Intel Core i5-750 review

Do I look bothered ?

The problem is that whilst the hardware is great (I think), my personal opinion is that both Intel and AMD are beating their heads against a brick-wall in the sense of me as a "consumer" not having any incentive to "up-grade". The problem is simple and has always been the same:

Once they are 'in a groove' hardware improvements are easy but software isn't, the slowest ship in the Convoy is software development and there is very little going on in that area to make upgrading a "must". Yes 64 bit is better but even a twin dual core, long available can make that better and the main graphics programs that can take advantage such as Adobe and Autodesk, have done so long since.

Who really cares about i5, i7 and their AMD equivalents ? Sure they will appear in new machines as OEM installs but do they do anything for Mr & Mrs average punter to improve their lives, I think not.

I dislike Apple, I dislike their arrogance and consider their "fans" as total Muppets lacking in any friends but all that said, in the past 10 years, the most significant consumer product just has to be the iPhone. Now others may not agree but, if you do, just how sad is that and just why should we give a frig about the latest bit of Intel nonsense ?

Just an opinion folks.

By Bikey2 on 10 Sep 2009

I do agree with previous comments that whilst hardware is constantly innovating and raising speeds, their remains a serious fundamental problem,software transportability. Let me explain, whilst seriously tempted to upgrade my hardware, their is no simple way of transferring my applications to the new hardware without having to re-install from the original disks, re-authorise and then spend ages downloading and installing all updates. Yes i do accept that drivers need to be re-installed for the new hardware, but this is the area where software innovation needs to be made. Once a simple way is developed where complete applications along with thier data and data structures can be developed i strongly believe that millions of us will upgrade, boosting the industry and offering further incentives for faster development.

By georgioua on 5 Sep 2010