Intel
- Intel:
Itanium pilot program takes off, Yahoo/ZDNet, 11/22 [Win98 Central]. Intel may finally
have 20 Itanium systems built. Commercial Itanium computers may be out
by mid-2001. See Itanium or
Itanic? for our thoughts on the chip.
- Intel: Intel's top 10
sneakiest moves & screwups, Glenn Lortscher, Tuplay, 11/21.
Bonus: Intel recalls Pentium 4! The article covers recent problems,
completely ignoring the infamous Pentium Math Bug of
1994 which resulted in Intel recalling every Pentium ever made. In
fact, a quick Sherlock search for "Pentium" and "bug" shows every
version of the Pentium has been subject to at least one recall.
- P4: Intel
introduces Pentium 4 chip, Yahoo/Reuters, 11/20. Starting at 1.4
GHz, Intel projects P4 will reach 10 GHz within five years. Motorola,
are you listening?
- P4: Intel's new
Pentium 4 processor, Tom's Hardware Guide, 11/20. "Whatever Pentium
4 is right now, it is certainly not the greatest and best performing
processor in the world."
- P4: Pentium 4 ships: A
disappointment at 1.5 GHz, PC World, 11/20. "In PCWorld.com tests,
the new chip barely keeps pace with the 1-GHz PIIIs used for
comparison, and it even fell behind these older systems on some
measures."
- P4: Pentium 4
fails to outpace Athlon, testers say, Cnet, 11/20. "On a number of
benchmark tests, the first version of Pentium 4 underscores Athlon and
even the Pentium III."
- P4: Pentium 04. New
chip, old problems, MacWeek, 11/20. "The PIII design is running out
of steam rapidly, but Intel's slavish devotion to ever-increasing clock
speeds has resulted in some trade-offs that will disappoint the raw
speed addicts."
- Microsoft
bites it on 64-bit microprocessors, Slashdot, 8/26. Seems Microsoft
can't get Windows working on either the 64-bit Alpha or Intel's
forthcoming 64-bit Merced CPU.
- Intel
delays release of mobile Pentium III, ZDNet, 8/4. Unlike the G3
used in Macs, portable Wintel machines need a special version of the
Pentium III.
- Apple
gains despite low-cost competition, Cnet, 7/22. "For the month of
June, Apple Computer maintained its No. 3 ranking in the retail and
mail-order market with strong sales of the iMac...." And, by the way,
the iMac was #1 in June.
- Do you really
need the fastest processor?, Detroit Free Press, 7/18. "Consider a
Macintosh, which has that smart PowerPC processor inside. I prefer my
Mac to all of my PCs...." (also see How
fast is fast?)
- What's
in a number?, Applelinks, 5/5
"Why should I pay over a thousand dollars for a 266 speed [iMac] when I
can get a PC at 350 for less?"
- When to buy a
PC, MacKiDo, 5/3
"If you don't touch anything, and just use the machine as a turnkey
solution, they work fine."
- Bell
tolls for the humble PC, The Age,4/17
"...in the professional area Apple's high-end G3 Macintoshes have
reclaimed much of the ground they earlier lost to Wintel machines and
Windows NT."
- For
Dell, the Pentium II is dead, Cnet, 4/9
- Do
you need a Pentium III?, Jerry Pournelle, Byte.com, 4/12
"The question is why you would need a Pentium III to begin with."
Okay, Mac users don't - but it's still good reading.
- Intel's
64-bit Merced: Software Matters, Byte.com, 4/12
"Compiler software [not just hardware!] will play a critical role in
the performance of IA-64 microprocessors."
- G3 vs.
Pentium III, PC Magazine, 3/26
G3/400 handily beats P III/500 in FileMaker tests and all but one
Photoshop tests, but P III wins Microsoft Word tests.
- Pentium
III hits 500, "provides marginal improvements under existing
software," ZDNet, 2/23
- Pentium is not
RISC, MacKiDo, 2/17
- Windows 98 can't
recognize Pentium III, Cnet, 2/10
-
Mac OS worthy, but underhyped (Windows 98 worthless, but
overhyped), NouveauGeek, CBS MarketWatch
-
Mac OS for Intel a bad idea, osOpinion, 12/30
- From the dark side: The USB
Debacle, PC Magazine
- G3 servers,
NT killers, selling fast, MacCentral
- Cheap
(sub-$1K) PCs are no bargain, CNNfn
- Schools
embrace Mac for simple reason: cost, Arizona Central
- Andy
Grove, Intel chairman, loves his iMac, Time
- Pentium v.
PowerPC, MacKiDo
- Problems with Intel's Xeon
CPU and 450NX chip set, overview of Intel processor design,
Macintosh Evolution
- Mac Evolution compares the G3 and Pentium II in integer
(SPECint95) and floating point
(SPECfp) performance
- Pentium
II, PowerPC, and Merced, Mac Opinion
- What's
wrong with Merced, Microprocessor Report
- Intel inside?
Business buyers don't really care, ZDNet
- Intel Secrets by Robert
Collins
