Honestly, I tried to fight the urge to reminisce today, but August 18th marks the day the youngest member of the Pentium Pro family turns 14 years old. Resistance is futile. The Pentium Pro 200/1M was the swan song for the original, MMX-less P6 core. The chip valiantly forged ahead, even as its Pentium II and Xeon successors washed over the computer landscape, and it happens to be my favorite CPU of all time.
While the P6 introduced many architectural enhancements that persist in CPUs today, my fascination with the Pentium Pro processor is not founded on technical merit alone. When something commits itself to your brain's favorites table, something more than just a list of numbers and features is typically required. For instance, I have a friend whose favorite CPU award goes to be the Applebred ...
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