Dannysterical,
re: That's complete nonsense, and you know it, the actual, if irrelevant, mhz was apparent in every piece of material distributed by the company.
No. AMD intentionally picked a number rating system that could be mistaken, by the less sophisticated, for MHz. It was and is an intentional scheme to deceive the majority of consumers that don't know a megahurtz from a megawatt. It's marketing 101, can't win on the perceived value scale, then invent your own scale. Been there, been a victim of that, in other industries.
Let me ask you two questions. Does any microprocessor benchmark have any real world relevance to the average end user buying a PC? And what percent of average end users have even heard of BAPCo, much less paid any attention to their benchmarks?
Guaranteed, a lot more folks have been deceived by the phony AMD modelhurtz numbers than everything BAPCo has published since it came into existence.
It's all marketing, Dan. Who can create the most convincing spin. Save the righteous indignation, it's just business.
John |
