Quote Originally Posted by Particle View Post
Oh yes, absolutely. Until P4s got into 2 GHz territory, I was partial to older Pentium 3 systems. They were quite a bit faster. That's why I upgraded from a Coppermine-derived Celeron 533 (which ran happily at 920 MHz heh) in those days to a 1.2 GHz Thunderbird instead of a P4.
Don't forget the Tualatin based Pentium 3s after that, and the Celerons too. I think a 1.3GHz Celeron came pretty close to a 1.3GHz s423 P4