Intel, Gateway, and HP sued for poor-performing P4 systems

[Tannin]

There ain't nuffin like a lawyer ...

http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,104075,tk,dn081602X,00.asp

A small group of PC owners has quietly filed a class action lawsuit against Intel, Gateway, and Hewlett-Packard alleging the companies misled them into believing the Pentium 4 was a superior processor to Intel's own Pentium III and AMD's Athlon.

The plaintiffs claim the companies deceived the public when marketing Intel's flagship processor and allege that it is "the material fact that there is no benefit to consumers in choosing the Pentium 4 over the Pentium III." The complaint alleges that "the Pentium 4 is less powerful and slower than the Pentium III and/or the AMD Athlon."

 

[The JoJo]

Interesting, thanks for the info Tony!

 

[CougTek]

Imagine if they win (won't happen), what could PowerPC users do to Apple :roll:

 

[SteveC]

Who actually uses processor speed to determine performance? There's already tons of benchmarks done on hundreds of web pages. If anything, it would be Intel's "makes the internet faster" claim that would get them in trouble.

Steve

 

[NRG = mc²]

Cool! :mrgrn: