Loki van Ars Technica heeft een leuk artikeltje in elkaar gedraaid over de 'Athlon Response kit', een verzameling propaganda waarmee Intel tracht pc bouwers ervan te overtuigen dat zij nog steeds alles onder controle hebben. Eén van de anti-Athlon argumenten is de wonderbaarlijke performance boost die SSE bij het internetten geeft (bullshit van de bovenste plank 
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Other high points of the kit are Intel saying that 3DNow! only has optimizations for gaming, and that SSE is far superior because it "enhances the Internet experience". This, of course, is Intel's current advertising strategy so it's understandable that they'd bring up this point (no matter how stupid it is). Whenever I hear Intel talk about their WebOutfitters service and how it's only for Intel Pentium III owners, I can't help but think... well, good. It's not like it offers much of anything that I can't get somewhere else. But to continue to quote the document regarding 3DNow!, "No Internet focus or compatibility with the hundreds of SSE web sites, plug-ins and applications." Hundreds of sites? Can anyone name one site other than WebOutfitters itself? We're talking an SSE only or SSE enabled site.
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