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    What the heck is Intel's ViiV?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Rahul, Feb 14, 2006.

  1. Rahul

    Rahul Notebook Prophet

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    I heard a short while ago about Intel touting and getting all excited about something like ViiV, what on Earth is it? I'm hearing that it makes for a better media center pc experience and that its not a big deal and doesn't really add anything.

    Can some of you experts tell me what its all about?
     
    Rahul, Feb 14, 2006
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    It's another marketing gimmick like the Centrino. It is a 64-bit dual core processor, Intel chipset, and Media Center operating system. Not to mention, I think the sticker is ugly.

    Matt
     
    Jenson, Feb 14, 2006
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  3. Charles P. Jefferies

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    Charles P. Jefferies, Feb 14, 2006
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  4. Brian

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    And it sounds like five.
     
    Brian, Feb 14, 2006
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  5. Rahul

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    Yeah, I keep wanting to pronounce it like "give".
     
    Rahul, Feb 14, 2006
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  6. xAMDvsIntelx

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    I find that it confuses people more - there's already a whole legion of processors out there on the market, and here's Intel confusing people with their new marketing thing. Quite annoying if you ask me.
     
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    What was the thing that was supposed to be 4 gigs of NAND memory that would store and boot the OS.
     
    ray50000, Feb 14, 2006
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