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Intel, OEMs Face Lawsuit For Megahertz Marketing
prostoalex writes "A group of PC owners filed a lawsuit against Intel, Gateway and HP, stating that companies spread misleading information about Pentium 4 processor performing faster than Pentium 3 or Athlon. The complaint alleges that 'the Pentium 4 is less powerful and slower than the Pentium III and/or the AMD Athlon.' PC World has more details in its story." I wonder if the same litigants have a suit against the USPS for ads leading one to expect prompt service from courteous, competent employees.
The Pentium 4 makes the Internet Run Faster !!!
- DenialX
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--Winston Churchill
What about apple claiming to be 90% faster than a 2.53GHz P4? At least then if hey won $74,000 it would cover the actual cost of the product.
Saying Java is nice because it works on all OS's is like saying that anal sex is nice because it works on all genders.
You mean by how long it takes to actually get anything done? Windows ME with a 933Mhz P3 locks-up much faster than a 350Mhz P2 with Windows 98, so the Windows ME one is better! (Remember: locking-up isn't a bug, it's a feature!)
Centralization breaks the internet.
The Pentium 2? The Pentium 2 box held my front door open while my friends and I labored to carry the huge Pentium 3 box into the house.
I remember way back in the 486 days, I heard a joke that still rings true today.
.... Thank you Thank you I will be here all week.
Q: What is the difference between a car sales man and a computer sales man?
A: The car sales man knows when he is lying.
tada da boom
...and it takes double the clock speed on the PC to equal the speed of Photoshop on a Mac. Your point?
(* The Pentium 4 makes the Internet Run Faster !!! *)
I remember a 6-year-old kid in my neighborhood who used to think that "cool stickers" made bikes and cars run faster.
I bet he is purchasing a P4 right now based on such an ad.
(However, he is probably also a successful PHB because he thinks like the CEO.)
Table-ized A.I.
"Making the internet run faster" /might/ be considered puffery as it's a fairly vapid claim (does "the internet" include, say, running the Flash / Shockwave / Java applets that abound online?).
If they want to be less misleading, they should then say, "The P4 makes spam more distracting".
Table-ized A.I.
Oh and just one more cent to add to the pile, do people REALLY need a 2.53 Ghz system on a truckload of RDRAM and a GeForce Ti 4600 for office apps, playing The Sims, and Internet browsing?
Rumor has it that the next release of M$ Office will have minimum requirements that are close to this.
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