what a lame writing, hehe

As a native speaker of Chinese I don't rely on some stupid website that Westerners came up with with regards to what the Chinese believe.

I have never heard of the unlucky 7 reference. There are only the beliefs surrounding the transliterative "4".

So in that regard "Pentium 4" was truly unfortunate.

Recomended for Windows 7?

What? They got no über S|mac|ktrail monyker yet?
A better question may be: what exuberant rampant utpost, will Asustek's DP R.O.G.(can it be?) be christened for Tylersburg-WS (36S)?
I vote: Chuck Norris Extreme (ref. http://www.thechucknorrisfacts.com/

L'inq:
http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/04/04/metaram-nehalem-largely-happy

Some have suggested that Intel is naming these new processors core "i7" as part of a marketing campaign, ie: "Intel Core i7 processors give YOU the BEST possible Windows7 experience!".

In any case, it looks like a bad decision in relation to the tiny little niche market which is China.

The Chinese view the number 7 as representing "death".

But the MOST unlucky number is viewed by the Chinese as 14, which means "certain death".

So the combination of an Intel core i7 processor, running Windows7: 7 + 7 = 14. Which would make PC's sold in this configuration equivalent to purchasing “certain death”.

So, I would think the Chinese will be running the Lucky "Red Flag Linux" or Ubuntu, if they dare to use Intel processors at all. Perhaps now is a good time to buy AMD shares while the stock is depressed.

Even if Microsoft comes out with a new moniker for Windows7, they have already publicly labeled this as "Seventh generation Windows", which is probably more than sufficient grounds to initiate the Chinese bad-luck reaction. More combined marketing genius at work.

Perhaps new INQUIRER monikers for these products could be Intel "i-death" processors, running Microsoft "dead-Windows"?

http://library.thinkquest.org/05aug/01351/numbers.htm

Thanks for clearing up some of the confusion, Nebojsa. There seemed to be a lot of claims floating around that the product would launch today, but launching closer to availability seems to make a lot of sense. 

I too am eager to see how an overclockable DP board performs!

Core blimey, I liked the other explanation be77er. l337 h4x0r talk of course you n00b.

From memory i7 was also the branding of the Seven Network here in Oz when they went super hi tech and got a decent web site.

Then again Prince just changed his name to a symbol...