Gigabyte G6X, you came highly recommended. Promises of speed, power, and compatibility danced across your spec sheet like a tech tango. I believed you. I trusted you. Being on sale was the icing on the cake to make me click Buy Now.
But then you showed up…wrapped up nicely, but with a warped keyboard and the emotional availability of a sponge.
As hard as I tried, my software—my beloved, vintage Topaz Studio and Impressions—looked at you and said, “No way.” You didn’t even try to make it work. You just sat there, blinking, like a confused toaster.
Faulty hardware and incompatibility… sorry but back you went to whence you came.
Then, as if to make me change my mind, you dropped your price by $259! Was that guilt? Shame? Or just a desperate attempt to be wanted again?
Meanwhile, your rival AMD… that chip slid into my MSI Katana like it had read my diary. Everything synced. Everything worked. It was like the universe whispered, “Pennie deserves better,” and AMD came to my rescue.
Intel, sweetie, I’m not mad. I’m just disappointed. You had one job: be fast, be compatible, be solid. Instead, you were the tech equivalent of a first date who shows up late, forgets your name, and asks if you’re “into crypto.”
So I moved on. My MSI Katana is everything you weren’t: responsive, reliable, and actually interested in my creative needs. We’re happy now. We make art together. We laugh. We sync.
No hard feelings. Just hard drives.
Sincerely,
A very satisfied ex-user
I feel I should point out that the G6X and the Katana were identical in specs—except for one key difference: the G6X ran on an Intel Core i7-13650HX, while the Katana came equipped with an AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS. On paper, the i7 should’ve been the faster, more efficient chip. In practice? Not so much. Since the CPU was the only variable between the two machines, that curious mismatch is what sparked this ‘humorous’ blog post. Then again, maybe the G6X was just a lemon
