Or perhaps just dirt cheap. Though Intel seems to have added at least a couple "features" (though I've found that it's usually the less-hyped ones that're more beneficial - like the P55C's increased cache (and not the MMX instructions themselves) and the Pentium III's beefed up FPU.
Hemm. That's a new one - I could tell when B&N Online went from basically rock solid to an SQL cough-out error every other day I browsed that something had changed for the worst. The TechNet article is written in a dull, prejudiced way that's more than a bit obvious in its selectiveness. The other points have been pretty well attacked, so I won't touch 'em.
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Or perhaps just dirt cheap. Though Intel seems to have added at least a couple "features" (though I've found that it's usually the less-hyped ones that're more beneficial - like the P55C's increased cache (and not the MMX instructions themselves) and the Pentium III's beefed up FPU.
Hemm. That's a new one - I could tell when B&N Online went from basically rock solid to an SQL cough-out error every other day I browsed that something had changed for the worst.
The TechNet article is written in a dull, prejudiced way that's more than a bit obvious in its selectiveness. The other points have been pretty well attacked, so I won't touch 'em.