First post, by ncmark
I'm sure someone will call this another nostalgia thread.
But - as you look back on computing, which processors were worth having? How far back could you go and still have something that feels even remotely modern?
Here's my list.
1. 8088/286 - don't bother
2. 386 DX 33 or 40 (SX= don't bother) - you could run win 3.1 moderately well, do wyswyg word processing. But of course you could forget about things we take for granted today like mp3
3. 486 DX-66 or 100. Earlier speeds and SX versions not worth having
4. Earliest pentium chips (75 MHxz) not worth having. 90 MHZ was a good chip, then the 133 and 166
5. Early pentium II's not worth having before the 400 and 450 MHz versions, pentium III even better. K6-2 was touted as being competitive and a lot cheaper but definitely not as good.
Anyone have any thoughts?