Pentium RIP
Posted in Tech by Dan at 10:58 am
This post was published 3 years 7 months 16 days ago which may make its actuality or expire date not be valid anymore. This site is not responsible for any misunderstanding.With the rollout of the new Intel Core 2 Duo, the beloved Pentium is of no more. After 12 years this closes the Pentium chapter in Intel’s book. It seems that the Core 2 Duo processor finally met the goals the Intel had always hoped to meet. I’s fast, low-power and not too expensive.
Pentium, you will be missed even thought at times your forgot how to add.
Sigh. I have long been a Pentium user, only switching to AMD quite recently. Man I remember all my Pentiums, the Pentium I 133 Mhz, the Pentium !!! 550 Mhz (which was a beast @ the time), and 2 Pentium 4 2.8 Ghz (Northwood and Prescott). Quite Recently I got an AMD Sempron 3200 + (but the PC was $200 including LCD and Printer)…