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Re: [PLUG] Free AMD stuff.
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On Monday 15 October 2001 10:58 am, you wrote:
> I've always built my systems from the ground up, so I am familiar with the
> hardware. I am not always familiar with promotional material. What I did
> see at AMD's Web site was some type of blurb about making Windows XP
> blazing fast or something. You have to admit that there is some kind of
> marketing strategy going on with the use of the letters XP in the processor
> name. And maybe Windows XP uses the Athlon XP additional instruction set,
> which would be like the difference between MMX and non-MMX back in the old
> days. 8-)
no, Athlon XP == eXtra Performance
Windows XP == Windows eXPeriance
XP method == eXtreme Programming
None of these are related.
- -ian reinhart geiser
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