intel and Apples advertising departments. After all, Apple went from showing us the "Mhz Myth" to jumping on the Intel bandwagon and telling us how great their chips are. [/QUOTE]
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