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1123581321 • yesterday at 5:07 PM • 0 replies • view on HN

No, but if you're on a 3-5 year refresh cycle and this is your year, it'd be lame to not have the latest chip!

It's simpler and better for both hardware makers and buyers to just keep refreshing instead of trying to get clever about who deserves the current series of chips in their form factor, assuming the refreshes are of similar cost, utility etc.