AMD to Kill ATHLON name for high-end??

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apoppin

Lifer
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everyone *hated* "athlon" when it was announced

now the same people love it

:roll:

change the damn name .... "athlon" isn't doing so well anymore :p

AMD needs something PHENOMENAL to take on C2D
-what's in a name ?
:laugh:

everything ... evidently
 

Maximilian

Lifer
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They shouldve called it ARM, to go with Core, might sell some to total annihilation fans or somthing :p
 

Cheex

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Originally posted by: fierydemise
Originally posted by: Cheex
Forget all the official names...the CPU code names sound better and AMD code names suck.

The best name of all is CONROE.
What about SPARTA

Ok, Sparta is second best....to Conroe (it just really sounds cool).




"I got a Conroe,
It'll whip and zip,
Through AMD's corn rows!!"

Copyright 2007 by Cheex.