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Old Jul 21, 2009, 08:11 PM   #65
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Why? The market is what, 80-90% OEM? Usually people who buy prebuilt machines just use it untill it breaks down and don't give a rat's azz about what's inside as long as it works and rarely upgrade. So Having alot of READY and AVAIBLE solutions that suit every uninformed individual's need > having a single solution that has to be reconfigured every time to fullfill the user's needs
There is no reason that a single socket can't suit every uninformed desktop users needs. 775 did it perfectly for years.
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