[morganvachon]

Not to mention AMD's commitment to long term support for their flagship socket, AM4. While Intel might squeeze two generations out of a socket before forcing the market into yet another revision and retooling, AMD seems likely to go four or more generations of Zen processors for their desktop socket.

This may not mean much to the average user buying off the shelf complete PCs and laptops, but for those who want to maximize the lifetime they get out of a custom build, it paints a prettier picture than sticking with Intel and buying a new motherboard every CPU revision or two.

[Aloha]

For those of us who only occasionally upgrade our hardware, its not a huge advantage either way.

[wtallis]

In the early 2000s it was really nice being able to replace a dead Socket A motherboard (bad capacitors) with one that was several years newer, not only bringing a system back to life but adding new capabilities and improving performance, and for competitive retail prices instead the premiums you pay for new-in-box EOL hardware.