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You can check the generation of your intel CPU by running

  lscpu | grep 'Model name'

On a Linux terminal

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And if your CPU is older than October 2022, you don’t have to check.

Get-WmiObject Win32_Processor

For windows powershell.

Or plain old cmd.exe:

  wmic CPU get NAME

Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-6600 CPU @ 3.30GHz

Looks good to me.

`Get-CimInstance Win32_Processor` on Powershell Core

Sort of a weird question but who's using Intel anymore? Most tech people are using Macs on the laptop side, AWS is going Graviton first, RaspberryPi/small form factor is ARM, and then of course there's all the higher level abstractions that are common where you can't even know what processor is under the hood.

> Most tech people are using Macs on the laptop side

No, most developers (and most people in general) use Windows. https://survey.stackoverflow.co/2024/technology/#1-operating...

The surveys also shows that Linux is more or less equally popular with MacOS among techies. As nice as M1/M2 Macbooks are, I probably wouldn't pay Apple tax just to run Ubuntu on it.

Personally I use whatever boring laptop my company offers, and so far that's been Intel. As long as it runs Linux I don't care what's under the hood.

That survey also shows iOS being the primary OS for 7.3% of professional use, which to me sound absolutely absurd.

Most everyone in the personal computer space still. E.g. 23Q4 Intel held 78% of all desktop and laptop CPU sales (include ARM MacBooks and Chromebooks)

https://media.licdn.com/dms/image/D5622AQHZXLE-cipmBA/feedsh...

66% of gamers, according to https://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey/processormfg/

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