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OCR: CO NSUM D. PUT Selecting Micro proce ssor Does the processor affect the price ot a computer? The microproce: ssor s the core cOm InfoWeb ponent in computer pue featured prominently in product descriptions Computer ads typically indicate the type microprocessor pue its speed. Most today's s microcomputers are designed around a microprocessor from one of two product families x86 or PowerPC Which Chip The x86 origina family al 01 IIBM micr PC used roprocessors the Intel Today's 18088 PCs still microprocessor cont: ain one x86 of the processor models such as in th e the Pentium Most of the SE processors are manufa ctured by Intel but companies su ch as C yrix and AMD have produced what are called "work -alike" processors Computers with wo rk- alike processors are generally less expensive than ...