why???

[computeruler]

http://www.amazon.com/Intel-Pentium-3-8Ghz-Fsb800Mhz-Lga775/dp/B000GM7PW8/ref=sr_1_22?ie=UTF8&s=pc&qid=1249348013&sr=1-22
Why would anyone buy that?  It makes no sense

[smeezekitty]

they wont

[Carbon Dudeoxide]

Why a Ferarri instead of a Volkswagen?

[Salmon Trout]

I guess it's the last one left over from 2006 and never sold. I'm sure it's not the only oddity of this kind.

[Quantos]

You would be surprised what kind of market it can use.

A secretary doesn't need more than that, neither does the average home user.

Of course they would have to make the price attractive.

[Salmon Trout]

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You would be surprised what kind of market it can use.
Indeed. Even today a 3.8 GHz P4 is not exactly a slouch. One of my machines is a 3 GHz P4 (Prescott core) and I use it for things like video encoding. I never ever play games, so maybe I do not represent a bleeding edge hardware user.

[Quantos]

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You would be surprised what kind of market it can use.
Indeed. Even today a 3.8 GHz P4 is not exactly a slouch. One of my machines is a 3 GHz P4 (Prescott core) and I use it for things like video encoding. I never ever play games, so maybe I do not represent a bleeding edge hardware user.

Most users don't represent the gaming community.  Hardware and software manufacturers would love us all to be bleeding edge, but guess what.  I still can't type faster than my old 4004 could handle.