2007-09-09 17:11:35 · 2 answers · asked by Eamon 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
Because they realised that there would still be a market for those consumers/businesses that were not willing to upgrade their motherboards to support the new CPU form factor.
Additionally, moving to a new socket\slot introduces extra manufacturing costs and Intel's competitors at the time were all competing in the low-end, low-cost market.
2007-09-09 17:24:00 · answer #1 · answered by everydaysfriday 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the real answer is Intel patented the slot one processor idea to balk AMD. IBM and others, Intel thought they was on a winner when they did that,
But there where limitations to the slot one system... and AMD. IBM cyrix left intel in the dark when it came to processing power later on ..
thats why intel returned to the Socket 7 system
2007-09-10 00:33:26 · answer #2 · answered by Carling 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋