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To: wanna_bmw who wrote (152015)12/11/2001 11:19:38 AM
From: fingolfen   of 186894
 
On the other hand, when Intel has their act together, it only makes sense to accommodate the largest possible market, which includes those that want a guaranteed upgrade path. Of course, guaranteeing an upgrade path isn't easy; like I've been saying, there is more to the upgrade path than just the socket. AMD and Intel will both face challenges in providing this ability, but when it comes between innovation and legacy support, I believe Intel will (rightfully) go with the innovative approach. Socket-478 has many advantages over Intel's previous sockets, and I would certainly take it over shoe-horning future CPUs into the bulky and inelegant socket-423 design.

I have to agree here. The socket 478 seems to be a top notch design, and I really don't expect Intel to change the socket until they have a new core to drop into the socket (which may only be a year or so, but that will get us to a 3.0GHz P4).
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