[freedumb2003]

Thanks for bringing me back from the precipice. And you do remind me that 25-33 was the 386 — we didn’t start kicking butt like 50-64 Mhz until the 486!

Of course, Vista has reduced performance of our multi Ghz, multi-CPU systems to about the same as our old 4 MhZ XTs.

[justlurking]

And you do remind me that 25-33 was the 386 — we didn’t start kicking butt like 50-64 Mhz until the 486!

The 486 started at 20 MHz:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_i486

The chip's front-side bus was eventually as fast as 50 MHz (albeit with thermal problems, initially). But, I think it was the first consumer microprocessor chip that used a clock multiplier in the CPU -- first with 2X (33 MHz FSB and 66 MHz CPU) and eventually 3X (33 MHz FSB and 100 MHz CPU)

[SRJeff]

Of course, Vista has reduced performance of our multi Ghz, multi-CPU systems to about the same as our old 4 MhZ XTs.

I still maintain that Vista sold more Macs than those silly Apple ads with the hipster and the suit.