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To: Process Boy who wrote (56662)4/28/1999 12:45:00 PM
From: Jim McMannis  Read Replies (5) | Respond to of 1570333
 
Intels own benchmarks tell you a Celeron 466 blows away a Pentium III 450, FPU. For a mere third the price.
SSE will have about the same effect as MMX. Looks good but the apps aren't there.

Jim



To: Process Boy who wrote (56662)4/28/1999 12:47:00 PM
From: Jim McMannis  Read Replies (3) | Respond to of 1570333
 
RE:"

The company successfully launched Intel's new Pentium III chip
late in the first quarter and exited the quarter with PIII representing
25% of US. desktop shipments."

A sucker a day puts the P-III in play.