Word: processor
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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People, don't to tire yourself out trying to match the increasing speed of the industry. What really is the difference between a 200Mhz and 233Mhz processor? Not much (really, how fast can you cut and paste?). For the average user, the Joe and Jane Sixpacks, be not preoccupied with the hype over this or that new faster gizmo. Simply ask yourself, "What do I need...
...rumblings of AMD but the strategic risk of a slowing PC market. The hottest-selling PCs this year have been dirt-cheap, sub-$1,000 models. Growth there could wreck Intel's business model. Says Drew Peck, an analyst at Cowen & Co.: "You can't sell a $500 processor in a $1,000 PC." And though cheap PCs are a tiny part of the overall market--businesses generally buy pricier PCs--Intel may be heading into a sea change. Intel's buoyant stock is off 30% from its 52-week high (though it is still up nearly...
Information goes either to a code cache, which stores the instructions that tell the processor what...
...used to have a nice small town here. Then the neighboring town of Guymon decided to have a pig processor move its plant there. We will soon have 4 million hogs in our backyard, and the resulting sewage from them will be dumped into open pits. Sort of ruins the neighborhood and the small-town atmosphere, if you know what I mean. DON UKENS Hooker, Okla...
...alas, abstract knowledge of the future and the past is not quite enough, The third step is the most important of all: play. Start simply, perhaps by starting one application such as a word processor and just seewhat the various menu items offer. Look around your hard drive. Install new programs, and get the most out your machine...