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Boycott Pentium 4 and Intel?
That’s what Derek Mihocka of Emulators, Inc. asks us to do in his new article, Pentium 4: In Depth. Dec. 28th I wrote about the NYTimes article on the new Pentium 4, Pentium 4 Slower Than Pentium III?, which also talks about the Pentium 4 chip being slower than the Pentium III. Clearly, this new chip is not exactly receiving the greatest press, is it?! Here’s an excerpt from Mihocka’s detailed article:
"The Pentium 4 fails miserably on all counts. In terms of speed and running existing Windows code, the Pentium 4 is as slow or slower than existing Pentium III and AMD Athlon processors. In terms of price, an entry level Pentium 4 system from DELL or Gateway sells for about double the cost of a similar Pentium III or AMD Athlon based system, with little or no benefit to the consumer. And most sadly of all, from the engineering viewpoint, the Pentium 4 design is very disappointing and casts serious doubts on whether any intelligent life exists in Intel’s engineering department. After a month of using them, I was so disgusted with the two Pentium 4 machines I purchased in November that both machines have since been returned to DELL and Gateway. I personally own dozens of PCs and hundreds of PC peripherals, and never have I been so disgusted with a product (and the way it is marketed) as to return it.
Both DELL and Gateway falsely advertise their Pentium 4 based systems as somehow being superior or better than their Pentium III and/or Athlon based systems. The only thing that is superior is the price. I urge all computer consumers to BOYCOTT THE PENTIUM 4 and BOYCOTT ALL INTEL PRODUCTS until such time as Intel redesigns their chips to work as advertised. If you have already purchased a Pentium 4 system and sadly found out that it doesn’t work as fast as expected, RETURN IT IMMEDIATELY for a refund."
So, whether you choose to boycott Intel or not, reading these two articles certainly is an eye-opener. I’m not in any hurry to rush out and buy a Pentium 4 processor, are you? I look forward to reading more about this and seeing what falls where on all this.
Being the curious type, I ended up doing some initial investigations of my own at Dell, Gateway, Intel and AMD. I wrote it up in today’s Brainstorms & Raves.
03:03 pm, pst
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