^C{Top Ten List
^Cby Dean Esmay

^Cfrom the Home Office in Shreveport, LA...}

The top ten reasons why Pentium is a better microprocessor than the  and PowerPC:


10. Pentium - it's not just a microprocessor, it's also a handy hot plate! 

9. "Power" PC?  Hmm, does it sound like they're trying to compensate for something here?

8. PowerPC doesn't have "Intel Inside".

7. Pentium - best name for a heat sink we've ever heard.

6. All the  and words in "Pentium" can be trademarked.

5. PowerPC sounds a little too RISCque <groan>.

4. Pentium's cool new slogan - "Now in regular, bar-b-q, and sour cream flavors!"

3. Pentium costs more, so it must be better.

2. PowerPC can't even be pronounced in English.


...and the number one reason that Pentium is a better microprocessor than the  and PowerPC is:

{1. Because Intel says so.  Be afraid... be very, very afraid.}