[geeks] Intel's new bechmark idea

James Sharp jsharp at psychoses.org
Tue Mar 5 19:00:28 CST 2002


> Hmmm. Nothing like comparing a brand new product to a old slower
> competitor's product to ensure good performance increase. did they
> actually think any attendee who had more then 2 brain cells left
> would not notice the significant difference in age and speed?
>

You're dealing with people who get glazed looks in their eyes whenever
they see the word "Intel".  They probably could have benchmarked it
against a 4.77Mhz TRS-80 model III and everyone would have gone
"ooooooooh.....ahhhhhhh......megahertz........pentium....".



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