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− | The introduction of Upgrade Service was seen as a rather controversial program primarily due to misunderstanding of its intended purpose. Many online tech websites such as [[wikipedia:Engadget|Engadget]] describing the feature as "[https://www.engadget.com/2010/09/18/intel-wants-to-charge-50-to-unlock-stuff-your-cpu-can-already-d/ unlock stuff your CPU already has]". PC Perspective [https://www.pcper.com/news/Processors/Intel-selling-scratch-software-CPU-upgrades noted] that for the Pentium part, it's only $15 to buy a Core i3 instead of purchasing the Pentium+upgrade card. Furthermore no {{intel|Clarkdale|l=core}}-based Pentiums had {{intel| | + | The introduction of Upgrade Service was seen as a rather controversial program primarily due to misunderstanding of its intended purpose. Many online tech websites such as [[wikipedia:Engadget|Engadget]] describing the feature as "[https://www.engadget.com/2010/09/18/intel-wants-to-charge-50-to-unlock-stuff-your-cpu-can-already-d/ unlock stuff your CPU already has]". PC Perspective [https://www.pcper.com/news/Processors/Intel-selling-scratch-software-CPU-upgrades noted] that for the Pentium part, it's only $15 to buy a Core i3 instead of purchasing the Pentium+upgrade card. Unfortunately comparing the two options is not entirely correct as the upgrade card was never intended to be used in such way. Furthermore no {{intel|Clarkdale|l=core}}-based Pentiums had {{intel|Hypther-Threading}} enabled - a feature enabled by Upgrade Service. Therefore it was not unlocking something that was processor already had, but rather introducing a feature only found in more performant and expensive processors. |