Word: pentium
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...like in a new computer. Tis the season for financial aid forms, and in the flurry, many students may decide to take out a computer loan. Then the question is: what computer do I get? For PC users, Intel hopes you will buy into their latest improvement of the Pentium processor...
...originally stood for multimedia extensions because it will improve the performance of a PC's multimedia applications. Intel is releasing MMX-equipped processors at 166Mhz, 200Mhz and 233Mhz for both desktops and notebook computers. Specifically designed for the Pentium, this chip add-on will boost the performance speeds of your computer by up to 60 percent, according to Intel...
...used cars helped push America into the automotive age, perhaps used PCs could do the same for the information era. The result: Recompute, Kushner's year-old used-computer store, which just went national. The mail-order house, based in Austin, Texas, takes personal computers with 486 or Pentium processors and refurbishes and resells them. Most of the boxes are just short of state of the art but fine for everyday computing. And at $600 to $1,000, they've quickly become a hit. The key to the business is upgrade mania, as corporations "retire" machines in favor...
...office is rather modest, sparsely decorated and filled with standard-issue furniture. The biggest piece of art is a huge photo of a Pentium processor chip. There are smaller pictures of Einstein, Leonardo da Vinci and Henry Ford, though he admits that he has little admiration for the latter. The few personal pictures include one of the original dozen Microsoft employees (most with scruffy beards, except him), one of Ann Winblad on a trip to Germany, and one with Melinda and nine friends on a 1995 vacation to Indonesia. There are no pictures of Jennifer displayed, but he pulls...
Selection and support are both scarce, of course, but some of the deals are too hard to pass up. A friend recently bought a 14.4 PCMCIA modem for a notebook computer for $50 at the TPCs new closeout area, and Pentium computers have been on sale for as little...