Intel Quietly Announces Core i5 and Core i3 Branding

[Mr. Gruntsworthy]

i personally wouldn't grab anything less than an i7.

Anyways... my E8400 is still running fine and dandy, and even if, all i need to do is swap it out for a Q9550 or such.

[geokilla]

I don't like their new naming scheme. Just when consumers get used to it, they change it again. So called simplifying the brand structure...

DailyTech - Intel Works to Simplify Brand Structure

[MpG]

It's part of Intel's intent to promote themselves as a brand, just like those commercials they were/are running. Once you've decided to go "Core", you can pull your hair out trying to decipher all the brands. And now unscrupulous system builders can have a field day selling overpriced systems to people who are in no position to understand terms like "cores" or "threads"